Archive | September, 2007

Socks

I’m in a sock knitting frenzy as of late, but can’t seem to get motivated to finish any for anyone but me. This is mostly due to the fact that I have this insistent fear I will run out of yarn, so I end up finishing them to fit my size 6 mini-me feet. Most [...]

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Birthday present

Total surprise to replace my broken one. And I love the color!

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RTFM

A friend gave us the first three episodes of “The IT Crowd” and we watched them last night. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. I do love Roy’s t-shirt and must get one for Scott. I can’t figure out if they ship to the US, though. Damned French.

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Dear New Yarn Store Whose Identity I Will Keep Hidden,

I finally got around to stopping by yesterday. It was the perfect situation: I had to run M into town and by the time I was swinging back around on the way home, you were going to be open. It was a little out of my way, but what the hell! Gas is only $3.20 [...]

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Why, weekend, why?

I’ve been kicking ass on the weekday runs, even on the somewhat longer Wednesday run, which has been 9 miles for the past two weeks. Tonight we ran our new favorite 5 mile loop, mostly on dirt roads with some rolling hills, with an uphill for the final mile into town. When we first ran [...]

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Paul Graham on Stuff

This is excellent, and seems timely for me, as I scan the room and see shit piled up everywhere. When I moved from Detroit, all of my essential possessions fit in my little SUV. If I were to move now, with all of my “stuff,” I would have to rent a U-Haul. And not the [...]

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