Something blue
I have two light blue scarves in progress. One is Juno Regina, using Conjoined Creations Pastimes, a soy lace weight. I've never knit with lace weight before and it's weird. I can't snap the yarn by hand, it's like knitting with a
More issues
Laser Fusion experiment
BBC News: Giant laser experiment powers up.
The US has finished constructing a huge physics experiment aimed at recreating conditions at the heart of our Sun. The US National Ignition Facility is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion, a process that could offer abundant clean energy. The lab
Back from MOPACA part 3
There's no sun at five in the morning, but the hotel had a snow plough clearing the parking lot and the interstate looked good. The sun came out early in the morning and by the end of the day, everything was melting.
Jodi and I went to the
Back from MOPACA part 2
Saturday morning started off grey and the snow predictions for Kansas City were revised down to less than 12 inches. It started sleeting in the late morning and people were getting worried. We were up at 5am and hit Starbucks on our way. There was poop to clean up when
Back from MOPACA part 1
Took Friday off work and drove down to Pat and Jodi's place to meet Connie of Breezy Ridge Alpacas. She had rigged her van to be an alpaca transport, and it was piled high with hay, tables, stuff to sell, two alpaca, and all the alpaca paraphernalia to
Going to MOPACA
I am heading out to Kansas City tomorrow to visit MOPACA! It is the annual show of the Midwest Alpaca Breeder's Association. Travelling up with Jodi, Connie, and Max Storm, a Suri alpaca (his parents were Max Factor and Kong Storm). Max has a travel buddy and the
Book review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The text for Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is in the public domain, which means people can pick it up, put in a storyline about zombies, and totally revamp one of my favourite classics. And I love it!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a
Memphis training
Drove down on Sunday for four days of training. Nice hotel, but a pitifully small conference room. Halfway through Monday's session, we were moved to the Forest Ballroom of the Peabody Hotel. Marble floors. Chandeliers. Coffee in silver pots. Live ducks parading around the fountain in the lobby.
Everyday Carry
Abby blogged about her Everyday Carry, the pocket stuff you carry around with you everywhere. And also the Extended everyday carry, for handbag contents.
I am very rarely without either my handbag, or the day bag I take to work, or a laptop bag. If I'm going to
Monthly random
Big Life Drama = blog silence. And as dramas go, this one is a doozy. Have had no spare brainpower to think, let alone write. Good stuff is happening, and the dust will settle in a couple of months.
I'll be in Memphis next week for company training. Possibly