Author: Kris

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @tim0th Hello!


    is becoming increasingly worried about running out of yarn. Anybody got spare Harmony 10ply col:802 lot:02? My blue ribbon depends on it!


    just got checked out by about 50 dykes in Newtown. What the–? Oh right! Fair Day! Well, hellllooo ladies!


    Check out the 6.39 km run I did with RunKeeper http://bit.ly/13Ks3P


    is dying of Cute Overload. Professor Death is sleeping beside me on the couch with his little head resting on a pillow. HEART ASPLODING.


    is sick of Lexulous and its rejecting of PERFECTLY CROMULENT WORDS and its thwarting of clever people by giving them 7 vowels AT ONCE.


  • Shared today on Facebook

    is becoming increasingly worried about running out of yarn. Anybody got spare Harmony 10ply col:802 lot:02? My blue ribbon depends on it!


    just got checked out by about 50 dykes in Newtown. What the–? Oh right! Fair Day! Well, hellllooo ladies!


    Check out the 6.39 km run I did with RunKeeper http://bit.ly/13Ks3P


    is dying of Cute Overload. Professor Death is sleeping beside me on the couch with his little head resting on a pillow. HEART ASPLODING.


    is sick of Lexulous and its rejecting of PERFECTLY CROMULENT WORDS and its thwarting of clever people by giving them 7 vowels AT ONCE.


  • Not-So-Secret Guild Business

    So the big news of the weekend was that I was elected unopposed as the new Convenor of the Inner City group of the Knitters Guild of NSW. Basically that means I’m in charge of running the meetings for our group of 32 knitters every month. My first act upon taking power was to MOVE THE MEETING! Our old location at Humanist House was getting decidedly cramped. So last week I got in contact with a nice lady at the City of Sydney Libraries who ended up offering us free meeting space at Customs House Library! Fiona and I checked it out Saturday afternoon and it’s PERFECT. (Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4) The group members agreed to it immediately so I’ve been busy sending out notices and updating websites. In the space of a fortnight I’ve gone from “Revolution!” to holding an office within the regime!

  • Cats and cupboards

    The foot board beneath our oven used to be broken, and Dr. Amy would climb in and hide under there. We didn’t want Petey learning that trick though, so when we got him Rodd finally fixed the board back in place. Amy was really confused and disappointed. She kept wandering the kitchen like she was looking for the entrance to Narnia. Unfortunately it seems to have spurred a sudden leap in intelligence. She’s figured out how to open cupboards. THIS IS BAD. Now I walk in the kitchen and it’s like that scene in The Sixth Sense, when all the doors are hanging open. I actually watched her do it this morning while I was making breakfast. She walked right up to the corner cupboard and used her head to pull it open, then climbed in amongst the pots and pans. (The doors have magnetic spring catches on them, but the springs are pretty much dead. Obviously we’ll have to replace them sooner than expected.) Now whenever I go to cook dinner, I have to check for cat hair in the pans. I just hope they don’t start teaming up against us…

  • Happy Valentine’s Day

    The Snook and I celebrated in our traditional way: going out for a nice dinner. We’d made a reservation earlier in the week for Redoak. They were doing a special Valentine’s set menu, and they also had two new recently-launched beers that we wanted to try. WIN-WIN! We got there about an hour early, thinking we’d hang at the bar and try the new beers. We talked to Janet about her family in Victoria surviving the bushfires, which seems pretty miraculous. Apparently a lot of the produce they use in brewing comes from the family farms, so they’re waiting to hear how much of it (if any) survived. Well, we gave them our support by ordering half a dozen beers over the night. My favorite was the new Biere Blanche, a Belgian wheat beer (somewhat similar to Hoegaarden). Our table was free so they seated us pretty early and we got stuck into our dinner. For the first course, I had an onion and blue cheese tart while the Snook had calamari with pasta. For mains, I had an absolutely fantastic sirloin steak while the Snook went for the bream fillet with risotto. Dessert was a shared plate with four different morsels on it. We left feeling well-fed and happy. I’m glad Redoak has managed to survive in Sydney over the years. We need more places with great atmosphere, great food, great service, and most importantly, great beers.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @randomknits Looks like we’ll be moving to a new location too – Customs House Library @ Cirq Quay! Just need to confirm with the group.


    is taking her best friend out for his favorite beers (http://redoak.com.au) for V-Day. Love you, Snook.


    @redambition I’m still not 100% convinced of the utility myself. But I highly suggest you follow yokoono if you can. 🙂


  • Shared today on Facebook

    is taking her best friend out for his favorite beers (http://redoak.com.au) for V-Day. Love you, Snook.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    On my way to Knitters’ Guild meeting. Time to start politicking!


    was just elected unopposed as Convenor of the Inner City group.


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Less than 21 hours to go!


    COME ON, AUSTRALIA!


    This is my favorite thing on the Internet, EVER.


    On my way to Knitters’ Guild meeting. Time to start politicking!


    was just elected unopposed as Convenor of the Inner City group.


  • Let’s Get It On

    Hahaha… To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Amazon.com are offering a free MP3 download of “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye. Nice.

    Edited to add: Bastards. It’s US-only. Of course, they don’t tell you that until you’ve already logged in and installed their stupid Downloader app. Grrr.