Month: August 2006
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Cross stitch sampler dedicated to the Internet. That is BRILLIANT. See, I just need to figure out a way to use the cool stuff stuff people are doing with this craft on the Internet to reinvigorate the interest in it in Sydney. (Link courtesy of Moire.)
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Click here for SCIENCE.
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I just found two great running-related links: “Eat and Run” (about carb-loading before a race) and Secrets of Endurance: Eating to Go” (about eating during a race to avoid the dreaded “bonk”). As the Snook and I start to increase our milage, this will become more of an issue. We didn’t do too badly with…
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Funny Cats – classic compilation of frolicking cats. HILARIOUS. I love the shot of the cat licking the baby, and the end shot of the one pouncing at the camera. Cats are funny! (Link courtesy of Snookums.)
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Cutting the SteeksHow do you turn a weird tube like this into an actual garment? Have a big glass of wine. Break out the sewing machine and carefully sew down the middle of the 1st and 3rd stitches of the 3-stitch steeks you put in for the neck and sleeve holes. Stitch over those lines…
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I’m very disappointed in the Big Brain, I have to say. It’s dinky! You can’t even walk inside! I don’t think a couple of crinkly lines hacked into a Hebel block should qualify as a Big Thing. Now the Big Gumboot… That’s AWESOME.
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Pluto is no longer a planet. Isn’t that really weird? That they can just decide to rescind a fact we all learned as kids? I guess teachers will have to come up with some new mnemonics. On a related mind-blowing note: “How many oceans are there?” Every American kid would say “four,” right? Well, get…
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Silent MenaceI was playing with Dr. Amy Jones the other day when I noticed that her collar was looking pretty ratty. It’s the same ol’ Friskies collar they gave us when we took her home as a kitten, and it’s not the most stylish feline accessory anymore. It also looks like it’s thinned the fur…
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“Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia.” Now THAT is a headline, people! You know, I really don’t miss raccoons. Squirrels, yes. Raccoons, no.
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Mmm, bacon wallet. (Note to self: Possible Snookums Christmas present!)