Month: January 2007
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Movie Minutiae: Tombstone. That one’s for the Snook, who’s sporting a very Johnny Ringo-esque ‘tache right now…
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BAH. The US says carrying knitting needles on the plane is fine. Australia begs to differ. Bastards!
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This has been our week to entertain visiting bloggers in the shop! I just made the acquaintance of Kristin, aka The Neurotic Knitter. She’s out there stocking up on Australian wool right now!
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Someone on AskMeFi wants to know: What causes old lady smell? Good to know. This answer nearly made me spit water out my nose…
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Travel Frustrations:The good news is that we’re finally – I think – settled on the itinerary for our trip home to the States in April. The bad news is that the Snook’s company put their foot down in terms of his vacation time, which kinda puts the kibosh on the whole round-the-world thing. (Not to…
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What’s Behind Niagara Falls. That’s, like, urban spelunking to the max. I’d freak out.
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Trust Snape. That is such an awesome T-shirt. (Link courtesy of not martha.)
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Knitting Pattern Alert!Today I discovered that the little newsagent on King Street (between York and George) in the city is selling a two-pack of Jo Sharp’s Contemporary Knitting 1 and 2 for $10. BOTH BOOKS FOR $10! (Uh, some shops sell them for a lot more.) I snapped it up. I think they may still…
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Knitblogger Meetup!Well, kinda. Today at lunch I happened to meet the fabulous Sahara of SistahCraft (and Knitty City in New York). I then spent the next half hour completely ignoring all other customers in favour of chatting with Sahara and trading tales of Retail Hell. (Sounds like rich NY customers feel just as entitled as…
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Pan’s LabyrinthLast week I got my usual Kinokuniya monthly newsletter and noticed that they were having a contest to win free movie tickets. I wrote back immediately but didn’t get a reply, so I figured I wasn’t quick enough. Lo and behold, two days later they arrived in the mail! I won two free tickets…