The 13 Thursday Tattoo
1. Have you ever thought of getting a “13” tattoo, taking a picture of it and using it for a Thirteen Thursday header?
2. According to THIS test (compliments of Kenju), I’m 76% addicted to blogging.
3. If that isn’t bad enough, I think I’m even more addicted to online research. After typing number 1 in this list, I searched around and found out that there is a place called Lucky 13 Tattoo in Richmond, Virginia, another Lucky 13 Tattoo in Vermont, a 13 Tattoo in Brazil and an Old Thirteen Tattoo place in Los Angeles. There’s also a Lucky 13 Hairdressers Salon.
4. Our names are our assignments: Last week while doing some research on autism and vaccines, I came across a doctor named “Pangborn.” He works with autistic children, but I couldn’t help but think maybe he missed his calling and should have been an obstetrician.
5. Then I found THIS, a story called “Calling These Doctors by Their Callings,” about a surgeon named Chop, a Psychiatrist named Dr. Looney, and doctors named Dr. Hurt and Dr. Payne. There was mention of an eye doctor named Dr. Blinder and one named Dr. Seemore. Which one would you choose?
6. Dick Cheney must be pulling our chain (no comment on his first name). Last week when Martha Radditz said to him in an interview, “Two-thirds of Americans say it (the war) is not worth fighting,” he said, “SO?” Then he went on to tell her how well the war was going. Can anyone watch THIS without cringing?
7. I should have bought stock in THESE notebooks. through a few and whenever I really like something and go back to buy more, I find they have gone out of style.
8. Besides being a beachnick and 1960’s peacnick, I’m a Meet and Greetnick. Meet Michele HERE.
9. I just found out that the poems we all wrote last week using the words in our last Café Scrabble game are going to be used by Mara in creative writing class assignment on “procedural poems” at Hollins University. I guess I was taking my turn when she explained it.
10. At first the Literacy Volunteer Scrabble Tournament that I wrote about HERE reminded me of a Contra Dance. There were five long lines of five round tables like contra dance lines and partners and neighbors holding hands four in a circle. Not only that, a literacy volunteer was up on the stage calling the rules that I was struggling to understand.
11. My son Josh got me into Contra Dancing when he was a teenager. I love to dance but being left/right dyslexic, it was difficult for me to learn. There are active and inactive dancers who move up the dance hall in different directions. There’s counting steps, and spinning and dosey doeing left or right. I remember being confused and complaining that it was too much like algebra, but when your teenaged son says, “Mom, you’re gonna love this,” and he wants you to learn it and he’ll dance with you when you do, you’ll make the effort to.
12. Today is my niece’s birthday, and she has a blog. You can go over and wish here a happy birthday HERE, and she’ll tell you how old she is.
13. Strangest keyword searches that brought people to Loose Leaf this week: flamingo sympathy card, leprechaun on the loose, 5 biggest lies Bush told us about iraq, and what are the 13 colleens. The funniest part is that I know exactly why they landed folks here.
Thursday headquarters is here. My other 13’s are here. View more 13 Thursday’s here.
March 27th, 2008 10:05 am
I haven’t done Contra Dancing but tried my hand at Scottish country dancing a few years back. It is fun but complicated! I am really enjoying learning ballroom dance…seems easier to get JUST two people dancing together.lol
Online researching…I love it too. If only we could get paid for doing this!
Happy Thursday!
Susan
March 27th, 2008 10:24 am
Cheney, GRRRR! Don’t get me started.
March 27th, 2008 10:41 am
I would love to see Dr. Looney and Dr. Blinder, lol !
March 27th, 2008 10:42 am
Once again I love playing hopscotch with your links, and have now found my way back here. I am only 55% addicted, great test!
Have a great weekend!
March 27th, 2008 11:56 am
whom do I have the least respect for Bush or Cheney??Hmnn toss-up. There is the greatest show on PBS about how dogmatic they were about the war and how stunned the cabinet was at no discussion. I’m not surprised. Looks as if another one is coming to office??
March 27th, 2008 11:56 am
I only hope we can recover from this administration. I’m so embarrassed to be from the United States. I do believe their intentions are good – but… still…. sigh
March 27th, 2008 12:07 pm
I watched it! Bush’s War. It woke me up at night. So dark like the dark ages.
March 27th, 2008 12:16 pm
You just gave me a whole day of fun at work!
