"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Feb 22nd, 2006
So, my time in my current department draws to a close. This job, which I eagerly accepted back in November, has turned out to be nothing at all like what I was expecting, and was frankly making me despair. Lucky for me, I had several applications outstanding within the HR system, and one of them […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries on Dec 6th, 2005
Heh. So, remember that orange blouse I posted a few weeks ago? Turns out I had scanned the pattern envelope a while back. So, here’s a picture of the original rendition of it, from 1948. I think I am going to make up the cap-sleeved version of it sometime. That would be style B for […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness, videos on Nov 22nd, 2005
Check it out…. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJLzDXOFGws&rel=1] Harry, Ron, Hermione, Malfoy, and friends bust many moves to a medley of 1980s hits.
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness, videos on Nov 16th, 2005
Uhhhh…I was supposed to use a container?
Posted in Cats, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Nov 15th, 2005
What you see here is the main reason people keep housepets. Because pets are goofy and often amusing. That thing on Sugar’s head? Is the plastic bag a column of saltine crackers had come in. We’d had soup and finished off some crackers, and Sugar felt compelled to grab the bag and run off to […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, meta, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Nov 8th, 2005
In the grand spirit of Magritte and all the other surrealists out there, this is not an entry. Whooo, meta, meta, meta, meta!
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries on Sep 27th, 2005
Sorry this is turning into Shout-Outs To My Homies Week here, but: Somebody from back in the HF days once said something like “Hey, I have a flat stomach and a moderately acceptable singing voice! Where’s my recording contract?” in snarky reference to Britney Spears’ talents. Was it one of you guys? If not, does […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries on Sep 25th, 2005
I was having kind of a “Wildlife as Canon Sees It” morning this morning.
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Sep 19th, 2005
me or a suburban trophy wife? Please explain why you answered as you did. I’m bored!