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Booking through Thursday – the question was: What’s the oddest thing you’ve ever read? (You know, something NOT a book, magazine, short story, poem or article.) There is a pizza place in Chicago called Gino’s. I would call it in the Top 5 of… Continue Reading “BTT: Cereal”
So. When something lights my fuse, I have to deal with it right. that. second. At work, that means I start dialing the phone without even thinking about what I am going to say. The other day, as I was doing expense reports, three… Continue Reading “A Thing for the Place with the Stuff”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0307276457&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 22 My love for Joseph Ellis’ Founding Brothers is boundless. Reading American Creation was not up for debate. It only took me so long because I was waiting for it to come up in my book club. I got tired of waiting. This… Continue Reading “American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic, by Joseph J. Ellis”
Vito is an African Grey at the rescue that came in with my foster bird, Sigmund. I hung out with him while I was working tonight, and wondered for the hundredth time why he hasn’t been adopted yet. He is about the most well-rounded… Continue Reading “At the Refuge: Vito”
Another crocheted edge fleece. If I had any ambition, I would have gotten some solid colored fleece, and cut those squares out to make little Sesame Street pockets on the blankets before doing the edge. But that would involve more measuring, which is my… Continue Reading “Blanket Eight”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0375810153&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrI had lunch with my nephew, Alex, on Saturday. I brought him three books from the Library Used Book Store. One was a Scooby Doo children’s treasury. One was about Mr. Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address. The third was George Washington and the General’s… Continue Reading “George Washington and the General’s Dog”
Weekend Assignment #363: Scammed! Have you ever been successfully scammed? Was it a phone fraud, a phishing email, a trojan worm, or something else? How did they fool you, and what have you learned from the experience? Extra Credit: Tell us about a scam… Continue Reading “Weekend Assignment #363: Scammed!”
This was my first attempt at a crocheted edge fleece blanket. The “licensed character” fabrics were on sale, and I used the leftover white from Vanna’s Lion Brand yarn: The idea is that the fleece is lighter, thus good for the littler kids. Not… Continue Reading “Blanket Seven”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0143105450&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 21 It seems the Steinbeck loved the legends of the Knights of the Round Table. Read them as a nine year old boy and attempted to rewrite the Mallory version so as to make it more palatable to the modern (read as: late… Continue Reading “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, by John Steinbeck”
I like these colors better in this picture than in real life. In real life, it looks like an Easter Egg. Bernat Satin yarn in Lavender, Banana and Sage. Bernat satin sort of feels like a baby yarn, and the colors aren’t that far… Continue Reading “Blanket Six”
The Next Dark Age 