March 27th, 2008 12:31 pm
My dear friend, Cheney is what his first name is!
March 27th, 2008 1:33 pm
Hmmm….13 tattoo…now there’s an interesting idea.
March 27th, 2008 3:05 pm
re: #1 – I will if you want me to, Colleen! What color?
Cheney is an @$$.
March 27th, 2008 4:45 pm
Fun list and I can’t believe Cheney has gotten such a pass on the “So” comment. Thanks for stopping by!
March 27th, 2008 5:07 pm
I am 71 percent addicted to blogging! And I always thought Dr. Clapp, the OB-GYN in the city, had an interesting name for her profession…
March 27th, 2008 5:33 pm
That video made me mad. Forgive me for saying so but I think Cheney is a fossilized old fart and should be put out to pasture asap. I wouldn’t tolerate being patronized like that by a rigid ol’ school boy who is clearly out of touch with what it means to serve the people. I could go on and on, but I won’t. Grr.
On a lighter note, you’ve reminded me I haven’t been to Michele’s M&G in sooo long! But then, I was severely addicted to blogging and barely stepping away from the computer even to get a few hour’s sleep, so I decided to cut back on socializing. With these cutbacks, I’m just 64% addicted, which I find acceptable. At least now I have time for other activities too. Sheesh!
March 27th, 2008 6:14 pm
The Dick remark is a wince-giver isn’t it. I’m still not getting the appeal of this war thing.
Oh, your drafts for procedural class, that sounds like a unique venue for the words to go to.
I’m left-right dyslexic myself but contra dancing is fun, especially with someone experienced who isn’t going to give you a new number of foot bones.
March 27th, 2008 6:43 pm
Hey Col, Mine are up.
Thanks for the Link.
Got a few visits too.
Thanks to everyone for the Birthday wishes!
March 27th, 2008 6:50 pm
The Cheney comment is the piece de resistance of this administration. Unbelievable.
Now I’m kinda curious too…what ARE the 13 Colleens?
~S
March 27th, 2008 7:23 pm
I guess my name plus all the talk I do on 13. There are about 4 Colleen Redman’s on the internet. One is a writer who writes about stuff I could easily see myself writing. Sort of bizzaro.
March 27th, 2008 8:29 pm
I once knew a Dr Slaughter!
The war is a huge accomplishment for Cheney and his cronies — and their bank balances.
March 27th, 2008 10:37 pm
My nephew started on a gluten free diet two weeks ago and he’s a changed boy. He isn’t diagnosed with autism but since the doctors don’t know what’s wrong, my little sister put him on the diet just in case. It has worked wonders.
March 28th, 2008 12:11 am
Hoe about Dr. Lecher, GYN? CUTE? Or Dr Spurt, the Proctologist….LOL! Both of these guys are REAL!
And I am 74% addicted to blogging.
Cheney…HELP US OH LORD…IMPEACHG, IMPEACH, NOW!
March 28th, 2008 12:31 am
Hi Colleen,
I know I once posted that if I spent as much time at the gym as I do surfing, blogging and researching, I’d look like Twiggy. And just to add to your funny names: We saw an undertaker named Eichenberry. I really wanted to ask him if that was his REAL name or if he made it up…..I swear it had to be made up! But who could think of that!!
Great post…take care!
March 28th, 2008 4:55 am
i had fun on the quiz page – thanks for the link. i played several of the games there.
i always enjoy your thursday postings!
March 28th, 2008 8:37 am
Thanks for the link, Colleen. I’m sorry I got here so late. Mr. kenju won’t shut up about that test. You’d think I had 99% instead of 70% – LOL.
March 29th, 2008 12:26 pm
I was too afraid to click the addiction link. Since I’ve been sick and not working so much, I spend WAY too much time on the Internet.
Re crazy doctor names, my original surgeon was Dr. Payne. I liked him a lot, though.
March 29th, 2008 12:43 pm
If he took the last two letters off, he’d be Dr. Pay, not much an improvement for a doctor’s name. Hope you’re doing well, Terrilynn.
April 2nd, 2008 1:55 pm
This story seems much closer to the truth:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-02-17-Iraqcongress_N.htm
The troop surge has reduced violence and civilian casualties and returned life to a more normal state. I can’t imagine running a nation’s policy based on popularity polls, so maybe Cheney has a point.
For what it’s worth, I believe the Democratic led Congress is receiving lower ratings than Bush.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1844140220070919?sp=true