fourth edition

It is not very often that I have to spend time figuring out whether or not I liked a book and what its strengths/weaknesses were. I’m a trained professional, for heaven’s sake, and I did not spend [undisclosed] years in Evil Literary Geek School just to sit here and go “uhm”. But, dear readers, I [...]

Holy caramel. I have just visited The Bead Company here in Glasgow and while I’m not a bling girl nor a jewellery-maker, I can definitely appreciate a place as devoted to creativity as that shop. Two floors of all sorts of beads – crystal, glass, gemstone, metal, big, small, cheap, affordable, expensive and in every [...]

Yesterday I kicked someone off my Facebook friends list.
I came home, checked FB quickly and noticed someone from my primary school days had joined a Danish-language group called “I’m not racist but be nice OR get out of my country”. My stomach tensed as I checked the group description with its ten so-called commandments (including [...]

Due to Certain Health Issues, I have embarked on a lactose-free, low-caffeine diet. This is very difficult for this milky-tea and Diet Coke devotee. I allow myself one cup of glorious caffeinated coffee every morning, but it’s not any fun having to put soy milk in it. Oy. I have also been googling lactose-free rice [...]

Knitting: I have the body and one sleeve of Forecast done. In other word, one sleeve and the button bands to go. It has been a very quick knit so far – I wonder if I can finish it before the end of February? My plan was to finish it before we head off to [...]

Thanks to Kim, I discovered BookMooch yesterday (I’m slow sometimes). The basic idea is that you compile a list of books you like to give away, people who have that book on their wishlist are then given the option to request the book, you send the book to them and you are given points you [...]

NASA needs your help to name Node 3 of the international space station. A short-list of names have been drawn up for your perusal .. and “Serenity” is one of the possible names.
(For the ones among you going bzuh: Serenity?)
Time for some thrilling heroics: go vote!

So, knitting can delay memory loss! That is great news. But, I wonder, can knitting also stop my migraine from getting worse?
The answer is no, sadly.
Uggggh (says the bloggerista/knitterina who promptly heads for a silent, dark room).

In the past week I have learned that:

The majority of my friends here in the UK are either bloggers who knit or knitters who blog. I had a really nice birthday lunch the other day and counted just three non-knitters (although all three are bloggers). Interesting.
I really, really like edamame and it could very easily [...]

A note to Cail Bruich: when you advertise gravad lax with salad and rye bread, do not serve sour-dough bread. It is not the same. Also, consider serving the sour-dough rye bread with a smidgen of butter. Just saying.
Ah, I am nursing a post-birthday hangover (although not due to any alcohol consumption – perish the [...]