May 2011
4 posts
I seem to have aquired a twitter. →
Any suggestions for who I should follow? Right now it’s Taylor Swift, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, and Ira Glass. Good combo I know.
Am I Wearing Pants?: A Flow Chart for Hipsters and... →
April 2011
9 posts
I would be okay with it if Prince Harry decided to...
taxes!
OH MY GOODNESS there is a new Twist and I am... →
April Fool's for knitters! →
THIS IS THE BEST
March 2011
12 posts
sunny lace on brooklyntweed →
I was never that into St. Patrick's day, but this... →
tsunami
I live about 20 ft. from the water at high tide. Fortunately said water is not the Pacific Ocean, but the Puget Sound. This morning, the Olympic peninsula protected my island and the rest of the islands in the Sound, from approaching tsunami waves. Of course, the waves were reportedly 4 ft. tall when they hit Oregon and Washington, but if my home were located on the other side of the peninsula, I...
“You might be a runner if… you have little clumps of 4 safety pins...”
– hahaha this one is GREAT
“saw a great t-shirt during the Cowtown Marathon. On the back it said… If...”
– Running In the USA facebook page
ever publish a book review out of order and on the...
yeaaaaah me too.
SERIOUSLY THOUGH
My nails have an actual White Part! Never in my life have they had a White Part before! THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
“I believe that in these tough times our focus should be on getting the economy...”
– Patty Murray, Washington Democrat Senator, in an email responding to the one I sent her urging her to vote against banning Planned Parenthood funding.
(also known as, why Patty Murray is The Best Senator)
February 2011
11 posts
I CANNOT SURVIVE IF MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT IS BLOCKED....
Really and truly. This is the Google age. I CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT IT.
Things that are impossible to do without my google account: - send and receive email (this is a big one) (seriously) - utilize google reader, which accounts for every single blog I read related to knitting, running, and cheesy weddings (aka all of my interests. I will lose any interests I once had) - DO MY ACTUAL JOB. I use my...
Hey just so we're clear, today the government...
I Stand With Planned Parenthood →
Did you hear? The House voted to bar Planned Parenthood from federal funding. They cut funding for HIV tests, cancer screenings, birth control, and more, putting millions of women and families at risk. We can’t let it go unanswered. It’s time for you and me to stand with Planned Parenthood. Sign the open letter to the reps who voted for this bill — and to the senators who still have a chance to...
New qualifying times and registration schedule for... →
Also known as, I’ll qualify when I’m 60.
And a Valentine for Knitters! →
because we wouldn’t want to neglect my other hobby.
Valentines for Runners →
This is the best holiday.
Rerun episodes of "This American Life"
are possibly The Largest Disappointment.
January 2011
14 posts
WHO RECOMMENDED THAT I READ "CUTTING FOR STONE"?
I just started reading it and it’s great and I want to know who to thank.
No, YOU shut up
firstpersonsingular:
In the coming Sunday New York Times book review, Neil Genzlinger uses the occasion of reviewing four memoirs to trash the whole genre and call upon would-be memoirists to just STFU and go do something else.
This kind of wholesale dismissal of first-person writing - calling it solipsistic, boring and too easy - is itself such a solipsistic, boring and too-easy position. As...
I seem to have started a book blog. →
I know, I know, it’s terribly pretentious. But! until recently, I was a literature major at a university that calls itself “The Harvard of the Northwest.” Which is bullshit. That aside, if you want to hear about what I’m reading, click above. If you want to try to understand why I am doing this, I suggest you click here.
alainmr:
New Knitty!! I know what I’m doing with my Saturday evening!
seconded!
I cannot tell you how much I love these →
and I am not even a Person Who Wears Jewelry. I was this close to forking out $52 for the “grace” necklace until I realized that I am not technically an adult until I get my First Official Paycheck from my First Official Job (which is coming soon to a theater near you).
“Hubbo felt terrible that the hat vanished, but I think we all know that I was...”
– ahhhaha! Mason-Dixon knitting strikes again. swiftly and with hilarity.
Dear New Yorker, →
I realize this is ridiculous considering I just posted an article from the New Yorker, but this lady has got her shit together. Killer letter to the editor.
The New Yorker on Steig Larsson →
This article is subtitled Why do people love Stieg Larsson’s novels?, to which I would like to answer, I have no idea, especially if they’ve read this piece.
To be fair, I read the first one. I will not be reading the others.
1 tag
“When I became a man I put away childish things,” said Sagittarian author...”
– my Freewill Astrology this week. uncannily accurate for this point in my life.
Rang in the New Year with a hard-as-f*ck 75-minute...
Pretty sure everything is sore.
This has been a wonderful day. Scratch that - a...