The sad thing is, as soon as I read the headline about a man shooting his wife while trying to install cable television, I knew immediately that it had taken place in the US. 🙁

It’s my last day here at TC, and I’ve had some lovely messages from customers, staff, and friends. I even got some surprise presents!

The cupcakes are homemade by Becca, and they’re very tasty! I immediately ate the “K”. The surprise flowers are from Zephyrama, who I’ve gotten to know through Ravelry. Sunflowers make a good day even better!

Ohhhh, man. If the Snook and I were on the East Coast (or if we suddenly won the lottery), we would SO be going to ROFLCon. XKCD! Group X! The lolcats guy! Leeroy Jenkins! Everyone who’s anyone on the Internets… EXCEPT FOR US. Darn it.

The Snook directed me to this slideshow of Famous Last Words. “Scroll along to the ninth one,” he suggested. Hey, it’s Touchdown Jesus!

Vintage Knitting Box
You know that scene in Amelie, where she finds the cigar box full of the young boy’s treasures? That happened to me today. While cleaning my desk, I discovered a box of knitting supplies that a customer had given me several months ago as a donation to the Guild. If I recall correctly, they had belonged to a relative who had passed away, and no one else in the family wanted them. I forgot about them til today. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I opened it up. I’ve put the photos up on Flickr.

Over on Ravelry, we’re coming to the end of our second “swap” in the Australian Knitters group. This time the theme was knitted/crocheted bags. Each person had to construct a bag for their recipient, and then ($30 budget permitting) send along some extra treats with it. My package was delivered to the shop yesterday, and my swapper was the awesome Tricia (who’s now travelling in the Middle East).

Check it out! The bag is crocheted out of thick black wool and features a silky red lining with two snaps to keep it closed. It’s the perfect size to carry around a sock knitting project. Tricia also sent me two awesomely daggy 80’s Australian picture knitting books. (I didn’t know Liz Gemmell wrote one of those!) Not pictured is a bar of chocolate, which is currently chilling in my fridge. And that flowery black thing? Is a HOMEMADE VINTAGE APRON. I couldn’t believe it! Tricia made it herself (with some assistance from her Mum). The arms crossover in the back (behind my head), and it’s got two handy pockets on front. That means I now have THREE retro aprons… which I suppose officially equals a collection! Thanks again, Tricia. 🙂

As for my own swap package, it’s 90% ready to be sent. I just ran out of stupid polyfill tonight so I’ve got to get some more tomorrow to finish something off…

Rick Astley seems pretty cool about the whole “rickrolling” thing.

Ahhh, Sydney. A customer in the shop just asked if she could bring her dog to a crochet class. “He’s really small,” she said, “and he’s hypo-allergenic!” Um, no.

Huh. I always wondered if you really do need to duck when getting in and out of helicopters. Turns out you don’t, but it’s a pretty instinctive response when you’ve got big heavy whirly things over your head.