Saturday, March 31, 2012

Saturday Special - Wacky Word and Infographic - Hacktivism

Hacktivism
by Rachel Hoyt

Hacktivism
is a form of activism
that can cause an online schism
when needed to promote an ism
other than pacifism -
Hacktivism.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.


Thank you, FrugalDad.com for sharing this awesome infographic!


Hacktivism Infographic
Source: frugaldad.com

Friday, March 30, 2012

Friday Photo Fun - A Beautiful Display

A Beautiful Display
by Rachel Hoyt



Many little somethings
piled into a sweet tower
along with those things
we should smell every hour.

In front lay three creations
from beloved children's toys.
Behind, tiers of colorful, sweet expectations,
to celebrate love's many joys.

So where was and what are the things in this display?
There are many right answers to be found today.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.
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A day of guesses revealed some of this,
but here's the "answer" to whatever you missed:

It's a Wedding Desert Display table!


Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thursday Thoughts - Helicopter Noise

Shushing Helicopters
by Rachel Hoyt

Image by africa via freedigitalphotos.net


Helicopter, helicopter I hear you.
Helicopter, your noise makes me blue.
I worry for the reason that you hover -
I'm also sad for those who say that the noise
disrupts their sleep and wrecks their poise.

Is it possible that your cousin, the fan,
could show you the quieter ways that the man
has invented in more recent days
which have made his cool ways
even cooler than they were before
because he no longer sounds like a snore?

Are stealth spy-copters only in the movies?
Are the quietest helicopters the military's?
Could it be that the problem is in the design
and the flight patterns they use now are fine?
The more that helicopters fly over my town,
the more I wonder about the noise they send down.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
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I searched and searched, but couldn't find,
helicopter information that truly blew my mind,
so I think I'll write to Mental Floss to see
if they can track down better info for you and me.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Wacky Word Wednesday - Antipodean

Antipodean
by Rachel Hoyt


Antipodean
Could describe women and men,
Democrat vs Republican,
Day vs night or dark vs light.

Converse, inverse, obverse, and reverse
Things are things we can
Say are antipodean.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard!
Thank you, @reedtome for tweeting me this word!


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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

You Tube Tuesday - Finding Love with OKGopid

Love Happens
by Rachel Hoyt

Love tends to strike randomly,
Fate takes credit, naturally,
Some accept this truth, happily,
Others fight it, instinctively.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.






Josh from "Its Tiger Time" invented You Tube Tuesday so we could each share one video a week which we found to be fun, inspiring or otherwise noteworthy. If you choose to participate, don't forget to leave your links in my comments section (so I can come visit you) and on Josh's page (so you can be part of the contest). I hope you enjoyed this week's selection!
 
 
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Monday Mumbles - Censorship and SOPA

Matter, Don't Mind
by Rachel Hoyt

Image by Idea Go

Dr. Seuss said those who matter don't mind
and those that mind don't matter,
but what if one day we find
neither is true - especially the latter?

No Seussical land imagined the web
spreading dumb thoughts far and wide.
His statement meant more spoken to a deb
with strict conduct by which to abide.

To those who have flailed their opinions
as often and loudly as possible,
it's normal to wish for censoring minions,
but is this wish truly plausible?

Can we keep our right to say what we mean
while policing the websites that do wrong?
Will the world wide web someday be more lean
or will ideas bounce back and forth like ping pong?

I like to think I'm one who matters
and usually I don't mind
if your opinion shamelessly flatters
one who I don't call my kind.

Some of the evils that lurk online
do need minding from the authorities,
but why should laws threaten words of mine
to stop obvious law-breakers like these?

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.   All rights reserved.


Brave Little Blogger Contest

UPDATE:

I won 3rd Place
and have a big smile on my face.
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Friday Photo Fun - Something Sparkly

Something Sparkly
by Rachel Hoyt



I would've seen my face if I'd looked,
But staring at the strings had me hooked,
A bit of seventies inspired decor,
To illuminate an arty wine store,
Similar things hang in some people's doorways,
Mostly during their college party phase.

So what is this abstract-ified decor?
I await your guesses, scoffs and more!

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.


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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Thursday Thoughts - National Optimism Month

Dream Me a Smile
by Rachel Hoyt


Image by Federico Stevanin via freedigitalphotos.net

I'd had one terrible, awful, bad day -
That day optimism killed my dismay.
Around every corner harm had been lurking.
On every face, I saw frowns and smirking.
I'd gone to bed angry, wishing on a star
That tomorrow would be more up to par.

The second that my head hit the pillow,
My dream of the day began to flow,
Except that it wasn't exactly the same.
Everyone smiled as if they knew my name.
Laughing was heard everywhere
Life felt happy and laissez faire.

