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In Which I Try Not to Discuss The Weather

Posted in grumble, tagged on January 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

So yeah. It has been one of those days. Our homeschool group’s activity was cancelled today because of the, uh ….  something, and my kid had a doctor’s appointment, after which we went to the pharmacy followed by a quick stop at the super market for bananas. (Even if the pantry and refrigerator are totally [...]

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Humbug!

Posted in grumble, holiday cheer on December 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Dear Christians, Here’s the thing. Christmas doesn’t really belong to you. At least not in its entirety. And the fact of the matter is that it never really has. Human beings have celebrated Midwinter festivals in one form or another for thousands of years. The many layers of tradition, folklore, and celebration of our modern [...]

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When did knitter become synonymous with ninja?

Posted in grumble, rant on December 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »

I mean honestly? Today on the weather channel I listened to an exchange between the two anchors about the extremely long weather delays today at the New York airports. “So don’t forget to grab a good book or some knitting!” the first anchor said, to which the other anchor replied “is knitting even *allowed* in [...]

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Dear John Stewart:

Posted in grumble, Thursday. on August 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »

OMG, you guys! I went to see the Daily Show today! It was the first day out I’ve had sans kids in a very very long time (thanks, hubs! You’re the best ever!) and it was a lot of fun. They must have the hardest working staff in television. They put on such a great [...]

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Now I Remember

Posted in grumble, Knitting, yarn on May 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »

This yarn was on a time out. ::grumble:: Everything was just peachy until I got up to 38 stitches for the instep and the pooling turned around stabbed me in the back, just like it did the first time I tried this pattern with this yarn. Clearly this yarn wants to be something else. Plain [...]

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