Okay– I’m actually crocheting an acrylic baby blanket. With every stitch I feel deeply that my conversion to wool was the just and right thing to do. How can I, in good conscience, abduct live dead dinosaurs from their psychotropic home in dye-land, when I know that there are sheep, suffering in the summer, because… Read More

The Cave Troll saw Ladybug’s picture and asked ‘What about me?’– so here’s his ‘What about me’ picture:-) (A good writing weekend–a bad weekend for sleeping. I’ll give you some real bloggage later;-)

(Is she still blathering on about fanfic? Uhm, yes. ‘Fraid so. For the love of God, can’t we make her stop? Tell some kid stories, talk about knitting, give us an update on rampant… ANYTHING besides this crap again? Don’t worry–I think she’s winding down. Thank the Goddess. I’d KILL for a anecdote about an… Read More

Okay–I warned you it was coming, but I have to say, you all egged me on. See, the thing is, I mentioned fanfiction, and I got a whole lot of people saying, “Yeah–I wrote that.” Some of them even said, “I’ve been writing fanfic since I was a kid.” And an even bigger batch of… Read More

Okay– I was going to post a link here that showed me, on a flyer, for an author talk at the Fair Oaks public library–but I can’t get the @#$%%# link to work. Suffice it to say the picture is the same one you’ve all seen a dozen times, but the flyer describes someone much… Read More

Oh i-Pod, dear i-PodCompact magic boxHow can I compare theeYou’re as good as socks!You read my mind trulyYou seem to know whenI need to rock outOr to chill and zenYour programming is geniusAnd genius it knowsWhich songs play with which onesAnd where they all go Oh i-Pod, dear i-PodYour taste is divineYeah, there’s some kid’s… Read More

Okay, I know some of you are in deep mourning for BSG, and I don’t mean to piss on your parade. You go ahead and mourn, but for those of us who follow the ways of the Winchesters, I’ve got one word: AAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! (Don’t fuss too much with the link. It’s just yet another video… Read More

Some marshmallows, some nuts, some chocolate… all in all, total wacky goodness, you know? And really, it sounded better than ‘crapdoodles’ or any of the other random names we have for random-bit posts, right? (Although I don’t know… I may pull up ‘crapdoodles’ at a later date. It’s starting to grow on me:-) Let’s see…. Read More

Mate did it– he made it the 1/2 marathon, and I am so proud. I almost didn’t get there to see–I took his word for when he’d get there, and I arrived about ten minutes before his earliest prediction–and he hobbled over the finish line about four minutes after i sat down. Yay Mate! His… Read More

Oh gees… do I have to? Saturdays are so boring! So much of my time is spent mooching around the house and hunting up a nap… Okay–lessee. * Get up, get the short people up, and leave the house late for gymnastics. * Stop at McDonald’s on the way for happy meal toys and ‘Krabby… Read More