Valentine's Day random
Every year we've been in St Louis, we've gone to the same restaurant on Valentine's day: India Palace. They give you a carnation at the door, the food is heavenly, and you're on the top floor of a tower building, so you
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Personal
A collection of 513 issues
One down, seven to go
Finished the first KnitPicks Sock Landscape sock on Sunday with plenty of yarn to spare:
It took eight days start to finish and I'm getting 9st per inch on a 2.75mm needle. The yarn is very soft, and the colours look good together. It is somewhat splitty,
Deliveries!
The replacement skein of Socks That Rock yarn from The Fold arrived on Thursday, it was a 360yd skein of Jade. Looks good, no knots or problems visible when I was winding it this morning, I'm happy. It's a 360yd skein instead of a 325yd, colour
Ammo Cans and Travel Bugs
CNN: Geocaching puts authorities on edge.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- In a game of global positioning called geocaching, the lowly treasure hunt has gone high-tech -- but it can also be a game of risk when terrorism-sensitive authorities find the goods first. Scot Tintsman found that out when he stashed
You Had A Bad Day
You stand in the line just to hit a new low,
you fake up a smile with the coffee to go,
you tell me your life's been way off line,
you're falling to pieces every time,
and I don't need no carryin' on
Cheese and whine
I like it when The Ferret writes about exercise. I don't like working out either. I like the smug feeling of having exercised. I like knowing I can heft a pair of twenty pound cat litter boxes from the pet store to my car without using a shopping
Laser memories
BBC News: Space probe breaks laser record.
A spacecraft has sent a laser signal to Earth from 24 million km (15 million miles) away in interplanetary space. The Messenger probe exchanged laser signals with a US ground station partway through its journey to the planet Mercury. Messenger blasted off in
England pictures
We did over 900 miles in the hire car while we were in England. Much of the time was spent in Bournemouth, heading out from there for trips to Stroud and London, then visiting Plaid Dragon and Mr Bristow before returning to Gatwick for the flight home. Continental Airlines was
Jetlag + coffee = brainpower / 2
We're still getting the England pictures together, jet lag is waking me up far too early. It's a little freaky to wake up with a cat staring at you. I finished the Harvest Rock socks last night. The socks are warm and comfy. I'm
Back home!
Did you miss me? :-)
We had a great time in England! Got back to St Louis late last night, the house was still standing, and the cats were pleased to see us after the initial shock of "who are you and why are you in my house?"