Loose Leaf Notes: Thirteen Thursday: Another One Bites the Dust

1. Lately I've been thinking about those leather patches on sweaters worn by professors and realizing, as I type and click with my elbows on the arm rests of my chair, that I might be needing some soon.

2. I've also been wondering about bedsores and if there is a computer version of them.

3. I've always thought it would be fun to have a job naming lipstick and nail polish, but I don't think I'd have ever come up with the name of the last lipstick I bought, which was kangaroobie. Always the editor, I would at least change it to kangaruby, in reference to the wine red color.

4. My friend Mara took the very cool above picture of a Floydfest golf cart numbered 13 and sent it to me with her phone. Mara is a reoccurring character on this blog whose shows up frequently in the categories of SCRABBLE and SPOKEN WORD, and sometimes LOSING A LOVED ONE.

5. One thing I learned early on about living in the country is to always roll up you windows when your driving on dirt roads or your car will soon be as dusty as a dust bowl in a drought.

6. A few days before my nephews were due to arrive with my sister and her husband for Floydfest, I noticed a tall lettuce plant going to the seed in the garden that looked like a Christmas tree. So I put red bulbs on it as a prank to see if I could turn their heads.

7. Favorite sentence uttered this week: The green beans are going like gang busters but the peppers are a bust.

8. Some of the writing research I did this week involved finding out the difference between a guitar lick and a riff.

9. A lick is combination of notes, frequently based out of scales or chords and used often. A riff is a repeated chord progression, pattern, refrain or melodic figure, often played by the rhythm section instruments or solo instrument, that forms the basis or accompaniment of a musical composition.

10. Speaking of guitars, HERE'S today's 13 Thursday soundtrack.

11. And a very cool optical illusion involving color that I found at Pearl's place is HERE.

12. Interesting email headings in my mailbox yesterday: Dick Cheney called; he wants his empire back. Ding Dong the Purse is Found. Scrabble on Thursday? The Jim and Dan Stories. I Hope He's Good. Josh Copus Wrote on Your Wall.

13. The full collection of this year's Floydfest photos can be found on Facebook HERE. Or scroll down to see what all the fun is about.

More Thirteen Thursdays can be found HERE.

Comments

YOu have a very busy mind lol Love the pics. Happy T13!

Posted by: Adelle Laudan | July 29, 2009 11:53 PM

Cute list. Loved the first part of #12, about Cheney wanting his empire back (LOL). We obviously think alike because earlier in the week I was actually looking at my thighs and thinking about #2 . . . (-:

Posted by: Lori | July 30, 2009 12:05 AM

I always through the elbow patches were high literary style. Too bad i go with rough, bare elbows instead.

Posted by: Alice Audrey | July 30, 2009 2:47 AM

Nos. 3 and 6 are cute.

P.S. I 'traveled' to your post with the Queen in my head :)

Posted by: Hazel | July 30, 2009 4:33 AM

adorable list :)

Dear life, 13 things I want today

Posted by: A Desi | July 30, 2009 4:37 AM

#7 is something my late father would have said when he'd come in from his huge acre sized garden...

Hmmmmmm. elbow patches. Maybe I should get a set of those also.

My Thursday's road signs & slogans are posted...come on over if you need some laughter!

Happy 13'ing!!

Posted by: Hootin' Anni | July 30, 2009 7:03 AM

All day now I shall see you in this new shade of lipstick . Is it brownish red with white patches??

Posted by: sandy | July 30, 2009 8:24 AM

I love your random '13s' ... actually knew the difference between a 'lick' and 'riff' (signs of a misspent youth perhaps?) ... laughed aloud at the list of post titles in #12 ;--)
Hugs and blessings,

Posted by: storyteller at Sacred Ruminations | July 30, 2009 8:35 AM

It is so creepy when people paint their eyelids to make their eyes look open! Thanks for the optical illusion link - I love learning about how wrong my perceptions can be!

Posted by: Poe | July 30, 2009 9:44 AM

kangaroobie made me think of a rooibos tea, which is also kind of red in color. Maybe that is what they were going for?

Posted by: CountryDew | July 30, 2009 10:45 AM

Good point, Dew. Hey, out of curiosity I googled Kangaroobie and found a web page http://www.kangaroobie.com/. It's a camp in Australia.

Posted by: colleen | July 30, 2009 10:52 AM

LOL! I've pondered on #2 myself a few times. And I love the way "Ding Dong the Purse is Found" sounds. It's like a little micro poem.

Posted by: Andi | July 30, 2009 2:23 PM

A friend lost her purse at Floydfest. We were all hoping it wasn't stolen, and thus taint the good vibe of the festival. Her dad emailed me letting me know it was turned in! And so that was his email subject line. I liked it too and it's what prompted me to look at the day's email subjects.

Posted by: colleen | July 30, 2009 2:38 PM

Great list - I could have said #7 this week!

Posted by: Debbie@Like a Rose | July 30, 2009 2:59 PM

Love the lettuce "tree"!

Posted by: Heather | July 30, 2009 3:55 PM

I don't how you keep coming up with 13 things like you do!! I enjoyed that illusion and the explanation for it - made perfect sense to me.

Posted by: kenju | July 30, 2009 7:10 PM

Very good idea to put Christmas bulbs on a plant in the middle of summer ! I get a nervous breakdown when I see this, I hate winter, lol !

Posted by: Gattina | July 31, 2009 1:54 AM

Another successful 13. You have a crazy mind. I just love that lettuce tree!

Posted by: Tabor | July 31, 2009 6:22 AM

I made this one up out of thin air.