My plan for tomorrow: total news avoidance. I have a medical thing at midday and after that I'll be mildly sedated for a while, then on "couch rest" for 48 hours. It's kind of awkward timing because I'm supposed to be tranquil and calm during my couch rest, which I won't be if I have to see Wolf Fucking Blitzer talking to holograms or Newt Fucking ( Read more... )

Uh oh you guys, I got TunnelBear. BBC iPlayer, you are mine! Therefore so are the Olympics, in non-ridiculous format, and including sports I'm suddenly curious about after glimpsing them yesterday. Dudes in canoes slaloming down artificial rapids, what what? So many interesting sports that don't get broadcast because Americans aren't the stars ( Read more... )

Today I am going to:

1. Make a peach pie
2. Prep some embroidery on a chuppah
3. Watch this bootleg Eurosport Olympics livestream, which is so much less annoying than NBC's coverage and includes beautiful things like announcers with heavy Scottish accents and people saying stuff like "Lochte is having a STONKING swim!"(ATM they're streaming women' ( Read more... )

Oof, my brain is foggy. I'm giving myself 15 minutes for chitchat and then I'm off the computer to do standing-up things for a while. And also, hello! Here's a list of things, what what ( Read more... )

1. I'm using text from Emma as a placeholder in a web page I'm making this afternoon. Mr Elton, what a dick! Also it's reminding me of a book about marriage I read a while ago; it was going along fine until the author made a claim about Jane Austen's views on marriage. Her support: a quote from Mrs Elton. MRS ELTON! W T F ( Read more... )

I need to write a longer update, but since dinner calls I'll just swing by to say hi! I'm planning to improvise pasta carbonara for dinner--modified since I plan to put greens in it due to our CSA produce box delivering us massive quantities of greens ( Read more... )

Having a blog out in public is definitely increasing my cynicism about humans. These spammers are ridiculous!

I just got this hilarious comment:

This is the right blog for anyone who wants to find out about this topic. You realize so much its almost hard to argue with you (not that I actually would want…HaHa). You definitely put a new spin on a ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, friends and other persons! There should be a big navelgazey extravaganza of a post in this space but I'm feeling a little under the weather so maybe tomorrow. I did a lot of good things this year, mainly great and singular meetups with wonderful friends, and I made plans and laid groundwork for some new projects in the new year. ( Read more... )

Hey, do you guys know what you're supposed to do if your carbon monoxide detector goes off? I didn't, but luckily they print it on the BACK of the detector--reasoning, I guess, that once you've ripped it off the wall to stop the shrieking you'll see the directions, hah. Apparently the answer is "call the fire department ( Read more... )

Things what I did this weekend:

1. On recommendation of sister-in-law's zen hipster club-manager brother, went to hear some live music: Peter Mulvey

I love skillful guitar playing, so I was happy. You can listen to a song here if you want: Knuckleball Suite

2. Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market. I've been going to Renegade Craft things ( Read more... )