This is awesome.

Jain Festival on the BBC.

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Okay, so got one picture taken at knitting Wednesday night of the Tempting back on needles. I've now begun making the sleeves and should have those attached tonight when I start my knit-a-thon. Don's at a rally this weekend (cross your fingers for an injury free race!), so I'll be home alone to knit myself into oblivion!


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The UFO is now ripped down to the armpits, and I'm ready to make new sleeves. That was a bit more work than I thought, trying to undo all the woven-in ends.

Coming to me tomorrow via Netflix:


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I've added my name to the extraordinarly long list of folks who are participating in the UFOlympics. What do aliens have to do with the Olympics, you ask? Nothing! A UFO in knitting speak would be an Un-Finished Object. I have a couple of these, and I've committed to finishing at least one of them.The rules ( Read more... )

Morrissey to Give Rare Interview and Performance at SXSW Music


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Doomsday seed bank to be built

Confirmed as the Key Note speaker this year at SXSW...


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Thank goodness!

Senate blocks Alaska oil drilling

"LOGAN = A-OK! Recently we have received a lot of inquiries to the health of original THE VELVET TEEN drummer (and talented solo artist) Logan Whitehurst. In case you didn't know, Logan had to leave the band in 2004 after being diagnoised with a rare form of brain cancer. For the last two years Logan has been through an insane amount of ( Read more... )