Catch up
It's been a busy month.
Knitting
Did a little work on my Eris cardigan, but still haven't figured out how the back gets cast off. It has to go sometime and I can't find it in the directions, which worries me. I don'
Alison Hawke
Cod moves in mysterious ways
Back in Guildford I wanted a t-shirt with a picture of a running chicken and the caption "Poultry in Motion". It was a Simon Drew design, I love his sense of humour and drawing style.
These are links to some of his designs on coasters available from Castle
Ungrateful cat is ungrateful
Brand new squishy cat bed vs. free cardboard box. Even sprinkled with catnip, she prefers the box.
You snooze, you lose.
The historic influenza panda mix
There have been four flu pandemics so far, named for their country of origin:
* 1889 Russian flu, estimated one million deaths, possible H3 strain
* 1918 Spanish flu, estimated 20 to 100 million deaths, H1N1 strain
* 1957 Asian flu, estimated one million deaths, H2N2 strain
* 1968 Hong Kong flu, estimated one
Hiatus
Our home internet has been shut off because of an oversight by the provider. It would take at least a week to get it back online, which isn't worth fighting for. Things will be sporadic here till May 16th, then all will better.
Everything's fine, there
Random Links
I'm knitting two scarves right now, and they need to be the right length. Isadora Duncan died in a tragic scarf-too-long accident in an open-top car. She was an American dancer in the 1920s.
She would have died in a car similar in looks to something from the
Sounds of Doctor Who
BBC News: Doctor Who theme wins sci-fi vote.
The distinctive music to Doctor Who has been named the best television sci-fi theme tune in an online vote. It finished ahead of Red Dwarf, The X Files and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, according to website Total Sci-Fi. The music, which has
Post NaNoWriMo writing
After NaNoWriMo 2008, a bunch of us wanted to continue the year-long writing experiment we tried last year. The group has a shared premise for stories, and can borrow each other's characters to create interweaving stories. Last year we had a fantasy premise, which was hard for me.
Orange belt!
I've been learning Chinese Kenpo at Tracy's Karate Studio since 17th November 2008 and I passed my orange belt test yesterday. There is a photo of me wearing the new belt on the wall of the studio, and I have a certificate to prove my rank.
Testing day
Tracy's Karate Studio, Kirkwood.