February 02, 2007
Hodgepodge Friday
Apologies for the lack of posting on Wednesday but I warned you, I did, I did. Plus I was in management training, learning how to beat employees without leaving any telltale bruises. However, when I told my employees exactly this, they laughed and laughed and laughed and went back to playing Warcraft and Sims respectively. This is not going well.
If you haven’t yet been privy to the gender-identity circus going on on Cuzzin Tom's blog, make sure to read his recent entry about Floki, including the comments. I mean, I understand he’s taken a vow of celibacy but surely you don’t forget everything? Even his Maw and nephew have chimed in on this one. To die for. Worth a visit.
Wherein I humiliate myself for Stephanie.
In her first post after Madrona, Stephanie wrote:
“I thought about taking a picture of the fog and the way it looked like nothing, and then realized I was on the brink of taking a picture of nothing and thought maybe I didn't want my standards to slip that low.”
Fortunately for her, the high standards in my world are miles below the low standards in hers so, here, on Stephanie’s behalf, a picture of the Tacoma fog, taken through our hotel room window.
There's no "little cat feet" or dainty "haunches" about this fog. It's a ginormous, 40-pound, furry cat arse smothering the entire city, the cat of which then stands up, covers up the doodies it made, and stomps off to demand food. Welcome to Washington weather.
219 votes later, we have a clear winner in the Abbdar-color blog poll:
I do have at least one more poll question but none of the poll softwares available online are behaving themselves today so we will have to go without. Maybe next week.
Still struggling along on the Diamond sweater using TMK’s Tropical Juice homespun. Last night I discovered that it’s a whoppin’ 4” wider than it should be. That’s, what, a whole ‘nother half of a baby? I think I can compensate for this but I've put TMK on notice that she may have to whip me up some more Tropical Juice. And she has put me on notice that she is not happy about this. And I've put her on notice that that's just too bad. And she's put me on notice that I suck. And I've put her on notice that she sucks equally much. And she's put me on notice that I suck more. Etc., etc., etc.
I don't think I've mentioned this, but it's a really an inspiration to see how you and TMK work out your disagreements in such a rational, adult fashion.
Posted by: martha in mobile on February 2, 2007 10:58 AMHeh...I LOVE that TMK now spins and you knit her product. That is incredibly cool to me. Hmm, perhaps TMK will get sucked, uh, I mean, "intrigued" by dying and begin to dye her own fiber too....??
Posted by: Lisa in Oregon on February 2, 2007 10:58 AMLMFAO.
Oh, poor TMK, who has to do something she really enjoys, for someone she loves.
I discovered that Hubby is a much better spinner than I'll ever be after our trip to Cara's Spin-Out last spring. Could I get him to spin if I got him a fancy wheel? I'm trying to resist the urge to buy roving, because it seems to take up a lot more space than yarn in skeins.
Posted by: abby on February 2, 2007 11:57 AMTMK, do not read this comment.
Abby, recent experience has shown that sucking a significant other into the fiber world goes much better if they come to important, inescapable conclusions, like, "Boy, do I need a fancy wheel," all by themselves. Good luck with this.
Posted by: Ryan on February 2, 2007 12:03 PMheh. heh heh. Ok, I give. heh heh heh. eek. snicker. Ar
Posted by: Rebecca on February 2, 2007 02:19 PMThank you so much for that link. That made my day.
Posted by: Krsi on February 2, 2007 02:48 PMCommunication is so essential in a relationship. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Donna in Virginia on February 2, 2007 02:57 PMI personally love that photo of dragon's breath!
Posted by: Marianne on February 2, 2007 03:55 PMLove them Excel 3-D spreadsheet graphs!
Posted by: kmkat on February 2, 2007 05:18 PMSims and WOW, eh? I giggled when I read that. Ah, my people!
I have yet to meet a geek who isn't a raving fan of 24, so I suggest trying "I spent all weekend watching episodes of 24 back-to-back and taking notes. Get to work, or I'm breaking out the defibrillator."
Let me know if it works, I'll send you a list of other references you can use. (Or loan you the first season, of course!)
I await your last poll with interest. I found that on both so far I have voted with the majority, which is an odd thing for me. It was just so clear to me that Abbdar was a BROWN HAT and I'm somewhat amazed that so many others think so too!
Posted by: CarolineF on February 5, 2007 09:27 AM