The Big Bad Bracelet Sale!

Welcome to Bling's-the-Thing!
We sell only the best decorative merchandise hot from the production house, where they are made by hand by our fine makers!  Right now, we have several pieces available, including four pendants and a special piece!

So what's our special piece?  We have a seasonal red-white-and-blue bracelet from Bling's-the-Thing's Big Bad Bracelet sale!  But hurry up!  This special sale ends soon, and once it ends, there won't be any more bracelets.  So come soon!

Rain-rain-rain-rain-rain

For the Past Four Days,
It rained.  Now, if that's not enough to make you gasp, let me explain.  It rained for four days.  In July.  In Texas.  During a drought.  In Texas!  That should make you gasp.  If not, please consult the September edition of National Geographic article called "What's Up With the Weather?"

*Anyway, did anyone read the the April NatGeo main headline?  "Reviving Extinct Species" was blasted across the front page.  The picture was classy and attention grabbing:  several extinct ice-age species (including a sabre-toothed tiger, the ancient bear-like giant sloth, and the eye-catching mammoth) coming out of a giant test tube and going onto a pre-made Siberian landscape.  Mini-articles from that edition included "Ladies Last" (about how on average ladies tend to live longer) , "Gut Reactions" (about the increase of people allergic to gluten since the 1950's), "Aerial Assaults" (designing our drones after mosquitoes might make them resilient) and "Samurai of the Sea" (about how the sensitive "nose" of a sawfish, long thought to be only for sensing movements around the animal, has been found to be used to decapitate fish) are very interesting.  But skip those for the moment and slip on over to page 28 (even if it means skipping the "Next" section, which I love too)  Before you start reading this fascinating article call "Bringing them Back to Life", look at the small caption at the bottom right page.  For those of you who don't have National Geographic, or don't keep it if you do, I'll read it for you.

"Bucardo.  Cara pyrenaica pyrenaica.  The bucardo, or Pyrenean ibex, lived high in the Pyrenees until its extinction in 2000.  Three years later researchers attempted to clone Celia, the last bucardo (above).  The clone died minutes after birth."  End Quote, underlining added.

Then move on to page 32, "Recipe for Resurrection"

1. Assemble a passenger pigeon genome** from DNA fragments in museum specimens.  Compare with the rock pigeon, which is still alive.
2. Add the particular traits of a passenger pigeon to a rock pigeon (red breast, longer tail, etc.)
3. Add passenger pigeon genes** into rock pigeon stem cells***.  Convert into eggs.
4. Breed pairs of rock pigeons (bearing passenger pigeon eggs) and hope that the offspring...
5. ...don't sprout extra wings and then answer this question:  if it looks and flocks and acts like a passenger pigeon, is it one?

More about this tomorrow (I'm getting a headache.)

*All thanks to National Geographic.

**What makes you you.

*** For lack of better term, blank cells.

A little of Everything (almost)

Welcome to...The Daily News!

I'm Mary Falcon, news reporter, and I'm here to give you a live interview with a published writer by the name of Noelle Matherne! 

Question:  So what do you write?

 Answer:  Anything!  I have so poems (including a limerick by the name of The Grass Seed that Couldn't Hold it's Breath and a poem called Leggerwoky.  For those of you who are familiar with the poem Jabberwoky, I'm sure you would find it amusing.

Q:  What else?

A:  Newspapers, editorials, and magazines have always been a specialty of mine.  So of the editions I've written are called the Prestwick Press, The ODDBALL, Lights!, and the Daily News!.  Here and there I'll do a short story (such as Nugget City, My Paradise, Attach of the Uncle-Monster to name a few)  I do essays, plays, and I once did a short biography!

Q:  Well it sounds like you have quite a library!  What are you working on now?

A:  Right now?  I doing my biggest project yet!  I'm working on a book that I hope will be published some day.....  I call it:  Deception.

Q:  That sound real interesting, we might have to come back and have an interview about "Deception."  Now, to the the weather.

 The predation is for thunderstorms today!  Maybe this will help with that pesky drought of ours!  There is an Emergency Alert for 6:45 for Dallas Country (severe thunderstorm).   Now I present you The Daily News!'s new add section!   (below)

Bling's-the-Thing Big Bad Bracelet Sale!

Right now, for a limited time, we'll be selling bracelets for only a dollar a bracelets.  We  have two kinds here at Bling's-the-Thing:  Pendant-style and Braid-style.  To Special-Order, just post your favorite tri-color combo, what style you want, and we'll have it to you ASAP!  Right now we have 5 pendants available, and one seasonal red-white-&-blue braid-style bracelet!  For those of you who don't know, the pendants are a steal at 50 cents apiece!

