dead – thatgrrl

Big Cats Should Not be Bred in Little Cages

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Laura Brown

I was watching the episodes of Snow Leopards of Leafy London, about the National Cat Trust, with Dr. Terry Moore in the UK. Although its great to see someone taking in cats who have no where else to go. In the end, they are living in captivity for however long they live. Not able to have space, hunt, and live a feral life.… Read the rest

Birthday Cards for the Dead?

November 27, 2021 by Laura Brown

Have you ever seen a birthday card for someone already deceased? I don’t mean recently, someone who passed away but people still have a memorial sort of birthday for them. What about when it is your Father, long gone.

Today is my Dad’s birthday. I forget how long ago he died, it has been about 15 years, possibly more.… Read the rest

Dead People Can’t Buy Alcohol

July 30, 2021February 13, 2021 by Laura Brown

Note: I do know there is a virus. But, there are a LOT of viruses we could be having a pandemic for. Bigger things could have been pandemics around the world: AIDs, polio, the flesh eating bacteria, SARs, swine flu, bird flu, and so many, many others – but they were downplayed. The public was told not to worry and just go on about their business.

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Undead, More Like Predead

July 30, 2021May 3, 2020 by Laura Brown

The coronavirus has personally devastated me though I have not been sick a day at all. While I was away, giving my brother and Mother their quarantine time I lost a lot of everything I personally valued in my life.

Some people, when they have trouble in their own life, focus on the lives and problems of others.

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Are Email Marketers all Smoking Crack?

July 7, 2017 by Laura Brown

I had another email from someone selling me a newsletter/ campaign about building up my email marketing plan. (You know the drill). I’m not in the least interested in any email marketing. I don’t see the sense of it.

First, email is far too cluttered to be reliable as a method of communication.

Second, and more to the point, hasn’t texting pretty much replaced email these days?

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Getting Back to Being an Effective Blogger, Again

April 6, 2017 by Laura Brown

This site is not dead but… I do need to find it again. Keeping focus and staying true to your own voice are not easy when you look around at other sites and start comparing yourself. If you can manage to do it constructively, that’s great. I’ve gotten sucked into my own wormhole of blog envy.

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From Fred, the Missing Strange Traveler

May 16, 2023July 25, 2016 by Laura Brown

The following is cut and pasted from an abandoned site, on Tripod. I would have reposted more newsletters, but I only found two.

Welcome, to The STRANGE TRAVELER

Hi. I’m Fred, the Robin Leach of haunted castles, alien landing fields, mystical monoliths and really cool bars. You have just stumbled into the only travel Website on the Internet that takes a “Twilight Zone” approach to vacation planning.… Read the rest

Imagine the Long, Lost Journal Found

November 7, 2021June 6, 2016 by Laura Brown

What does a journal look like? If you found the long, lost journal of long dead explorer, what would you expect it to look like? I see it as leather, beat up, dark cover and dirty, weather beaten held together with string or something else found along the way. What if it were the journal of a dentist?… Read the rest

The Sadness of Disappearing Used Book Stores

July 4, 2015 by Laura Brown

Starlight Books in Newmarket, Ontario, has closed. Not big news to a lot of people. I was sad to see it gone this week when I drove by on my way to visit my sister in Newmarket. I used to live in the area. Starlight books was one of my favourite places for about 20 years.… Read the rest