Too sarcastic for this world

in the previous entry i said that our phones have not had any updates in a few months (brother says at least 4).

well, today either a notification popped up or he went looking for updates & we got them. and then some, i think we got all of the security updates one after the other.
no user interface updates as of yet. which is probably good, we never like how they change things.

my brother read that towards the end of a phone's life they only get updates quarterly, and not monthly (or whenever it was). so that's just great [/sarcasm].

this year the 3-sentence fic-a-thon is the gift that keeps giving.


someone filled one of my prompts;
Stargate: SG-1, Daniel & any SG-1 team member, The meaning of whatever inscription he’s working on gets lost in translation

These questions were suggested by spiralsheep .

1. Have you ever watched illusion magic? Close-up, or in a stage show, or on television? Did it work for you?
there was a guy doing close up stuff at the opening of a subway (no joke) that was doing stuff near my mom & me when we were in line.

2. Have you ever wished on a star, or a lucky cat, or a coin in a wishing well? Did it work in some way?
i've wished on a star & it never came true. but once i did a "blow out the birthday candles & make a wish" thing that did come true.

3. Have you ever cast a spell, made a love charm, or tried a curse? Did it work in some way?
no.

4. Are there any other traditional superstitions you pay attention to? Do they work in some way?
i try to avoid the 13^th of anything. especially friday the 13^th. not sure who well it works.

5. Would you want major magical powers like in a fantasy story? Which powers, and how would you use them?
maybe something do do with the weather?

more answers over here

the rest of the title; The Story of England s Most Notorious Royal Family

from amazon;

The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family's obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen's lap and later her bed. It passes by the courage of Margaret Beaufort, the pregnant thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty, and the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII. It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their past, those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to forget.

this is a very interesting book that covers not only the major tudor figures (henry VIII, mary I, elizabeth I), but minor family members & touches on some of the other royals (henry VI, edward IV, some french kings) that were around during various times.

of course there is a part about richard III & the fate of edward V and his brother richard, the author doesn't come right out and say who might be responsible. although, i got the feeling she was hinting that friends/followers of richard III were responsible. she said that henry VII was only guilty of not investigating what happened to them. the problem was if he proved they were killed, most likely a cult of worship would have focused on them. like with henry VI & similarly if richard III had said they had died of sickness, or depression, or that friends/followers of the future henry VII killed them there would've been a a cult of worship then.

hidden in the author's notes was that the richard III defense society paid for a forensic psychology study of richard III and they found that he supposedly had a strong sense of right and wrong and most likely had edward V and his brother richard hidden away for their own safety.
i do not believe it.
1. i can not imagine that kind of thing staying secret very long at the time.
2. their mother, elizabeth woodville, was told they were dead.
3. the skeletons of two boys about the ages the princes were when they died were discovered buried at the bottom of a staircase in the tower which was mentioned by someone who claimed they knew what happened to them.

These questions were suggested by dray .

1. Do you know of any other words for snow? What's your favourite and why?
well, flurry refers a certain way snow blows around. so that probably does not count.

2. What's your ideal temperature range for winter?
it would be cold, but not too cold. mid to high 30s(f) is fine. but when you get to freezing 32(f) it is too cold.

3. Favourite winter activity? What about it makes it your favourite?
staying indoors. which is also my favorite summer activity.

4. What are three things you can't do without when winter arrives?
warmth, a heavy coat & gloves.

5. Do you have favourite winter holiday activities?
i do not not have any.

other answers over here.

it is currently lenten season & that means all the restaurants bring out their seafood offerings*.

i did not intend to try wendy's fish sandwich on tuesday, i was going to get their asiago chicken sandwich, but saw they had a fish sandwich & thought; why not?
it was pretty good; the coating was crispy (panko breading), the tartar sauce was decent & the lettuce crisp. but it had pickles, which i don't think belong on a fish sandwich (just in the tartar sauce). i do not like pickles to begin with & should've given them to my brother.
( other wendy's stuff )

another fish story sandwich; i had gotten one a few days before from one of the local convenience stores that has food.
long ago they had fish, but got rid of it. this is the first time they have had fish for lent since. you can put whatever topping they have on there that you want, so i got tartar sauce, & lettuce. the fish itself was fine, the coating was a bit crispy. the tartar sauce on the other hand was terrible. it tasted more like a dill dressing of some sort. it came in a little tub labeled ken's steakhouse (they make good salad dressing, usually, so i was surprised it was bad).
if you get fish & see that the tartar sauce is from them don't use it. or at least dip a finger in it for a taste test before you dump it on your fish.


*do not go on a friday. you will have a long wait & the stuff might not even be done.

found via sweetmeow

Adults responsible for your care actively helped facilitate your early learning. (Reading at bedtime, playing educational games, going to child-friendly museums...)
our mom read to us (brother & me) there were no museums, child-friendly, or otherwise, near us. mom probably taught us basic math too, but i was young & that was a long time ago.

You had a library card.
yes. only because a children's library card was free if you lived in the school district the library was located in. otherwise we would not have had one.

( the rest here )

the latest installment in this year's frivolous feb. is a writing prompt. unlike the random sentence or paragraph, it is an actual writing prompt (according to the site).

the one given to me was;

Perfect Smile
A situation that brings a smile to your face.

in my opinion this is less of a writing prompt than the random sentence or paragraph, and more like an essay topic.

one of the more random of the random generator things is a dinner idea one.

there's no recipe supplied, i guess you have to find your own. but they do have a picture so you can see if it is something that looks appealing.

the one it gave me was egg salad. i kid you not.
i think of egg salad as a lunch thing, but i guess if you really need dinner ideas it's worth a try.

also, someone did a fill for my prompt; Ghostbusters (1984), Any one of the 4 Ghostbusters, Getting offers to do commercials.

today's random thing is a paragraph. and like the random sentence could be used as a writing prompt, if someone was inspired to use it as such.

Twenty seconds were all that was left and Richard could hear each one tick by. Fifteen seconds now remained and the panic began to fully set in. Ten seconds and he wasn't sure he had enough time. Five seconds, four, three, two, one...

also a 3-sentence fic-a-thon prompt of mine was filled. this is the second fill for; The Golden Girls, Sophia, Her secret recipe.