Black Dog Syndrome. This is why I’m so glad that Fiona was able to rescue all three of the kittens last Christmas. Petey and Tom would have had a rough time in a shelter!

Six.
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album “Flood,” They Might Be Giants have written some track-by-track liner notes.

Food for the Future Fair
Just a reminder that the 2009 Chippendale Food for the Future Fair will be held this Saturday, October 24th, from 10am-4pm. The Inner City group of the Knitters Guild (of which I am Convenor) will be giving free knitting lessons there all day long. It’s going to be a great day! If you’re in Inner Sydney and you’re interested in art, food, gardening, sustainability, and culture, you should come along. The official program is available here. (Me, I just want to pat a chook.)

My sister has posted another picture of Indie in the dress I knitted her. Cutie!

The Daily Telegraph has a short story on the random goat of Chippendale, who you’ll recall I actually got to meet. Neat! (Link courtesy of Life in Chippendale.)

Morris and Sons Sale!
Morris and Sons are having their occasional-but-increasingly-annual October Sale right now. This is kind of a weird one for me. It’s their first sale in five years that I haven’t been involved with in some capacity. All I did was send through instructions for updating the website. On one hand I guess it’s good that the system I set up works well and the training I’ve given them over the years has paid off. They can run it all themselves. On the other hand… they don’t need me anymore! It’s a little sad. But the sale looks good, so you should totally go.

The Snook IMed me this morning to ask if I was secretly the author of this comic strip. I am not, but evidently the artist and I were separated at birth. That comic strip encapsulates every single one of my Grumpy Old Woman Pet Peeves.