Tag Archives: blog geek

On The Silver Screen

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Karie

I have seen this link in various places today: Movies From An Alternate Universe. Asking the audience to re-imagine well-known films, the site wonders just who would have starred in a 1950s version of “Drive” or an early 1960s version … Continue reading →

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Lightbulb Moment

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Karie

The past few days have been quite a blur. My quasi-flu turned into proper flu and I have been cooped up in bed too tired to do anything except doze, occasionally read, and knit a tiny bit. I have been … Continue reading →

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Self-Stitched September: One

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Karie

I hate knitting sleeves. Everything zips along nicely and then I get to the sleeves and my will to live dies. I think I have twigged why I hate knitting sleeves. Look at the photo. I’m wearing a Tangled Yoke … Continue reading →

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Beads

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Karie

So, this is your almost-first look at Larisa, a little scarf I designed some months ago and which is currently out with various test-knitters. It is knitted in Kidsilk Haze and has beaded edgings. I’m currently one-third through the scarf … Continue reading →

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Under the Covers

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Karie

In the early ’00s the blogosphere was very different to what it is today. The number of bloggers was very small and everyone seemed to sort-of-almost know each other. My friendship with Stuart of Feeling Listless goes back to this … Continue reading →

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On Languages and Blogging

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Karie

“It is a sign of a deeply disturbed civilization where Tree huggers and Whale huggers in their weirdness are acceptable… while no one embraces the last speakers of a language.” -Werner Herzog Found here which looks at whether we should … Continue reading →

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The Song is Who?

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Karie

“Based on the books in your collection,” the Facebook notification read, ” we thought you might like the New York Times best-selling author, Arthur Phillips’, new book The Song is You.” A quick google-search came up with a book which … Continue reading →

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Handwritten

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Karie
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Find An Easier Way

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Karie

Observation #1: I don’t outright hate the Leona Lewis cover of “Run” (youtube link) although I still prefer the the Snow Patrol original (youtube link). I am mildly disturbed and am now going to listen to ironic hipster music. Observation … Continue reading →

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Dudes!

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Karie

Where on earth do you guys come from? Fourth Edition was started last year after a six-month-ish blog hiatus. Earlier the same year my then blog, Bookish, had been deleted by my then web host (others had similar problems with … Continue reading →

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