Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Check out one of the last photos on my enV phone. My hubby ordered a new Droid X for me last week – before the went on sale. We beat the hype and got our new smartphones the next day. Joy! I know we could have waited for Apple to deliver iPhones to Verizon either [...]

I’m looking forward to the return of my guilty pleasure, “The Guild.” The web series makes its season premiere Tuesday. Joy! [ From http://driftlessareareview.wordpress.com/] The show covers the quirks, relationships and complications of a group of online gamers. Felicia Day plays Codex and she is brilliant as a producer, writer and actor. As I watch [...]

Sing that phrase to the tune of: “I Feel Pretty.” [From http://broadwayworld.com] I adore West Side Story. I enjoy hearing and watching the other incarnations of this musical: from Broadway to College Humor. @GoodLaura introduced me to this fantastic parody of all things online! And it’s inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s tunes and Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics. [...]

Happy New Year’s! Here’s to a rockin’ 2009! Work hard, play harder….be happy! Now, for another holiday greeting from one of my favorite online comic series.

That’s something one of my co-workers would ask as he’s writing for his show and working out his lead story for the top of his A Block (the first segment of his newscast). Sometimes we’d wonder what one of the greatest journalists in American history would say about some of the things that end up [...]

Viva la Weekend! Celebrating my days off with a sneak peak @ the second season of Flight of the Conchords. I found out about it on defamer.com. Season 2 Online Premiere – Flight of the Conchords (US Only) – watch more funny videos I’m getting used to watching my favorite shows online. I don’t have [...]

The leaves are changing color in Vacaville. I think we’ll have more vibrant colors as we get closer to winter. I’m looking forward to a consistent schedule as my newsroom heads into November Sweeps. As soon as I get over my sore feet from my 1st 5-mile run, I plan on repeating that run in [...]

I was tickled to watch Ron Burgundy interview the most distinguished anchorman of our time at Radio City Music Hall during the Funny or Die tour. read more | digg story Ron Burgundy Interviews Tom Brokaw!! An FOD Exclusive! on FunnyOrDie.com Read more… or Read more right here… » Back in Topeka, I told our [...]

I try to find new recipes to try out on my weekends. I’m thrilled with the huge kitchen space in our Vacaville home. There’s plenty of room to spread out my herbs, veggies, meat and cutting areas. Sometimes I have my PowerBook open to a tasty online recipe. When I’m prepping meals, sometimes I stare [...]

I stumbled on this really cool Cal development on a Nashville blog: UC Berkeley puts hundreds of academic lectures on YouTube. Talking about kicking Fiat Lux to the next level — sharing the intellectual light online. Here’s a physics class by Professor Richard A. Muller. The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual [...]