Best. Hat pattern.  Ever.  Ever, ever, ever.

And the yak slippers in the same issue of Knitty ain't bad either ^_^

Hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving, with friends, and family, and food and the warmth of the human spirit.   What can I say, I'm a sucker for holidays.  Can't wait to be home for Christmas.

to the passage of Arizona prop 102, California prop 8, and the gay marriage ban proposition in Florida ( Read more... )

While I have made good progress on the infamous thesis, it has been a long day, long week, and long month.  I've gotten used to relocating cryptic notes written in dull colored pencil (the only writing implement that seems to remain on my desk for more than twenty minutes) in the drifts of books and articles that surround my computer.  I eventually ( Read more... )

I've avoided talking about politics in my livejournal during this campaign, and I'll go back to avoiding it after this post.  But I suggest a proposal should be negotiated between the two campaigns ( Read more... )

Breaking briefly out of my thesis cloisterage to post something from the Telemann biography that popped up with his music on my Pandora Mozart station (the music genome project is a bit imprecise as far as classical music goes -- you would think Mozart wrote only chamber music, and fits into a category with everybody between Correlli and Beethoven ( Read more... )

I stopped by my bank yesterday to deposit a couple of checks. The song being piped in over the PA in my financial institution? REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Ah, irony.

Edit: Now with 100% more cake.

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Cheeriness. So there.

I think the title says it all.

Back in Tucson as of this afternoon, and missing our camp site already.  It was lovely.  There were feral kittens.  I have a ridiculous archaeology tan.  More when I'm less exhausted.  So.  Who can hook me up with the rest of the Dr. Who season?