Archive for September, 2005



Momentous

Published on 12 September 2005

I just posted some (admittedly crappy) photos to Flickr from Ted and Teresa’s really lovely wedding. Some things got in the way of my documenting the occasion with the precision and artfulness it deserved: I chose to sit in the worst seat in the house so I could be next to Tomoko and Kiyo; my […]


SP6 questionnaire

Published on 11 September 2005

(I apologize to those of you who could give a flying falafel about my yarn preferences, but according to the bylaws and codicils of Secret Pal 6, I’m supposed to answer the following questionnaire so the person I got assigned to can get to know me a bit. Feel free to, oh, go read Mary […]


The three sweetest words in the English language?

Published on 9 September 2005

“Out for delivery.”
Yep, my saucy new iBook and AirPort Extreme base station (X-Treme, like the white bread) and iSkin keyboard protecter so schmutz and crumbage don’t grit up the keyboard are all arriving at Mummersylvan’s mailbox today. The workday will be that much more grueling, and the slaking of my excitement will be further delayed […]


Because she has no mouth, you see

Published on 8 September 2005

Hunh. Looks like the DeCordova Museum is offering an adult ed course entitled “Hello Kitty Universe Workshop.” From the course catalog:
Come and discover the Hello Kitty universe. See what it is like to inhabit the wonderful world of pink, shiny, and plastic. In this workshop, students will access their creative imagination to manifest artifacts from […]


Land of thirst

Published on 1 September 2005

Since I received the World of Pooh LP and SF Seals 7-inch that I won in eBay auctions a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been on a gigantic Barbara Manning kick. Not that I’ve ever wandered too far astray from her work, but lately I’ve been thinking that she, in all her various bands and […]