Loose Leaf Notes

1. The popular American saying ‘What’s up Doc’ comes from a Bugs Bunny Cartoon. The writer of the first Bugs Bunny film in 1940 explained that it was a common expression in his native Texas and back then “doc” meant the same as “dude” does today. But rabbits don’t eat carrots. The phrase is actually a reference to a Clark gable movie where he eats a carrot and says “what’s up doc.”

2. This is me trying to make a two-year-old laugh.

3. And it worked.

4. Recent Wordle words: Saucy, Ounce, Acorn, Camel, Stork, Brute, Flunk, Mushy, Spout, Stern, Rerun, Widen, Rebel.

5. The Enticement:  Happy is a carrot on a stick / An idealistic flip of a switch / It’s child’s play / A coin toss wager / A joker in a deck / Happiness is what you make it / An easy fix that’s worth it / It’s a promise you can’t keep / that’s closer than you think… Read The Enticement in its entirety HERE. 

6. “This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want.” —Hannah Arendt, German historian and philosopher (1906–1975)

7. Assault or salt in the wounds?

8. The greatest thing you’ll ever learn / Is just to love and be loved in return.” Nature Boy song lyrics

9. I’ve started a physics science class on my hammock for as long as the good weather lasts. I read a chapter from Mickey Singer’s Living Untethered and then close the book to look at the world and witness its magic.

10. I love when I find pictures like this in my camera.

11. The blurrier the better on these surprise photos, like the hoppier the better with beer.

12. Dancing was a great way to interact together, across family bonds and generations. We all knew all the words and sang along to the classic anthem songs by Prince, Hall and Oates, Bruce Springsteen and more. More from Here Comes the Bride HERE. 

13. More from I woke up Monday with a Carrot Cake Hangover HERE.

____________Thirteen Thursday