"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Cats, Home Improvements, Mountain Biking, Sewing on Jan 22nd, 2008
I had a 3-day weekend this past weekend due to Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day. A 3-day weekend is always welcome – in fact, I wish they all were, considering as how I generally spend all of Saturday on the run, then Sunday doing basically jack. That Monday in a typical 3-day weekend is […]
Posted in Adventures, bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Dec 26th, 2007
This morning was shaping up to suck outrageously. I was about halfway to work, and my back tire blew out. 2″ long rip in one sidewall; you could see daylight all the way through. I tried to boot it with one of those extra-big patches from one of my patch kits, but no dice. In […]
Posted in Lists, Photo entries, Sewing on Dec 22nd, 2007
1. Do not put on red lipstick, don a balaclava, and ride your bicycle to work. You will end up with lipstick from mid-nose to mid-neck. This has been a public service announcement. 2. The Federal Courthouse is two blocks away from my workplace, and there is a park between the two buildings. Yesterday morning […]
Posted in biking, Cats, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Shopping on Dec 15th, 2007
I had no big hairy plans today, honestly. Maybe go for a bike ride and take some pictures, weather permitting, probably sit around in front of the fireplace reading and occasionally shoving a cat’s butt off my book. I didn’t expect to actually get anything accomplished. It all started out with me waking up early. […]
Posted in Photo entries, Sewing on Dec 10th, 2007
Many cyclists of the slightly nerdy variety are very big on wool. I’m of that category and similarly fond of woolen clothing for cold weather. I have an elaborate system of sweaters, tights, and outerwear that I layer on or eliminate as conditions require, and my favorite “insulating layers” for my torso happen to be […]
The Burley failed to sell on e-bay. I’m not exactly heartbroken, however. Joel and I talked it over, and going lower than $600 would be beyond ridiculous – it would be lowballing the sum of its parts. Besides, in last winter’s makeover of said bike, we kept it a drop-bar setup, it just had shorter-reach […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Food & Snacks, Recommendations, Sewing, videos on Dec 8th, 2007
I’m working on my annual Gonzo Baking project today. Actually, today, I am using standard recipes; I just did a huge batch of old-school brown sugar cookies, and I am about to get on with a double-batch of gingersnaps. I did cocoa-dark-chocolate-chip cookies the other night, and a batch of fig cookies flavored with nutmeg, […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Other Bike Stuff, Playing With Weather, Sewing on Nov 7th, 2007
Daylight savings time, one of the goofiest ideas ever to roll out of Ben the F’s industriously fevered brain, has hit once again. I’ll refrain from the trite bitching about what an artificial pain in the ass it is, because it gives me a good excuse to play with my new, super-cool, kickass headlight. Last […]
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Jan 15th, 2007
I am still sewing like a madwoman. Today’s count includes half of a suit jacket and most of a skirt (waistband and hem pending) The half finished jacket, with the skirt I started yesterday (no, I haven’t finished stitching down the appliques yet…I wanted to test out this jacket pattern, because it is an experiment). […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Jan 13th, 2007
More photos and detailed images can be found here. I totally lost interest in the other suit I was making, so it sits on my modern dummy, mocking me. The skirt is lined, but not hemmed. The jacket lining is halfway put together but not installed, nor are the buttonholes and buttons done. I’m sick […]