Posted in Caturday/National Cat Day: Photography, Poetry, Song and Humour
“Time spent with cats is never wasted” Sigmund Freud
Happy National Cat Day!
Happy with my kitty
So I wrote this little ditty
Why don’t you sing along
To the tune of this familiar song
Soft kitty, warm kitty
Purring on my lap
Sleepy kitty, happy kitty
Why don’t I too take a nap
My little ball of fur
Listening to you purr
Life is kind of a blur
But this is how I prefer
Posted in Celebration and Fandom
“I am a doctor not a doorstop” the Doctor, Star Trek Voyager
Happy Birthday, Robert Picardo
“I’m an actor not a…
Oh, I *am* an actor!”
Sassy, classy, suave
Who do we love?
Why, Robert Picardo
An actor extraordinardo
The Doctor, Mr Woolsey
Always acting kinda coolsey
Star Trek, Stargate
Always ready for the next slate
In the spirit of Trek
Live Long and Prosper, Doctor!
Posted in Celebration and Fandom
“Actors, I don’t think, ever really grow up. I’m hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far. I’ve been very lucky” Derek Jacobi
Happy Birthday Sir Derek Jacobi
Loved you in Claudius
Adored you in Octavius
Excellent performance in Cadfael
Utterly radiant in Halifax
And completely hilarious in Vicious
On this special day
An homage I’d like to pay
With wishes most sincere
To an actor utterly revered
Sir Derek Jacobi
Posted in Fandom /Celebration
“Providing I can put one foot in front of the other, I will continue to act.”
Dame Angela Lansbury
Happy 91st Birthday Dame Angela Lansbury
Our Same of Dames
Surely, even the name explains
Angel, Angela
Dame Angela
You may be siting algebra
Or even the Magna Carta
Your voice a lullaby
Your presence divine
Live Long and Prosper
Dame Angela!
Posted in Fandom /Celebration
“Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides” Angela Lansbury
Blue Eyes
She’s got grace and style
And to top it, a great smile
Oh those blue eyes
Could light up the skies
Her face most adorable
Her talent undeniable
Like the whirlwind
Still hard at working
A Queen without a crown
A Dame with a gown
She is the belle of the ball
So say we all
Now and for ever more
Posted in Celebration: International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October
Photo credit: Johanna Nieminen
‘I Am A Girl I Am Smart And I Am Strong I Can Do Anything’
Girls, Girls, Girls for International Day of the Girl Child
The world would be total shit
Without a little girl in it
No laughter, nor giggles
No mystery nor riddles
Doing all kinds of silly things
With her dog and tiny wings
Future wide and open
For them you are hoping
Joy and fortune
Without worry or torture
Today’s little girls
Tomorrow’s gems and pearls
Let them play
Let them stay
Little girls
A while longer
Posted in Celebration/Fandom
“It’s such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out” Sigourney Weaver
Happy 67th Birthday Sigourney Weaver
Titillating, luscious, sexy
Statuesque, stately, leggy
Just a few adjectives to describe
An actress quite divine
Drama, comedy, horror
Sometimes even the explorer
Quite the knack for science fiction
Up to the point of fans’ addiction
The queen of all queens
Our one and only Sci-Fi Queen
On this day of celebration
Thanking you for your dedication
What more is there to say
But a very Happy Birthday
Posted in Celebration: National Cinnamon Roll Day (Finland) 4th of October
A Finnish delicacy named “korvapuusti” (“A slap on the ear”); a sweet bun or roll
“We are in the stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun”
Rowan Atkinson
Happy Cinnamon Roll Day!
Cinnamon,
Rhymes with bon-bon
In a form of a bun
It’s even more fun
Let you teeth sink in
It’s as good as sin
And
It helps if you’re a Finn!
Celebrating World Animal Day
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Mahatma Gandhi
World Animal Day, 4th of October
What would the world be
Without a cat, elephant or a bee
As far as the eye can see
Birds sitting in the trees
Join in and celebrate
All creatures great and small
They have given us much more
Than anyone can elaborate
Posted in Fandom, Celebration, Star Trek
“I’m always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play” Walter Koenig
Live Long and Prosper Walter!
“It was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad”
“We are looking for the Nuclear Wessels in Alameda”
Actor, writer
Director, teacher
Chekov on Star Trek
Who could forget
That boyish charm
And an accent of Russian
Done with such passion
Taking us by storm
Bester on Babylon 5
A character done with style
Telepath and an antagonist
Quite the opportunist
Stirring up the soup
Better watch out for a coup
Whether on film or stage
Even fan productions made
You always deliver
Like a true winner
Leaving us in awe
And wanting for more
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