Month: November 2009

  • Suicides in the Midwest

    This is awful. It’s an article about the high rate of suicide in the area of the Midwest where I grew up. The recession is hitting those folks hard. Really hard.

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  • Matt’s Random Striped ScarfRemember back in June when I launched my site redesign? Well, in exchange for making my awesome header, I agreed to knit Matt a custom scarf. He liked the look of Kelley Deal’s recycled scarves, so that’s where the inspiration came from. I used sixteen different colours of 8 and 10ply wool…

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  • Big Red is Back

    Big Red is BackCheck out DeskCam. I finally got fed up with the faded-ness of my hair, so I took a drastic step: I bought drugstore hair dye. I know! I KNOW! But it’s one-tenth the cost of a visit to my hairdresser. My frugality and laziness won out. I haven’t dyed my own hair…

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  • Three Woolf Moon Shirt

    Whoa! I really, really want a Three Woolf Moon shirt.

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  • Halloween 2009 Photos

    Halloween 2009 PhotosThis year’s party photos are finally up! As always, I spent way too much time running around and took far too few photos of the actual guests. The food is well-documented though! Thanks to everyone who helped out, especially Eileen for pitching in with all the prep work. See you all next year!

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  • The 35 Manliest Mustaches of All Time. “Anytime Hollywood needs a cowboy with a mustache, they call Sam Elliot.”

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  • RSS Feed

    Just realised that when I updated my RSS feed recently to include comment counts, I screwed up the SQL a bit. As a result, only posts that had comments were showing up in your feed reader. I’ve fixed it up now. On the plus side, you may have a bunch more posts to read than…

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  • How to Use an Apostrophe

    How to Use an Apostrophe. I was all prepared to get my Grammar Nazi hat on and be all “YEAH BABY!” about that site, but you know what? It really is kind of complicated. I can see where people just learning to speak English might get confused by all the exceptions. Still, if you’re a…

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  • Horrie the Wog Dog

    Horrie the Wog Dog. That is an awesome story. Be sure to read all the way to the end…

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