And Liza starts preschool tomorrow.
We stepped outside this morning to take this photo and there was a cool breeze blowing. Nice change of pace to the hot weather we’ve been subjected to most of the summer. The summer is over and I’m glad to see it go. I’d like very much now to settle into [...]
Japan 2008 Part 1 225.JPG a photo by misty.granade on Flickr.
I have spent all day grieving for Japan. We visited three years ago and I fell in love with the beauty of the place and the graciousness of the people. If it is possible to be homesick for a place that you’ve never lived, then [...]
The furor over Wikileaks has become Theatre of the Absurd. Consider:
Senator Joe Lieberman says that he can’t understand why the DoJ hasn’t charged Assange with treason, a charge which applies only to US citizens. Assange is Australian.
New York Times editor Bill Keller, speaking with the BBC, admits that they clear what Wikileaks cables to release [...]
I’m still making hats even though I made my 50 hat goal. But I took a break this weekend to make a couple of sweaters for my mom’s dog, Lola.
She was unimpressed with her fittings up until she had to go outside one morning and it was below 50°. My dog sister was slightly more [...]
One: the band C-mon & Kpyski, from Utrecht in the Netherlands, created a simple video for their song “More is Less” and asked fans to film themselves duplicating the duo’s motions. They then spliced frames from the fans’ contributions into the original video. The result is hypnotic and utterly engaging.
Two: if that’s not enough for [...]
Look what I got, two days after my birthday!
It’s GET LAMP, Jason Scott’s awesome documentary about text adventures. Liza is modeling the coin that comes as a feelie with every copy of the movie, and let me tell you, that is one high-quality coin. I know the trouble Jason went through to get them minted, [...]
It happened when none of us were looking, and it was my fault.
We’d gone out shopping on Sunday because it was tax-free weekend and I needed pants. How could I resist the lure of tax-free pants? On the way back from pants, we stopped by Michael’s so Misty could buy some yarn to knit Liza [...]
Happy Black Friday Eve!I understand we used to be thankful for things other than low low prices and artificial scarcity, but hey, lookit those deals!Off spending time with family. See you on the flip side.
