http://www.patheticfallacy.org Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been an eventful, stressful, hopeful few months. And I don't want to tempt the Fates by assuming anything. But a dream I've had for a good 10 years has gotten a lot closer to materializing. And for that — and for whom I'm so fortunate to have by my ... http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/07/full/ Did you know you can buy art from Yakoff Smirnoff? http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/06/in-soviet-russia-art-buys-you/ My workfriends are so awesome. I've been hemming and hawing all week about whether to take tomorrow off for my birthday or come in to take advantage of an unusual dearth of meetings and actually get some work done. So they totally surprised me today with an assortment of Kickass ... http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/05/sweet-cuppin-cakes/ In more ways than one! Hickory Dickory Dot, with a bonus toy mouse for Claire Grace. It took 3 weeks to make, although most of it was completed in two knitting-intensive weekends. Edited to add: The pattern comes from the redoubtable Anny Purls. http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/04/finished-2/ Today's article in the New York Times' Style section on how toothbrush design has changed in a way that toothbrush holders can't accommodate nearly made me pump my fist in the air while I was eating breakfast. Every time I buy new toothbrushes, I spend frustrated minutes trying to find ... http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/04/the-outmoded-design-of-everyday-things/ why buck and mccarver suck definition of n bitch as a humanbeing http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/04/amusing-search-strings-of-late/ Work. There's a lot of it. I've made a few batches of fresh ricotta cheese. I can't quite describe how amazing it is to make cheese at home, let alone how delicious it is. Friends have fed us better than we deserve these past two weekends: roasted lamb and asparagus; pan-grilled tempeh ... http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/04/some-things/ Hello from stormy D.C., where we have been visiting the Villain's family and catching up with friends. Our plans today have been at least partially scotched by an unexpected ice storm that would make driving to rural, hilly Maryland treacherous at best, so I am right now somewhat decadently lying ... http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/02/somewhat-kiboshed/ Fortuna's wheel refuses to sit still. Regno: On the walk to the subway this morning, a man came up from behind me and said, "Those are some great boots!" before dashing ahead of me and crossing Somerville Ave. Sine regno: My fabulous stylist, Lauren Jeffries, has left Judy Jetson, and I don't ... http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/02/boethius-was-right/ Designating tomorrow (today!) as my ACD* was a damn fine plan. I got to spend my first day back on the East coast snug inside reading, learning how to crochet, and I still have another day to unpack, putter, maybe put a book in the mail to Australia, and relax. San ... http://www.patheticfallacy.org/2008/02/i-am-so-smrt/