What a Deal!
Tonight was the awards ceremony for our Scout troop. It is always a potluck dinner, and I think Jason got a bit wound up from it. I’m blaming the desserts.
On the way home, as we pulled into the gas station, I looked at him and asked, “WHAT is your DEAL?!??”
His response: “Buy [...]
Blogomania Blogiversary…
I just discovered that I missed an important date last week. February 25th was the three year anniversary of Blogomania! Wow, three years. It actually doesn’t feel like it has been that long.
I have to thank everyone who hosts with us (close to 500 of you now!) and especially thank those of [...]
Bribing Myself…
I love working for myself. Self-employment? Best thing since sliced bread or Tivo. But some days it is just hard to get things done. I see others that seem to just crank out work without effort, and I just don’t get it. How do they do it?
I have to bribe [...]
I Want to Be A RollerGirl!
Yet another reason to add to my long list of reasons that Minnesota is cool … the Minnesota RollerGirls – Get Derby! I love their season opener poster – Badass Holly Hobby RollerGirl! How fabulous is that? [via Wendy]
Rain, Rain, and More Rain…
It’s raining right now, and I am amused because my big fat cat, Murphy, can’t stand the rain. I don’t recall it ever being an issue back in my old apartment, but ever since we moved into the house he goes and finds a cabinet to hide in when it rains. Right now [...]
New & Improved … With FULL posts!
Whoo hoo! It just took a few minutes to recreate my RSS feed through FeedBurner, and now I’ve good a feed with full posts! Whoo hoo!!!
UPDATE: I made some changes. The link above *should* work, but please let me know if it doesn’t!
w00t!
Thanks to Microsoft’s parent’s primer to computer slang, I’ve finally learned the meaning of w00t. It is slang for “We Own the Other Team”? Amazing. Who knew? (If nothing else, read the “primer” for some good amusement. Pretty damn funny.) [via Cold Angry Lizard]
Update: I prefer the Wikipedia’s [...]
It Just Feels So … Strange
Mike left last night for Holland. Wait, I know what your initial reaction is, you’re thinking “Cool!” Yeah, no. He hates going to Holland. He is convinced that Holland hates him. He says that every time he goes there, bad things happen. The best was the time he ended [...]
Burn Me…
I’ve decided to try out FeedBurner – I love that you can see how many people are subscribed to a feed. So here is my chicklet that allows you to easily sign up – I’ll be removing my old feed soon, and I’ll add this to my sidebar as I make other changes this [...]
Mmmm, Vin…
I am quite amused to learn that Paris Hilton’s cell phone was hacked, but it really caught my eye to see that Vin Diesel was among the celebrities listed whose phone numbers and e-mail address information was posted online. Jenn, did you happen to find it? We could give Vin a ring! [...]
Simply Stated…
Snagged from Planet Janet, to spare you from hearing me ramble about my class on knitting socks tomorrow.
Bold the states you’ve been to, underline the states you’ve lived in and italicize the state you’re in now…
Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / [...]
Combatting Comment Spam…
I keep losing this link whenever I need it, so I’m just going to post it here – that way I can search my own site for it! Six Apart Guide to Combatting Comment Spam
Get Some Tech Moxie…
Last week was so crazy around here, I let some pretty important announcements slip by without mentioning them here. Eep!
Last week was the two year anniversary of Blog Moxie, and along with the anniversary came the announcement of a brand new site design at Moxie Design Studios and the announcement of a brand new [...]
It’s OK to Crochet…
I know that Christina and others have wondered time and time again…
“Where is the love for those who crochet?”
Well, good news. The author of the Stitch ‘n Bitch books posted to the SnB Yahoo! list that I’m on, and guess what? Her next project is on CROCHET! She’s even looking for submissions. [...]
That’s a Lot of Circles…
I know that Liz said that making the Booga Bag was addictive – mine has been calling out for me all day, but I’ve had too many other things to do – but I dream now of having my bag in the Kureyon Bag Gallery! Booga Bags rock!
The Portable Freeware Collection…
Have one of those handy, dandy memory sticks or USB flash drives? You should probably check out the The Portable Freeware Collection. Nifty things there to use! [via GeekGrrl, finder of all good links.]
Booga Bag Photo Time!
I took pictures! This is the start of the sides of the Booga Bag and the base of the Booga Bag! I started it last night at the knitting circle; today I learned how to pick up stitches along the sides and now I’m knitting in the round. I’ve done 5 rows [...]
Share the Love…
My knitting obsession hasn’t gone to this point. Yet. It would probably be a good addition to SimplyTwisted.org once I get it set up…
I sure hope that is a soft yarn…
Overheard…
While at the coffee shop after my knitting circle gathering tonight (Yes, addicted. I know.), I overheard the following:
Scene: Couple sitting in the corner chatting, having recently met thanks to online personal ads. This might have actually been their first meeting.
Her: I would suggest that you clean up all the typos [...]
Grrr…
It really sucks trying to find all of the FireFox extensions I used to have installed to get them up and running. *sigh*
I think I got most of them. What are your “must-have” FireFox extensions? Feel free to share!
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Hi! I'm Christine. I've been blogging here since 2000. I am married to Mike. I have a son, Jason. We have a cat, Mona. We live in Houston, Texas.
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In addition to photography and geek things, I sometimes knit. I even used to have a knitting podcast, PointySticks.
