stupid dinos...

from the Bad Astronomer:

The more we know about near-Earth asteroids, the better! If you disagree, I suggest going to your local natural history museum and checking out the dinosaur bones. Look around. See how all the dinosaurs on display are dead, and no live ones are around?

Yeah. They didn’t know anything about asteroids. But we do, and we need to learn more.

heh, heh, heh...

Split Chains (repost from previous blog)

hi all!

i did a split chain class at Hector, last April. herein i am linking to my instruction sheet. feel free to pass this out, but only as a whole document!

http://www.gs.cornell.edu/dani/crafts/splitchain.pdf


8-)

forgive me friends, for i have filked

Hey, Doctor

V1:
Somehow I never learned his name
Had to chase him all 'round Unit's Lanes
Fiddlin' somethin' in his hand
You could tell, he's a friend to Man-kind

Across the street I'd watch his booth
Dreamin' about what I would do
If I had the chance to travel Time
I rehearsed a heck of an opening line

Chorus:
Hey Doctor, whatcha doin' to me
I'm so in love with bein' free
But now I want to join your chase
And be a traveller in time and space
You got blue eyes and a blue phone booth
Though you beat the Daleks, admit the truth
You can't make it home. Take me along.

V2:
There's a pastry shop on Bleeker Street
Heaven in an oven, you can't pass without a treat
Stepped inside, and I started to cheer
There he was, talkin' to the Brigadeer

Chorus

Bridge
And you know in Dreams I'll live forever
Don’t mind the time flyin’ by me, no
He's just a tune I'm hummin'
All alone at night
With no Tardis

V3:
Some days you just can't win
Every day's another "begin again"
He's off again, with some young British girl
Living their lives in a temporal whirl

Chorus

Last Chorus:
Doctor LongScarf, whatcha doin' to me
I'm so in love with bein' free
But ever since I joined your chase
I been a prisoner in time and space
You got blue eyes and a blue phone booth
Though you beat the Daleks, admit the truth
You can't make it home. Take me home!

with all apologies to Dr Who and Tom Chapin

fulla starz...

moar funny pictures

Mutant Monkey from Outer Space!

this mutant monkey is an alteration caused by not having the same guage as the creator, and then messing up and sliding the pattern repeats by 1/2 each time. the yarn is magic garden "Buttons" in 882 and the pattern, aside from the monkeyness, is basically generic, only i decreased at the sides instead of a standard gusset, a la the new sock book New Pathways for Sock Knitters!




'nother view


this sock goes to Amy, but there is one on the way for Maggie, theoretically... i can't guarantee that it'll be the same pattern, i can't guarantee Amy's second sock will be anything like this... i can't even guarantee it'll fit either one!


sigh...

Discworld meme

Which Discworld Character are you like (with pics) created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Carrot Ironfounderson You are Captain Carrot Ironfounderson of the City Watch in the greatest city on the Disc – Ankh-Morprok! A truly good natured, honest guy, who knows everyone, and is liked by all. Technically a dwarf, but only by adoption. You’d rather not be reminded that you are the true heir to the throne, but that does explain why people naturally follow your orders… Carrot Ironfounderson 75% The Librarian 63% Commander Samuel Vimes 50% Death 44% Greebo 44% Esmerelda (Granny) Weatherwax 38% Rincewind 38% Lord Havelock Vetinari 38% Cohen The Barbarian 38% Gytha (Nanny) Ogg 25%

Ithaca = Mecca?

so there's this lady (FemiKnitMafia) whose knitting blog i've been reading for a while now (well, since i started reading blogs, like April-ish?) who has declared Ithaca to be her 2nd favorite lesbian mecca.

that explains why people thought Amy and i were dating, then, doesn't it!

well, those who knew us a little... total strangers thought we were twins, and closer friends hadn't ever had to guess...

sigh... maybe i shouldn't have gone around calling her my fiancée?

%-)