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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Webs We Weave
How badly do I want this uppercase scarf? Pretty badly, I tell you. The scarf led me on a typographic journey of the net which yielded new interesting sites: the & Blog, Bembo’s Zoo which is seriously cool, FontStruct which … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Craft, Knitting, Literature, shopping, typography, yarn
Tagged Art, books, games, geek, illustrations, lettering, Literature, love, Print Culture, qwerty, technologies of writing, texts and words, traditions
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Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Teaser
Just sneaking this one in: the teaser trailer for Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And if you are thinking Bzuh?! (which is admittedly very likely), here’s an explanation: During the WGA strike ['Buffy' and 'Firefly' creator] Joss Whedon started writing a … Continue reading
Fantabulous Faber
Faber and Faber is sending me a proof copy of Andrew Sean Greer’s new novel, The Story of a Marriage. Greer’s The Confessions of Max Tivoli was excellent and I’m looking forward to see how his new novel compares. Thank … Continue reading
The Timeline of Fictional Events
This is really nifty: The Timeline of Fictional And Fictional Future Events. 1609: A vampire known as the Master converts a young woman dying of syphilis to fellow vampire Darla. The conversion reportedly took place in the Colony and Dominion … Continue reading
The Dark Side
I’m hand-dyeing yarn right now. Edit: Modus Operanti: First, I soaked a hank of merino laceweight yarn for about forty minutes in lukewarm water. While it was soaking, I mixed green food dye with a touch of blue food dye … Continue reading
Five Things I Have Learned Recently
Don’t you just love lists? I do. + Mattel has made The Birds Barbie. It’s brilliant. (thank you Darth Ken) + Wordle is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It even makes Spandau Ballet seem cool. + I have finally … Continue reading
That’s Not My Name
Yesterday I had to convince nurses that my name wasn’t Flora Westmark of [absurdly named Glasgow suburb]. It wasn’t until I pointed out that Flora’s patient file stated she was born in 1949 whilst I clearly was not that they … Continue reading
FYI
A quick little plea from the heart before I find my anti-histamine pills (as close as I get to sleeping pills) and drown them with decaf tea: Please do not text me before 11am UK time. I really need my … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged boo-hiss, family, friends, health, lack of sleep, personal stuff, self
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Stick A Fork In It
Today is World Wide Knitting In Public Day. That means I’ll be bringing my needles and wool to the F.O.R.K. Gala (as well as a rug and a book and my patient Other Half). Meanwhile, The G delivers a deliberately … Continue reading
Ghost Tree
The other day we went for a stroll along the river and saw a ghostly tree. It stood out like a sore thumb around the rich, green foliage: it was completely white with no leaves. We walked closer trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland
Tagged ecology wtf, Glasgow, nature is big and scary, Photography, real life, wtf
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