And now, to the news:

Hello, Sunshine!

Goooooooooood morning, this is your favorite blogger talking!  I started this post this morning, but due to technical difficulties, we couldn't post.  But now I'm at Ma'ma's, in the middle of a severe thunderstorm, and I'm wet.  WET.  I mean soaked to the bone!  Ok, no more sunshine.

It's the Daily News!

Hello, and Welcome to...
The Daily News!   Today is July 16, 2013.  We have a special report, coming in live from Still-To-Be-Named Estates, by our reporter Mary Falcon!

"Hi, I'm Mary Falcon, calling in here from Still-To-Be-Named Estates.  Despite the insistent off-and-on rain today, we've seen an extraordinary amount of activity....

"...To be exact, humming bird activity!  There have been nine recorded visits to the Estate's humming bird feeder and surrounding area.  The small birds (about three inches) are said to be black-chinned humming birds and only come here for the spring and summer during their mating season.  A correspondent of mine actually caught these stunning birds on video!  Now, to the weather report." ~Mary Falcon, News Reporter~

It's only going to get hotter now!  We're looking at a week in the mid 90˙s.  The weather prediction for tomorrow is more thunderstorms like today, and if I'm correct, off-and-on rain.  After that, through Sunday will be sunny with some clouds.  The highest temperature this week will be 97˙ and a low of 72˙.   And that's your weather report for today!

Thanks for reading, this has been the Daily News!

Before I go, all my fabulous readers, I want you to read this cute little limerick.  I made it up for school two or three years ago.  I hope you like it!

There once was a little grass seed,

Who floated downstream on a reed,

Alas the stream was a circle,

And the seed turned quite purple,

Trying to commit such a deed.

Well?  Do you like it?  Post your limericks if you want!

Good Morning!

Thank You for Reading...
The Daily News! Today!  It's Monday the 15 of July, and the 9th month of AF Brat Life, which we are using as out website.  Here in Grandbury, Texas, it's raining hard.  Maybe this will help with the grasshopper infestation that farmers and home owners have been complaining about?

"It's real annoying, all these grasshoppers  ...  We must have trillions!"  ~Janet Hawk, Age 11~

"They're hideous.  I hate 'em."  ~Jen Matherne, Home owner~

The weather prediction is rain all day, with a high of 76˙ and a low of 69˙.  Tomorrow will be a couple degrees warmer and thunderstorms all day.  And now to the news report:

And that would be...

Yet another faction of AF Brat Life!  I call it...  The Daily News!  Of course, once school starts up, I might not be totally daily....  So how about The Daily News! The Weekly News!  Due to some technical difficulties AF Brat Life has been having, you might not be able to post.  This is ok!  I know I have been begging you to respond, and I give you my apologies.  We figured this out yesterday, and again apologize for the inconvenience.  However, if you can, email me!  I still need the response.  Other wise, I end up thinking that I'm preaching to the choir.  :-(.

Thank you, and that's all for now...  Remember to bring your umbrellas if you are in Grandbury!

The New Pendant Brand Name!

Bling's-the-Thing!

Here at Bling's-the-Thing, we have all varieties of awesome pendants.  For a limited time, we're making bracelets for only a dollar apiece!  It's a steal!  So how do you get one you ask?  Either right here on my blog, or you can can talk to me personally.  As I said in an earlier post, here's some sample photos!

Put Your Pendant on your phone...

Or make a charm bracelet...

Or Decorate a Favorite Pen!

Five Pendants available right now at the Bling Store.  Come Soon because our big bad bracelet sale ends soon!

Bratlife's Celabration!

On July 15th...
We'll be celebrating AF Brat Life's 9th Anniversary!  Yep, on that historic day, it'll be nine months since AF Brat Life started up.

It'll be Memorable!

It'll be Awesome!

It'll be Fantastic!

It'll be...um....

Anyway, this is what you can do to celebrate!  Ironically, there won't be any party or such.  And no parade where people run screaming down the streets while balloon stands sell inflatable airplanes.  There won't even be a fair with a tree climbing contest and home design contest and pendant selling and dancing and...and....  So what do you do to celebrate?  Respond to my posts!  Help4Tween readers, tell your friends!  Noelle's HM Pendant lovers, post your suggestion!  Musing friends of mine, tell me about your musings!  Respond!