Australia has officially banned the sale of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas… which actually makes me want to finally play it.
Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…
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ParkerWatch is OVER.
Damn. ParkerWatch 2005 is officially over, and I have lost. The fabulous Ms. Posey has managed to elude me. According to my sources, she showed up at the shop yesterday to collect her fugtastic tapestries… right about the time I was at home, up to my elbows in homemade chocolate birthday cake for the Snook.
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Happy birthday, Snookums.
Happy 29th birthday to Snookums, my geeky little scientist. There’s no one else I’d rather stare down the barrel of thirty with. Here’s to many more years of pancakes, laughter, and snuggles…
Me: So what kind of “experiment” were you conducting here?
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Baby Ruth’s Sleeping Bag
Awww, isn’t that the cutest picture EVER? Baby Ruth is wearing the sleeping bag I knit her. Unfortunately the Baby Norgi sweater – as feared – is too small to fit over her head. (I’ve given Nat instructions on how to have a knitter add a slit neck and a placket.) But didn’t the sleeper turn out cute? I love those bear ears. Maybe someday I’ll forget how awful that yarn is to knit with and do another one.
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Spotted!
Spotted! Evidently I was visible on the live video feed from the Knit In this morning, as Mary-Helen reports that she saw me! I did not, however, get interviewed or anything. (For once, I was restrained with the famewhoring.) They must have spoken to someone that sounds like me though, because I got at least one SMS from a friend who thought she heard me…
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The Alternative Potter
Okay, you’re not allowed to click on this link if you haven’t finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince yet, but if you have… The Alternative Potter. It’s a contest that the Guardian ran where people rewrote the climax of the book in the styles of various other authors. My favorite is the Irvine Welsh (who wrote Trainspotting). I like the idea of Voldemort as Begbie. (Link courtesy of Kevin.)
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Moblog: Last ones…
Three more pics from the ABC Knit In this morning. (I still can’t believe Fiona and Amy convinced me to get out of bed at 6:30 a.m. on my day off.) The first is a completed blanket sewn together by one of the ladies sitting in our group. Second is me modelling Marlene’s fabulous purple hat. (She thought it would look great with my red hair.) And last is the immense pile of squares and completed rugs in the atrium of the ABC. According to what’s-his-name who was broadcasting live on the radio the whole time, we had over 600 knitters show up and over 42,000 squares were donated (from country areas too). At the end they introduced the little lady who started the whole Wraps with Love program and she started crying as she thanked everybody for their generosity and support. It was a nice way to start the morning.
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Making new friends
Me and my new friend Marlene, knitting away. I’m the first blogger she’s ever met! She’s making her internet debut here.
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ABC Knit-In
I’m at the ABC Knit-In this morning. Hundreds of people are putting together blankets for the needy. And the Bananas in Pajamas just arrived!
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Obituaries
I tracked down my uncle David’s obituary in the Fort Wayne paper. Not much there. He’s also listed on the Kendallville News-Sun page but the bastards require a subscription to read obits. Any Hoosiers with a login around?
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