30 Day Drawing Challenge

I tried getting back into drawing a while back with little success. It's much easier to edit a photo on my iPhone with a couple of well chosen apps than to put pencil to paper these days. However, chatting to a friend on Twitter, she suggested the 30 Day Drawing Challenge.




Brilliant! Just what I was looking for to kick my arse into gear. I'll be posting the fruits of my labours here, a few at a time. If you're on twitter, search the hashtag #TDDC for daily drawings. Or even join in.

Scribble, scribble, scribble, etc.

All I want(ed) for Christmas

Guess what I got for Christmas. Give up? It's the latest, must- have, device for the 21st Century. It's a Kindle HD Fire! Woohoo! I love my wife sooo much, for t'was she that made me such a happy little boy all over again.
I can't find an app, such as BlogPress or Blogger, that allows me to write and post from this device, though. If anyone can suggest an app, please let me know because I'm using the Fire's web browser to post this (normally, I'd be using the iPhone app, BlogPress) and it's not an alternative that I'm entirely happy with.
Unlike the rest of the device. There's so much to discover that I'll have to post a separate review once I've got my head round it. Loving it, so far. But not as much as my wife.
Thank you, baby ;) xxx

iLiterature

There's been this niggling thought hanging about inside my head for a little while now.

It all started (one dark and stormy night) when my eleven year old told me the meaning of iliteration. Simply put, it's words coupled with each other because they share a common first letter, such as Simple Simon, Fast Food or New York, New York*.

That wasn't the thought.

I like to think about words. About their origins, their meanings and their evolutions. I like the way they sound. I like to look for connections that don't always exist. I like to explore.

This also wasn't the thought.

The thought goes something like this, but in no particular order;
Literate people can read, illiterate people can't read, the iPhone could have an app called "iLiterature", would this app contain books for people who can't read or merely contain examples of iliteration?
Also songs go "ooh ooh ah ha" etc. Try putting that in a book.


*Not really NY but you never know.