Gearing up for NaNoWriMo
I'm a little distracted right now and it won't go away till December. I'm going to be writing a novel, gearing up for Christmas, taking my purple belt test, and doing a bunch of work on the house. And doing a full time job
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2009 Ig Nobel Prizes
You have to love the Ig Nobel prizes! And wonder "what were they thinking" when these people got grant money to study...
Veterinary Medicine
Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are
Tweets for the week of October 2nd
* One tyre going flat on car, the oldest one, the one not replaced last trip to the tyre place, the one I ripped up by accident and replaced.
* Clothes shopping: I am now in between sizes and nothing fits right. Either I head back to the gym and keep working
Frankensocks
Frankenstein's monster was supposed to be made from the best parts of many corpses, but it didn't work out so well. Every pair of socks I make is a selection of parts from different patterns. I like rolled tops for toe up socks, and hemmed tops
Treasure from Mercia
BBC News: Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found.
The UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure has been discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire. Experts said the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces, which may date back to the 7th Century, was unparalleled in size. It has
Tweets for the week of September 25th
* Vendor list for Strange Folk festival looks awesome! Steampunk and indie and local and upcycled, going with a friend Saturday 26th.
* Gym, massage, lunch with Hubby, favourite yarn store, stash-diving, karate class, maybe a movie tonight. A perfect day off work!
* Queen of Puddings almost worked, need real breadcrumbs next
Fluttering
Thirty repeats in to the Flutter scarf from MimKnits and I have the lace pattern memorised. There are a hundred of these four-row repeats in total, fifty on each side so I have a long way to go at my current rate of three or four repeats per weekday.
Looking
That time of year
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Andrew Marvell "To His Coy Mistress"
NaNoWriMo is coming, the St Louis regional forums are stirring awake. Plots are considered and outlined, write-ins are
FO: Spiraluscious #2
Finished the hem at knitting morning, grafted it closed at home while the courgette and parmesan bread was on the first rise.
Pattern:
Spiraluscious
by Anne Hanson
Yarn: Woolen Rabbit Opulence in Burning Embers
Needles: US3 circular and dpns
Duration: 13 September to 19 September 2009
Made from the leftovers
Tweets for the week of September 18th
* The phrase "wouldn't say 'Boo!' to a goose" seems to be a Brit thing. It no longer applies, I fear no geese.
* What manner of sadist puts the Food Network on the TV at the gym right in front of the Stairmaster and they&