NAYY
I've been seeing that on the Knitlist and the Socknitters mailing list for weeks, finally found a place to explain what on earth it means: The Acronym Dictionary.
Alison Hawke
Return of the Jedi
I'm back. Crocuses are blooming, albeit only when I'm not looking at them, the yarn for Sarah's socks just arrived, there's a warm cat asleep on the chair next to me, season 6 of Stargate SG-1 on the telly, and a tin
On break
I'm taking a short blog break. Barring one Blogger Idol post, don't expect to see anything here until March 8th.
Blogger Idol Week Six - Movies
Movies that should never be made:
* Anything based on a video game, or computer game (e.g. Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat). Just don't go there.
* Sequels of movies based on games (e.g. Resident Evil 2)
* Battles that pit the evil bad guys from two totally
Yarn tales
Started knitting my fourth sock today, the first two were trial socks, this pair is for my sister. It will be the first completed project I've done for someone who is not me, Hubby's sweater is still half done. I started the eternal sweater when we
Net heroes and villains
Top net villains and heroes named. Verisign got the villain of the year award.
Britain's net industry has named internet domain giant Verisign as its villain of the year. It won the accolade for a system it set up that hijacked mistyped web queries and sent people to
Blogger Idol week 5 - Picture This
Did you ever read those photo comic strips in kids magazines?
The wily hunter stalks her prey.
"Who? Me?"
(Play theme for "Jaws" here)
"You don't scare me. Besides, there's better prey upstairs"
In its lair upstairs, the vicious sock
Church planting
Quote from the Vineyard Leadership Institute intensive on church planting:
"The secret of church planting is chocolate."
John Mumford, National Director Vineyard Churches UK & Eire
(Finished knitting my socks during the first half of John's video lecture on Saturday.)
Under scrutiny
Big Brother in Britain: Does more surveillance work? Link from FuturePundit, who has some excellent analysis, links, and quotes about CCTV and crime. These quotes are from the original article in the Christian Science Monitor:
[Closed Circuit TV] has become popular and widespread, with the result that Britons are by
Microbes
Give your boss an ulcer! Or see what's really in your beer and bread. How can you not love these things! Thinkgeek has some, and Giant Microbes is the original source.
Someone give me a cold, I promise to look after it!