I did dribble coffee on my clean shirt,
When Jerry said that he had bought a yurt,
But Jerry laughed at me and I, him,
Then he admitted he'd purchased on a whim.
I didn't get mad that he'd "made me spill"
And he wasn't hurt that I'd "mocked his thrill".

Then we walked together to the corner store
Where I bought a pen that made my stain "no more".
I skipped with joy the two steps down the aisle
Which changed the grumpy cashier's style.
He wasn't angry that I'd used it before paying
And I didn't lie, "I was in the line waiting!"

I did not step in gum outside the library,
Thanks to a timely warning from Jerry.
The librarian still kicked us out due to noise,
But this time laughs (not yells) pricked her poise.
She wasn't mad, just enforcing the rule.
We knew that and magically kept our cool.

By the time I awoke, I'd relived the whole day
Acting just slightly happier along the way.
Somehow the day seemed to go smoother,
Making optimism seem like a maneuver -
One that I planned to try out in real life
To see if it really could make good days rife.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Wacky Word Wednesday - Japes

Japes
by Rachel Hoyt


Image by jiggoja via freedigitalphotos.net

I like to rhyme jolly japes,
Joke and laugh like a bunch of apes,
Jest about juggling green grapes,
And spread the word that jokes are japes.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard!



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I've linked this rhyme in at the Poetry Pantry.
Come on over if you wish to read more good poetry.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

You Tube Tuesday - Laughter Therapy

Laugh Me Tall
by Rachel Hoyt

A laugh a day
To keep pain away?
Sometimes I need more
But it isn't really a chore.
Just a laugh, or two, or three, or four,
And I'm standing taller than I've stood before.
 
 
© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.








Josh from "Its Tiger Time" invented You Tube Tuesday so we could each share one video a week which we found to be fun, inspiring or otherwise noteworthy. If you choose to participate, don't forget to leave your links in my comments section (so I can come visit you) and on Josh's page (so you can be part of the contest). I hope you enjoyed this week's selection!


 



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Friday, March 16, 2012

Friday Photo Fun - Something Cream

Something Cream
by Rachel Hoyt



From the Emerald Isle it came,
To bolster men to plow the plain.
It's less nutritious when cooked quick.
Some like it thin and others thick.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


So, what is this cream thing?
I await the fun guesses you'll bring!

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.


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Friday Photo Fun was inspired by This Moment,
a tradition begun by
SJ of Samuel Michaels Photography and
Alejandro of Raising Amelie and Blognostics

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Thursday Thoughts - Pinching and the Leprechaun Defense

Leprechaun-itis
by Rachel Hoyt

Image © 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

A fellow named Pat liked to pinch
And found sneaking it was a cinch
Around the office
If he was cautious
And no one saw his fancy flinch.

But after five years of wincing
About phantom finger pinching
The gals around work
Pledged to find the jerk
Causing dreadful derriere dimpling.

It didn't take long to see that
The most likely culprit was Pat.
So they turned him in,
To H.R. boss, Finn,
Who said he'd stop the pinching brat.

But the thing that no one foresaw,
The defense that left all in awe -
"Leprechaun-itis
makes me pinch like this.
Been doing it since birth. Ask my ma."

Poem "Leprechaun-itis" © 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.


So... why do we pinch people on St. Patrick's Day?
Click here for the reasons why we act that way.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wacky Word Wednesday - Irish Slang

Eejit
by Rachel Hoyt
Image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net


I don't want you to get called an eejit,
Gobshite, moran, or nitwit.
So memorize this lickety-split:
Complete fools, idiots are eejits.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard!
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

YTT - Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade

98 Foot Long Parade
by Rachel Hoyt

A fellow impressed by Elvis
And parades where themes are remiss
Picked the shortest street
In Hot Springs to meet
And made ninety-eight feet of bliss.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.




Josh from "Its Tiger Time" invented You Tube Tuesday so we could each share one video a week which we found to be fun, inspiring or otherwise noteworthy. If you choose to participate, don't forget to leave your links in my comments section (so I can come visit you) and on Josh's page (so you can be part of the contest). I hope you enjoyed this week's selection!


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Monday, March 12, 2012

Monday Mumbles - Clovers and Shamrocks

Locket Limerick
by Rachel Hoyt


A fellow filled a gold locket
With a three-leaf clover he picked
Then added a fourth
Leaf for luck and worth
To join faith, hope and love in the trinket.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.



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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Sunday Fun Day - Shrill Limerick on Women and Men

Smiles from Frowning
by Rachel Hoyt

Image by bulldogza via freedigitalphotos.net
A gal who was terribly shrill
Told her hubby it wasn't a thrill
To break his joystick
To make her point stick
But she smiled as he cried, "You killed Bill!"
© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.

