Les Bon Mots

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
--
Dr Seuss

Repeat: Bug-Eyed Fish

Good friends Mike and Steph occupied my thoughts yesterday and today, because Steph was in for surgery this morning and Mike was in bits worrying about her. I chose the Bug-Eyed Fish because I was sure we'd have cause to celebrate (it's a happy occasion pin), and that was indeed the case. All went well, to everyone's relief and delight.

The good news lifts a cloud from our family trip to Big Bear this weekend, where we'll be joining Christy's brother Phil, wife Elke and their girls for snow-based fun. While immersion in cold, wet stuff isn't my first choice for leisure time (this and this are more my cup of tea), I'm making an effort because everybody else is totally into it, and it's been too long since we spent time with Phil and family. And who knows? Maybe I'll find something motorized to play with...

Yellow Jade

Here's another new/old pin, in the sense that it's new to me, but actually an antique. It was given to me by Anne and Kevin for my birthday, who also gave me the Saxophone. As the form is so simple and elegant, I think I'll wear this one for purely decorative purposes, rather than try to imbue it with any deep (and probably artificial) meaning.

The materials are silver and yellow jade (jadeite), making for an uplifting, light combination. There's no name on the back, so I can't say anything about the designer: but the style of the setting is reminiscent of art deco, so I'm guessing it was designed in the 1930s or thereabouts. Don't you love it when friends give you what you want? I know I do.

Les Bon Mots

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
--
B. F. Skinner

Oval Within Oval

Back to it, after a thoroughly restful break, much of which revolved around eating, Bioshock (thanks Christy!) and Rock Band. This lovely new pin is another Christmas present from Christy (she got me many lovely things, actually). I'm not sure what this one will represent for me yet - I'll have to think about that for a while.

I'll post design details later, because I don't have them to hand.