Debu_Update
A few weeks ago, I talked about Deb and the need for blood donors. Today is Deb’s New Birthday – the day of her bone marrow stem cell transplant. I snagged the update below from Manolo’s Shoe Blog – Sis #1 wrote it and sent it to Manolo, but I’m sure she wouldn’t [...]
How to Create Spot-Color Photographs!
I wrote this on Tuesday, but before I could publish it the laptop died. I forgot to post it when I got home that night – oops! It has been a crazy week.
I’ve been meaning to write this for awhile, and since I am at my Photo I class without anything to develop [...]
Loving the Project Runway…
I love Project Runway. I adore Project Runway. And this weekend, I have finally caught up on watching Project Runway. Yay! So now I could finally read all the fabulous recaps on fourfour and Blogging Project Runway. Oh my goodness, I’m in pain now from all the laughter.
Fourfour has many [...]
I’m Going to Poke You in the Eye!
Ok, ok, I’m not really going to poke you in the eye. I just sing that song to myself every time I think of the Pointy Sticks podcast. I really need to find out from Jay Lee if I can use a snippet of that Flying Fish Sailor’s song in the podcast – [...]
Oops! There go centuries-old vases
Just how terrible would you feel if you tripped on your shoelace and broke centuries-old vases? And why were they on the windowsill?
[via Cluttered Loft's Geeknotes.]
It Isn’t All in My Head…
I realized today that the same time that my dingy issues began and I started to forget everything was also the time when Dr. Head (the one that I go visit for the whole cyclothymic issue) decided to try me out on a different medicine. I guess I didn’t think about it before because [...]
I Can’t Stop Rolling My Eyes…
Last year in front of the Supreme Court the RIAA’s lawyers said it was perfectly legal within the realms of “Fair Use” to take your own CDs and convert the songs into mp3s to put on your own iPod. Now they are trying to say that it isn’t legal.
Whatevah!
If I own the [...]
Would the Local Blogosphere Benefit from a Blog Critic?
Dwight Silverman of the Houston Chronicle TechBlog wrote a post asking, “Would the local blogosphere benefit from a blog critic?” He is talking about the Houston blogosphere, and a blog critic to help bloggers grow. I linked the post, you can read all the juicy details along with his “requirements.”
My response?
Personally, I think [...]
Beat Head on Desk. Repeat.
I’m not having fun in school this semester. Last semester, I rocked. I had a 4.0! This semester? Not so good. I feel like I have no memory. Today, for example, we worked on equations in Chemistry. I did 4-5 problems using the same equation. Within 15 [...]
Family Discount…
Today my Mom is having Dr. Hand do the carpal tunnel surgery on her right hand, and I realized I haven’t posted an update about my hand in awhile. I’m breaking it down by surgery, because the results are definitely different.
- Carpal Tunnel Surgery: This has been *fabulous* so far. I highly [...]
No Brain Left…
Studying all this Trig and Biology has sapped my brain of all coherent thoughts. Ugh.
I’ll post photos of the Knitting Olympics launch tomorrow night, after I take the last test. Also, there are people in the photos and I want to clear it with them before I post them. The yarn shop [...]
Brilliant Buttons!
Thanks to the Brilliant Button Maker by LucaZappa.com, I now have a button for the knitting Olympics! Feel free to take it and share it!
I’m about to head out to lunch, then on to Twisted Yarns, where “Twisted Team Houston” will have their Olympics kick-off. I’m working on a button for the [...]
Further Proof that Tom Cruise is a Nut…
“I’ve got Katie tucked away, so no one will get to us until my child is born — and until I want them to.”
The man is whacked. Total nutcase. I like the bit in the article about how he won’t let her be like Nicole. Nice. Really nice.
Matchbox Pinhole Camera…
Oh my goodness. This is SO COOL. You can make a pinhole camera that uses 35mm film with a Matchbox! Check out the directions. I know what I’m doing this weekend! (Inbetween taking tests, knitting, watching the Olympics and studying. You know, in all my spare time.) [via [...]
Pointy Sticks Podcast is Alive!
The Pointy Sticks Podcast, Episode 1, Take 2 is being uploaded as we speak and will be LIVE within a matter of minutes! I had recorded it originally on Monday night, but it just wasn’t … right. So I rerecorded it yesterday, edited, added music, and packed it up nice and neat for [...]
I Have Podcasted…
It is official. I’ve made a Test of the Emergency Podcast System and it was good. The first full podcast will be recorded TONIGHT, and will be available for download as soon as it is prepped and ready! (Tonight, or tomorrow at the latest.)
Wheeee!
On the knitting front, I have made it almost [...]
I’m Only Watching for the Commercials…
The TiVo is humming along, recording the Superbowl for me. I’ve been cranking out Trigonometry problems for awhile now – is it sad if I admit that they are somewhat fun? Of course, I’m only in chapter 2, so maybe I’ll feel differently as the semester goes on. I need to stop [...]
Kicking off the Knitting Olympics…
My local favorite yarn shop, Twisted Yarns, is having a “Knitting Olympics” kick-off at 2:00 next Friday. How cool is that? I’m so amused.
I’ve got my needles. I’ve got my yarn. I’ve got the pattern. Katy and I are going together. I need to coordinate having lunch with Sara. [...]
Sort of Like The Iron Chef, but Better!
Honeymoon in Paris, June, 2004.
Mike won the TeaChef competition for January! His Lapsang Souchong-Smoked Stuffed Cornish Game Hen will be featured on their site for the month of February. I’m so proud of him! He really put a lot of thought and effort into his recipe, and it turned out so well.
If [...]
Pointy Sticks!
Pointy Sticks is alive! I’m working out the last of the kinks and hope to have the first PodCast post up there within the next 24 hours. Wheeee!
(Ironic, that I spent an hour or so working on that instead of knitting. No wonder my Jaywalker socks aren’t done!)
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