In an attempt to get back in the habit of posting, I thought I'd follow the lead of one of my favorite podcasts, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and post a short list of some of the things making me happy this week.

• Lunch plans with mycrazyhair, neeuqdrazil, and crystal_diva. Girls' lunch is always fun, and having crystal_diva in town is a welcome plus.
• The new Star Wars trailer! Every time I see ( Read more... )

Wow, I've really gotten out of the habit of posting, haven't I? Six months, it's been. Not that I was ever a prolific poster, mind, but six months seems a bit much.

Anyway, I spent last night out at a reading by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, i.e. the Yarn Harlot, followed by dinner with crystal_diva and neeuqdrazil (Hmm, I should drop a line to Dreamwidth to allow for links ( Read more... )

It seems like I've been really busy lately, but I'm not sure doin' what...

• I've been knitting lots - I'm working on a pair of socks right now, and I've the yarn for another pair coming in the next week or so. Those, I'm looking forward to - I'm going to be doing Viper Pilots in a dark blue yarn shot with silver, IndigoDragonfly's Shiny, in Tardis - ( Read more... )

In an attempt to get myself posting again, I thought I'd start doing booklog/short review posting. Ever since I got my Kobo e-reader last June, I've been reading a lot more than I had been - something about the ease of reading with it, and the constant presence of the books has meant that I've done a lot more reading. I do love having an eReader ( Read more... )

So, crystal_diva and I were talking about a possible visit to the Purple Purl tomorrow, since we're downtown anyway, and her ordered book should be in. I've got a shawl in my queue that needs some yarn, and I thought I'd pick up something from Tanis Fibre Arts for it.

Then, this morning, the new Knitty came out. It's the first one I can remember in quite a ( Read more... )

On Monday, we're having a HDTV antenna installed on the roof ( Read more... )

All of a sudden, Firefox will not start on my work computer. Well, that's not entirely true - it starts and then immediately crashes (complete with the Mozilla Crash Reporter popping up ( Read more... )

This fancy-schmancy (supposedly) new billing system you've implemented? So far, I'm not impressed ( Read more... )

Lazy's pretty much the only way I can sum up today ( Read more... )

So, I just noticed this morning that iTunes is now carrying what appears to be all available seasons of Doctor Who for sale/download ( Read more... )