"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Fashion, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Feb 8th, 2011
One of my nerdtastical quirks is that whenever I make or acquire some new clothes, I like to try them on with a bunch of my existing wardrobe to see how well they integrate. Over the course of several years, I have worked toward a wardrobe wherein the majority of components are interchangeable. I am […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness, videos, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Feb 5th, 2011
Mistake: listening to Prince while reviewing concrete contracting documents. Phrases like “coordinate with other trades as required for any penetrations, embedded items, or sequence of work issues” and “reinforcing steel to be furnished by Concrete Contractor,” suddenly become fraught with nasty, dirty double entendre.
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Things I like & Things I don't like on Jan 24th, 2011
I pass by this church every morning on my way to work, and every morning, I get a wee case of the grumpies from this: The first half zillion times I passed by it, I just thought, “oh, a phone box. You don’t see many of those around anymore. Darn convenient when you do need […]
Posted in biking, Distractions, Fashion, meta, Utter Silliness, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Dec 16th, 2010
I was reading the erstwhile blog of Rob Coombes, musician and former astrophysicist, most well known as the keyboard player in Supergrass. He’s an amusing man, and I wish he’d return to his blog – it is a lot of fun. Anyway, what got me going today was another abandoned blog, of which he’d been […]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Dec 13th, 2010
I did such a huge double-take on my way to work this morning that it actually involved flipping a Huey and going back for a second look. I passed a house that I’ve probably ridden past fifty times. It’s a pretty basic early 20th Century foursquare, with a rough-cut native limestone first floor and a […]
Posted in Distractions, Family, Fashion/Sewing stuff, meta, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Nov 13th, 2010
It’s been nearly a month since I looked at an Internet form with a header that read “Adde New Post.” Okay, there’s no Olde Englishe “E“, that’s just a typo I decided to leave in because I’m entirely too easily amused. To quote Jim Anchower from The Onion, “I know it’s been a long time […]
Posted in Distractions, Gratuitous Cussing, Oh, for fuck's sake on Sep 5th, 2010
Sometimes, I think I go out of my own way to annoy myself. This is called being a masochist, and there’s no good excuse for it other than maybe I’m not so right in my headmeats. Anyway, I went to a friend’s show at the Honeytree Gallery on First Friday (this past Friday), and that […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness on Sep 5th, 2010
About a month ago, a couple of different friends of mine recommended that I should check out Antonia Cornwell’s blog, “Whoopee, Yet Another Blooming Blog” or “Whoopee,” for short. Boy, oh boy, am I glad I did, and I’ll expand on that theme another time (I’ve got to head for work in about 10 minutes) […]
Posted in Distractions, Garden, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Aug 28th, 2010
This summer, the thing that has done the best in my garden is the lavender. Most specifically, the lavender in the northwest garden box. So I’ve been drying sprigs of it in the bedroom. I’ve shared out some of my floral bounty with several friends, as well as made myself a couple of little sachets. […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, Utter Silliness on Aug 25th, 2010
Realistically, I am pretty sure I can make my own custom toilet-flush frame for my MA certificate. There are unnecessarily complicated birthday cards which have a little battery-powered recorder gizzy so you can record your own greeting. When I could do is disembowel one of those cards, record a toilet flush sound effect on the […]