So ... it's been a rugged several months, but I'm heading out for a trip to my favorite city in the country - San Francisco. I'll be out there from July 23-August 2. I can't even tell you how excited I am about this. Everything SF. Siphon coffee. Alcatraz. Hotel sheets. And fabric shopping. Much fabric shopping ( Read more... )

Today I made lederhosen to fit a doll the size of a bug.


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Ten Top Trivia Tips about Marsh!

1. In 1982 Time Magazine named marsh its 'Man of the Year'.
2. In Japan, marsh can only be prepared by chefs specially trained and certified by the government.
3. In Chinese, the sound 'marsh' means 'bite the wax tadpole'!
4. Only twelve people have ever set foot on marsh.
5. Marsh has little need for water and is capable of going ( Read more... )

The Ahiru has been passed down to Steve, who's been Waiting Forever to inherit her. In her place is Roque, a shiny, lovely-if-less-yellow, Civic Hybrid. I'm seriously, seriously jazzed. And the mad fuel efficiency makes me feel just a wee bit pious.

Anyway, without further ado, here's Roque!


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Here's what I want to know - WHY does the Travel Channel think we need a program called Man vs. Food - in which an overweight guy travels from city to city, visiting restaurants with I-Dare-You-To-Eat-It-All portions and rising or attempting to rise to each challenge, all on camera. This program glorifies gluttony, which is pretty shameful in ( Read more... )

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Stolen from Violaine - because it was just too much fun not to ( Read more... )

Life's been mad busy. I guess that's nothing new, or worth even mentioning, except I have this meme thing to do and I didn't want to meme and run. So first, the mad productive part - took the day off from have-to stuff to do useful want-to stuff, like ( Read more... )

'nuff said

So I'm in NY, playing at being magazine writer girl and celebrating the arrival of a doll that is pretty much exactly the doll I'd design if the BJD gods gave me that privilege. For the non-doll-whacko people on the list, this might be a little wiggy or boring, but I just have to introduce the resin man of my dreams, Laith Teufel.


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