 
This poem was written for Mad Kane's Limerick-Off
(where poets and rhymers go to show off)
and inspired by the news that women

 
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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Saturday Special - Daylight Saving Time Quatern

Love Sleep, Hate the Leap!
by Rachel Hoyt

Image by digitalart via freedigitalphotos.net

I hate losing an hour of sleep.
It makes me behave like a creep -
Snapping my tongue 'bout everything,
Louder than a punk star can sing.

I try not to say a peep, but
I hate losing an hour of sleep.
I grew up in Arizona -
We keep time the way we wanna.

I love Cali, 'cept the time change.
The practice, to me, feels quite strange.
I hate losing an hour of sleep.
It makes me want to eat and weep.

It turns Sunday lazy into
Nothing day feeling tough to do.
Get ready!  It's time for the leap.
(I hate losing an hour of sleep.)

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.


Friday, March 9, 2012

Friday Photo Fun - Something Multicolored

Something Multicolored
by Rachel Hoyt


Sometimes suffers from split ends,
Popular with my hippie kid friends,
Play toys for both kids and adults,
In one job, they're the nuts and bolts!

2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All Rights Reserved.


Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.
 
 
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Friday Photo Fun was inspired by This Moment,
a tradition begun by
SJ of Samuel Michaels Photography and
Alejandro of Raising Amelie and Blognostics.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Thursday Thoughts - Johnny Appleseed

Johnny's Seed
by Rachel Hoyt



didn't spread seeds randomly,
he planted crops, showed no greed,
traveled as a missionary...

Or so they say, but did you know
those apples mostly made hard cider -
liquor made them worthy to grow.
Prohibition was the divider...

As liquor became scarce and taboo
to many an alcoholic's dismay
Doctors began saying that you
should eat one apple per day.

A Swedenborgian vegetarian
who owned land but settled nowhere.
A never-been-married humanitarian
who showed animals and insects much care.

You would that think such a man
would have coined the phrase
but sometimes, try hard as we can,
dichotomies are thrown in the maze.

Do you think that Johnny drank
his apple a day all his years?
Or when told that drinking was rank,
did he quit and preach more) to his peers?

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.



March 11th is Johnny Appleseed Day.
Will you celebrate the hard cider way
or by chewing apples to prevent tooth decay?

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Wacky Word Wednesday - Eleemosynarius

Eleemosynarius
by Rachel Hoyt

Image by njaj via freedigitalphotos.net

Eleemosynarius
Isn't Latin for hilarious,
It's the antithesis of nefarious,
Benevolently delirious,
Unselfishly mysterious,
And for giving, notorious -

Poem Copyright © 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.


Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard!
Thank you, Mary Hudak-Collins for suggesting the above word.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

YouTube Tuesday - Sloths are Cute

Slothalicious Swaddling
by Rachel Hoyt
The cutest ugly duckling
Who lives solely for cuddling.
A pillar of innocent beauty.
This swaddled sloth is a cutie!

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.

Thank you, Boing Boing, for sharing this video.





Josh from "Its Tiger Time" invented You Tube Tuesday so we could each share one video a week which we found to be fun, inspiring or otherwise noteworthy. If you choose to participate, don't forget to leave your links in my comments section (so I can come visit you) and on Josh's page (so you can be part of the contest). I hope you enjoyed this week's selection!


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Friday, March 2, 2012

Friday Photo Fun - Something Green

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.
 

Something Green

In tests of speed and spawn, it's a superhero.
Things it can't do?  Seems like zero.
It's tall and lean, environmentally clean,
And most of all, it's serene.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.


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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

A Seussical Soul
by Rachel Hoyt



I have a Seussical soul.
When I read Seuss I feel whole.
My imagination spews emulation,
I've a fascination with nameification,
And seek ideation and illumination,
While rhyming in timing,
Vocab-imbibeing,
And smiling
Soul.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.



Thursday, March 1, 2012

Thursday Thoughts - Dumb Criminals

Three Limericks Inspired by Dumb Crimes of the Week
by Rachel Hoyt
Image by Simon Howden via freedigitalphotos.net

Many criminals are smart as tacks and smooth as snakes,
but some have short lived careers and seem like fakes.
They're so funny that you just don't know what to do,
except if you're me, who writes rhymes for you.


If you make yourself an ID
To take to the bank for money
Pick one you look like
(Some plain dude named Mike)
Don't pose as a celebrity.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


When making yourself a website
It's important to get the name right
But don't name your crime
Or you will do time
And the whole world will laugh with delight.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


Bank robbers don't always succeed,
So bring the cab fare you may need.
You can't just go back
For the cash you lack
But the cabbie will make you concede.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


 
Each Thursday I post an original rhyme
inspired by wacky news of the time.
 Click on the above titles to see
the news stories that inspired me.
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