Word of the day

Iceblink  – a bright appearance of the sky caused by reflection from a distant ice sheet; a yellowish luminosity near the horizon or on the underside of a cloud, caused by the reflection of light from sea ice; a bright reflection of sunlight, esp. in polar regions, on the bottom of a low cloud, caused by ice on a distant expanse of water or land; a glare in the sky over an ice field.

Milne muses

“Primroses grow in open fields and can turn a grassy hillside as yellow as daisies can turn it white, well into the month of May. They meant a lot to me as a child, and so remind me of my childhood. Stirring of memory, the echo of an older thrill.” ~C.R.Milne #spring #flowers pic.twitter.com/NR7qeyU1AB

— A.A.Milne (@A_AMilne) May 13, 2024

Beautifying the blogosphere

Aurora over London at midnight on Friday

[📸 JosephAlsousou] pic.twitter.com/qfQCFa9rV9

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 11, 2024

Woman of the day

Woman of the Day artist and sculptor Miriam Davenport born OTD 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts. In WW2, the Nazis labelled “degenerate artists” as enemies of the Third Reich and were determined to send them to the death camps. Miriam and her friend Mary Jayne Gold joined the… pic.twitter.com/mmJMs0jeUt

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) June 6, 2024

 

Quotes for today

I despise the Lottery. There’s less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid. – Brian May

I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. – Fran Lebowitz

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty. –  Adam Smith

Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead. – Brian Koslow

I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy. –  Daniel Tammet

Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it’s with the hope of winning something more.  – Derek Kilmer

It’s sad, the lottery. Good projects get funded by it, but there’s an air of desperation about it. – Nina Conti

Here’s something to think about: How come you never see a headline like ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’? – Jay Leno 

I’m happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you’ve won the lottery. Susan Orlean