Archive for March, 2008

Warning: Reading blogs can cause blindness

Monday, March 31st, 2008

I was reading an article online recently that has me a little worried. Some researchers at the University of Texas Galveston Medical School have been doing studies on retinal aberrations caused by extensive reading of online material, particularly blogs. The results are distressing.
Believe it or not, reading blogs can make you go blind.
Apparently, [...]

A couple of skeins, an FO and a WIP walk into a bar . . .

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

When I was in Stowe with my brother and my girlfriend a few weeks back, I took the opportunity to enhance my stash. I also got a little knitting done.
First up, stash enhancement. I got some home-grown, home-spun grey wool at The Wool Shed. I intend to make some heavy-duty kilt hose [...]

Storage debacle

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

So I have this friend, Isabelle, who’s got a dining room set and a futon in storage that she said I can use. I need a dining room set and an extra seat would not go amiss, so last weekend I asked my buddy Jon if he could help out with the move. [...]

Interview is now up

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

For your viewing pleasure: Interview with Barbara, proprietress of The Wool Shed
Apologies for the sound quality.
Part 1

Part 2

Where to start?

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

So, vacation is over. Oh man, what a fun week.
I flew to Connecticut and spent the weekend with my sweetie. Bad part of long distance relationships - you very rarely get to hold your lover in your arms. Great part about long distance relationships - seeing your lover in the airport and [...]