1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (313+ words) Greeting to all the Gemologists out there. Today is father’s day in Australia, so I wrote this a day in advance, as I will be spending the day with my gorgeous wife and kids. To those in the US: I…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) Greetings to you all and happy hump-day to those who celebrate. I hope your week is going well. Let’s get to my picks from the good place. I wonder how that is working out for them. Yet another reason to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (110+ words) After twenty years of working almost exclusively in black media, Odilon Redon made a radical change in style—abandoning his signature noir aesthetic for bold color. Ok, this is bad, I know, but I couldn’t help but snort with laughter....

3+ week, 55+ min ago   (418+ words) Greetings everyone. I hope you have enjoyed a peaceful and relaxing weekend. Today was the first real spring like day we’ve had in a while. Sunny and really pleasant. I got out in the yard, mowed the lawns, trimmed the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) Welcome back Gemologist and welcome to those who just joined for the first time. Happy hump day to those who celebrate! Let’s get into todays selection of weird and wonderful stuff to tickle your curiosity or funny-bone. Let’s open with…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (69+ words) My first search engine. Conserve The Sound: An online museum of vanishing and endangered sounds www.conservethesound.de In these times, sometimes you just gotta have a laugh. Life cycle of a strawberryOriginal post Mysteriously using words like "we" and…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (143+ words) It is Friday again!! What a crazy week (aren’t they all lately). Is the Strait open or closed today/ Will IT happen today? Who knows? So let’s just launch into the good stuff instead. Hmmmm…He had a good point…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (294+ words) THAT is pretty wild. I’m not sure that was safe, but it certainly is out there… Possibly the greatest single male athletic performance of all timeOriginal post Who tortures a kitten???? Seriously!!! A boy and his kitten …. Clearly there was…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (397+ words) Greetings fellow newshounds and doom-scrollers. Time for our end-of-week respite from all the madness in the world. Here we go: Sadly, I’m now old enough to remember being excited by these… Throwback Thursday High Tech That is one wide tree…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (209+ words) Hello gemmers! Happy hump day, and welcome back to the next installment of weird and wonderful things from Bluesky. Today is a little heavy on satire and barbs – just because I feel like it… It's not a disagreement about politics....