I’ve just fallen in lust with a gadget that is so completely unrelated to who I am and the life I lead that the thought of me buying it is inconceivable. And yet, We wants it! Now!!!!! Um, sorry. I don’t think my inner Gollum has ever gotten out before. Please excuse the outburst. I challenge […]
Honey?
I just asked my wife if she’s been seeding the bushes with kittens. Yes, that’s what I said. We’ve been talking, in a general sense, about adding a couple of kittens to the house, for many months. About a month ago, I said that I think it’s getting to be time, as Shelley seems to be […]
From 43Things: Contribute to an Open Source Software Project
Probably on the documentation side, maybe some testing—because, hey, I’m a writer, not a programmer. I’m certainly opinionated enough to talk about design, but I’m not sure if I have enough of a concept of how difficult it is to implement various features to understand what I’m asking for. I have QA experience, so when I […]
From 43Things: I Want to Master CSS
My skills are rusty, and my web site is WAY stale. I’ve begun using CSS, but I cannot claim to have mastered it, by any means. I want to fully switch the site to CSS, and have it all crisp and clean. I’d like to have it working so that the site will display nicely for […]
From 43Things: I Want to Be a Better Blogger
With a blog that’s truly on my own domain, even—not hosted by someone else. I want to move from LiveJournal to a “real” blog – one hosted on my own domain, where I have more control. Actually, I’ve got at least three different ideas for blogs right now. Part of me wants to dash right […]
Oh, Wow!
I was lazily wondering when CATS (The Consumer Arts and Teaching Show — aka big danged stitching fest in 3 or 4 different cities each year) will be near enough that I could go again? It was in Georgia the one time I went, and I wish I’d gone when it was in Charleston. Heck, […]
If Someone Were to Stitch for a Stitcher…
“http://www.allstitchedup.com/detail.php?p=0105–09050167 Oh—the Just Cross Stitch Xmas ornament issue is out! It’s the only issue I care about anymore. Gotta go find a copy before they’re all sold out. I know that cross-stitch is a dying market, but dammit, I want a totally secular (or diverse, at the very least) cross-stitch periodical. Maybe I’ll do it as […]
Needed: Hebrew Speaker With a Good Singing Voice for Recording Project
A dear friend is recording a CD of original music and needs a singer. Someone in the Pacific Northwest (US) would be good, but my friend is willing to travel for this project. This person needs to be “willing to sing songs hoping for equal rights to all residents of Israel/Palestine.” Please feel free to […]
For Any Teacher, Past or Present
But I thought about reginod when I read it: TA Training
Poetry: Changing Diapers
This counts for selenite’s “When you see this, post a poem” meme. You’ll just have to be flexible on the gender thing. Changing Diapers –Gary Snyder From Axe Handles How intelligent he looks! on his back both feet caught in my one hand his glance set sideways, on a giant poster of Geronimo with a Sharp’s repeating rifle by […]