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Excitement

Pardon my knitterly excitement, but I am a few hours away from my first finished garment of the year. I cannot believe it has taken me this long, but I am now a frill and a neckband away from a … Continue reading

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In the Shadows of Trees

Mooncalf requested a picture of my Pine. As the picture reveals, the cardigan’s green (which will shock and surprise many of my regular readers). I’m knitting it out of two threads of the same fingering-weight yarn which is an unusual … Continue reading

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Geek Overload

Today we went to the Doctor Who exhibition at Kelvingrove. I had my photo taken with a rather short reincarantion of the Fourth Doctor (and Other Half rather worryingly said he fancied a Doctor Who scarf clearly not knowing how … Continue reading

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A Few Links

My nose is running, my head is stuffed and my throat is sore. So, let’s cut this short. The identity of the new Doctor Who is going to be revealed today on BBC1.  I called Paterson Joseph in November after … Continue reading

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The Next Doctor?

Philip Rhys – a UK actor starring in BBC’s new adventure series Survivors with Freema “Martha Jones” Agyeman and Paterson Joseph – had a little slip-up during an interview on BBC News 24 tonight: “Yeah, we have a great cast. … Continue reading

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Doctorin’ The Tardis

David Tenannt has quit as Doctor Who. He was my first Doctor and will forever be tied in my mind to the early stages of the epic Ms Bookish/Scottish Guy (now known as Other Half) long-distance relationship. I watched New … Continue reading

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Making Conversation

Work: “Hi! How are you? Hope you’re feeling better. Just to let you know, we’re implementing some new anti-fraud measurements. So, HR needs to know where you were working between October 2006 and February 2007?” Me: “Er, I was working … Continue reading

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Spoils

Stephen Moffat does write the best Doctor Who episodes. A planet which is one giant library? Yes, please! And that is all I will say as I do not want to give away any spoilers.. Now, as some longterm readers/friends … Continue reading

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You know you have a Dr Who problem when…

..you sit down on the sofa which bumps against the bookcase causing a Judoon figure to fall down on your head. You put the Judoon back on the shelf among the Doctor Who books (including the “Doctor Who & the … Continue reading

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