"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Dec 14th, 2006
There was a whopping huge box of chocolate candies in the breakroom at work this morning. Unfortunately, they all had that kind of rounded-off rectangular shape which is strongly suggestive of nougat or crème which I found highly discouraging. There were no lumpy ones likely to contain wonderful almonds or hazelnuts, and none of the […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Dec 11th, 2006
I made a new top. It's a wrap around affair with leopard-print bobbly trim. I bought the bobbly trim on a whim, when I bought the bobbles for my fart-fairy costume. That tutu has much larger bobbles around the waist. But I saw the leopard print stuff and felt that I could find a use […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Dec 8th, 2006
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plil1bVDfpA] Here I am doing my guinea-pig impression. I can make guinea-pig squeaky-noises nearly as well as a real guinea-pig. For reference, here's a real guinea pig wheek-ing. I seem to have lost my self-portrait with foot-behind-the-head. I'll have to re-take that picture one of these days andpost my other “stupid-Michelle-Trick.”
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Dec 7th, 2006
It was not unpleasant to remember, on the way thither, that Mrs MacStinger resorted to a great distance every Sunday morning, to attend the ministry of the Reverend Melchisedech Howler, who, having been one day discharged from the West India Docks on a false suspicion (got up expressly against him by the general enemy) of […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Dec 6th, 2006
I made four cycling caps yesterday. Now the thing about cycling caps is that they are kind of goofy. Very goofy, actually. The kind of goofy that only cyclists can appreciate, and if a cyclist is far gone enough, might even find attractive. They're essentially a beanie with a short bill which can be flipped […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Dec 5th, 2006
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdrDQOD-Hw4] My old crested helmet and balaclava, and my plans to decorate my new helmet. The glittery holly berries that I was thinking of putting on my helmet. I'm actually not, now. They are too bulky. You'll see my new helmet later. It's going to be pretty cool. Garishly colored plastic flowers and a weird […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Nov 30th, 2006
I had my first snow ride of the season today. Big fun, as usual. Since I've been doing more proper offroad riding (and Friz) this past year, my bike-handling skills have improved immensely, and I rode to work on the ice and home from work through a couple of good, solid inches of snow cover […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Nov 27th, 2006
So, I've embarked upon redecorating the living room and dining room, a project I've wanted to tackle ever since I first stepped foot into this house over three years ago. I'll be excavating something like 80 years accumulation of misguided wallpaper and paint accretions. Okay, in the two aforementioned rooms, this is only like 3-4 […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Nov 26th, 2006
I'm willing to bet that I had a very different Thanksgiving from what most folks did. It was a bike-picnic day. Joel and I went out for a nice spin on our respective singlespeed Schwinns. I took a picture of our two bikes parked together in front of the Sibley, MO post office, however I […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Nov 22nd, 2006
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBD6koYZHXY] Part one—David Bowie eyes! the Tale of the Forehead Hickey.