Reading Speed Test. Oh, interesting! Have a go; it only takes a minute.As soon as I saw the questions, I cursed. I read very fast, but I suck at retaining the little details. (The Internet has turned me into a skimmer.) I scored 612 wpm, which is 145% faster than the national average. However, I only got 2/3 of the questions right. As I expected, the Snook scored slower than me but he got them all correct.
Month: May 2012
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Amish kids = less allergies
Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies: study. Ooh, neat! They even specify that the study was done in northern Indiana. I never had allergies growing up there as a kid. Granted, I didn’t hang out in barns or drink raw cow’s milk, but I was still in the same general environment. It was only when I moved to Sydney that I developed a wicked bad dust allergy…
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Hello Kitty Liberty of London Tana Lawn
Hello Kitty Liberty of London Tana Lawn. SQUEE! But my sources tell me nobody in Australia is going to be carrying it. I wish I could get my hands on some…!
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Photo post
Blue tights, motorcycle boots, and homemade shirt. Hells yeah. #colouredtightsprotestEdited to add: The tights “protest” was a reaction to some of my friends on Twitter to this article about sexist corporate fashion prescriptivists. We’re all wearing coloured tights today in response. 🙂
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Shared today on Twitter
Looking forward to this event on Thursday and learning more about the capabilities of Drupal! http://t.co/MR8uaR9y
They can pry my red tights off my cold, dead legs! Right, ladies? http://t.co/1bCTmRG1
HOLY CRAP. Hello Kitty Liberty Tana Lawn. http://t.co/5PSYGoww @randomknits – are you guys getting this? WANT.
@twelveeyes Beyond covet? So far I made a top out of it. @randomknits has made a whole dress, I believe…
@randomknits @twelveeyes Bloody hell. $33/yd in the US. Hm. I wonder if Mom can get her hands on some before she comes to visit…
@miss_reecie It’s okay! I fell for it too. Did they get your password, or was it an app that did it?
Haha – just got an offer to buy the damn IKEA chair… from someone in Texas. “Where’s Sydney?” she asks. “Can you ship?” Whoops.
@GeorgieKnits Woohoo! This movement is gonna take off, I can feel it.
Oh dear. I think @SandraHW is hacked too!
@drkknits @mrs_sockvictim @witty_knitter @SandraHW I clicked the link from Reecie and signed in, but changed my pass almost immediately.
@redambition @miss_reecie @SandraHW @witty_knitter Yep. Don’t click the link, or if you do (and log in), change your password.
Blue tights, motorcycle boots, and homemade shirt. Hells yeah. #colouredtightsprotest http://t.co/zvm7XuGt
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Shared today on Facebook
Blue tights, motorcycle boots, and homemade shirt. Hells yeah. #colouredtightsprotest http://instagr.am/p/KoBqSMRJCX/
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6 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout
6 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout – I haven’t been getting much sleep or exercise. No wonder I feel exhausted.
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Cathedral Flora Quilt Blocks
These were the May block for my MetaQuilter quilting group. The designer Melissa chose some great fabrics, and she pointed us to a detailed tutorial explaining exactly how to put them together. I had admired cathedral window quilt blocks in the past but figured they were probably really difficult. Turns out that bias is magic, baby! I LOVED doing these! I used my trusty Uhu glue stick to aid in the initial triangle placement, and after that everything came together perfectly. My patchwork skills are improving nicely and I’m finding it much easier to get my seams to line up.
I’m now 5-for-5 on my MetaQuilter blocks! I have to say though, I was disappointed when the organiser sent out an email offering amnesty to the apparently several people who haven’t been sending their blocks back. That sucks. I understand that life happens, but why would you sign up for a group that involves people paying money to send you lots of fabric and then not follow through? Gah. Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole thing falls apart before we get to my month (which is scheduled to be December)…
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Shared today on Twitter
Another completed sewing project! Tova Top in vintage cotton. Not sure it’s me… http://t.co/HfqDVnrr
May MetaQuilter blocks: Cathedral Flora. LOVED doing these. http://t.co/I1l94Ihs
Blog post on the Tova Top, if anybody wants to know about the sizing issues I ran into: http://t.co/HqFwNX5i
@1funkyknitwit I love that you have jumped right into tweeting! I knew you’d take to it like a FUNKY duck to water! 😛
@randomknits Woo!
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Shared today on Facebook
Another completed sewing project! Tova Top in vintage cotton. Not sure it’s me… http://instagr.am/p/KjtfDhxJDu/
May MetaQuilter blocks: Cathedral Flora. LOVED doing these. http://instagr.am/p/Kj9hK7RJHz/
