Month: May 2009

I’d try to sum up the insane Knitters Guild Special General Meeting I went to yesterday, but I couldn’t do it any better than Mary-Helen already did. Really, it was just the culmination of the whole drama set in motion at the AGM in March. A harmless but necessary motion got scuppered from the AGM agenda due to bureaucratic bungling (and a missed printer’s deadline), and here we are two months later with continued bad feelings and ill will all around. I sat there in the back of the room knitting away on my sock, wondering (for the millionth time) why in the hell I was wasting my Saturday on such a pointless exercise. And of course, the SGM wasn’t the end of it; I had to stay for the combined Convenor’s and Executive meeting. All up, I spent SIX HOURS of my weekend (a weekend I really needed after a stressful week) sitting in meetings listening to people suck all the fun out of something that is supposed to be a hobby. GAH.

Infinite Summer – an online book club dedicated to reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest this (Northern) summer. I’ll keep my eyes open for a copy…

Ohhhh, man! I so want a plush Tauntaun with a frozen Luke doll zipped inside its belly! Why doesn’t LucasArts come out with any toys as cool as the ones the fan community makes?

Ha! LOVE this clip from the next Harry Potter movie, showing Ron’s (magical) blossoming of love for Romilda Vane…

RunPee, a website that tells you the best times to run for a bathroom break during a movie and what you miss while you’re away. I really like their animated logo.

How to nail an interview. I’ve got a couple friends looking for work, and this looks like really good, practical advice (for all of us, really).

Fore-edge painting. That’s really neat! It’s a technique for making a hidden painting along the fanned pages of a book. (Link courtesy of Rebecca’s Pocket.)

Note to Snook: When we finally redo our bathroom, I think we should seriously consider putting in rocket taps. (Or maybe I’ve just been watching too much Grand Designs…)

Official Frank Lloyd Wright buildings as Lego kits! Neat.

Everything Tracy Jordan Said in Season 3 of 30 ROCK. I love this. I think I need to start a new blog and call it “Devil’s Avocado.” (Link courtesy of Max.)