Tag Archives: pop culture

Why the Overlap?

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Karie

A good friend of mine, Emme, went to her knitting group the other day and noticed something (link in Danish): there is a huge overlap between knitters & people who read scifi/fantasy. She notes that Ravelry has at least 65 … Continue reading →

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I Saw the Best Minds of the Rebellion Eaten by Sarlacc…

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Karie

Who on earth likes both Star Wars and 20thC poetry? ME! And this is one of the funniest things I have seen on the internet this week: so much depends upon a scarred young jedi stitched with cyber netics beneath … Continue reading →

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Lovely Things

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Karie

This has to be my song of summer 2011. It’s so lovely in all its pomo pop glory. Other lovely things right now: I find this picture of David Tennant in the Fright Night remake strangely compelling. I always did … Continue reading →

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Linkage & More

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Karie

My commuting project is zipping along nicely. I’m currently knitting the Larisa scarf for myself in Kidsilk Haze, shade 582 (Trance). The beads are teardrop-shaped beads from The Bead Company. Recently Rhiannon finished knitting Larisa and seeing somebody else’s version … Continue reading →

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Diggi Loo Diggi Ley

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Karie

It is that time of year again. The daffodils are blooming, the birds are singing and Eurovision is but a month away. As per usual I have subjected my ears to all the participating songs and here is a quick … Continue reading →

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Excitement

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Karie

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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Lost Boy? Lost Girl.

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Karie

Pop culture and I have an on-off relationship. I mostly attribute this to growing up in Nowheresville, Denmark, in a family obsessed by 1940s and 1950s American popular entertainment (think Frank Sinatra, Vincente Minnelli films and the Great American Songbook), … Continue reading →

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Little Women & Werewolves

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Karie

Yes, the classic “Little Women” has fallen prey to the publishing trend that started with “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”. Joy. I never read the Austen-goes-supernatural novel.  I mean, I still have issues with casting Colin Firth as Darcy in … Continue reading →

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Eurovision ’09: Preview

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Karie

After Georgia pulled out/was forced to pull out of this Eurovision Song Contest with their gun-to-head song called “I Don’t Wanna Put-in” (get the “pun?”), what can we expect from ESC? You know I’d only do this for you, my … Continue reading →

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There And Back Again

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Karie

Today we saw .. .. our new nephew (three weeks old!).. .. the “Eye of Grampian” ferris wheel.. .. and Aberdeen beach where I found lava rocks. (Thank you so much for your helpful and insightful comments. I’ll reply to … Continue reading →

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