It’s a little big for Bobby, my styrofoam head model, but it will fit an adult man. I’ll probably send it off to Operation Nightwatch, when they come up on the list.

Cascade 220 Charcoal Gray (#8400) and Silver Gray (#8401), oh how I love you! These are the best grays in the world. Wish I hadn’t knit the hat on 6mm needles – it’s a bit floppy, looks better knit on 5mm needles – but the 5mms were busy with another project, and I needed something simple to knit while finishing up Battlestar Galactica season 2.

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I patched the quarter-sized hole in my headlight with some clear packing tape.

The word you’re looking for is: “classy.”

The battery frightens me. I don’t know what the blue stuff is, but I finally did determine that the piles of yellow powdery stuff are degenerated foam from the straps, which used to cushion it in place. A very long time ago.

There’s a bit of a hole in the bottom of the muffler.

Also, on the side.

I’m taking it in today to be thoroughly inspected, top to bottom, by an awesome Honda and Acura repair shop here in Seattle.

I feel like I should apologize to them up front, for the horrors they are about to see.

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By now, you have probably heard the new term “Grups.” If you haven’t, you will soon.

Now listen up people, because I am only going to say this once.

The use of the term term “grups” in this context is completely backwards. In the original reference, the term “grups” refers to the actual grownups (anyone past the age of puberty, e.g. the crew of the Enterprise).

Whoever coined the term “grups” to refer to very old children was obviously grasping for the term “lonelies.” Okay? We’re straight on this, right?

Oh lord, I have to go lie down now. That hurt even me. I’m really sorry, everyone, but it had to be said.

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Wool is the only natural fiber I’ve ever knit with, so working with this bamboo yarn was a very unsettling experience.

The first thing I noticed is that it’s heavy. Stepping over from wool yarn, this stuff feels like it’s made of dark matter. I kept hefting the yarn – the skein, the strands, the swatch – in disbelief.

This is South West Trading Company’s bamboo yarn #521, “Preppie.” Cute colors, no?

One thing you’ll notice about this swatch is that there is no curling. I soaked it in the sink, swished it around, rinsed it, crunched out the water, then tossed it on a towel to dry overnight. I didn’t pin it out, or tug at it, or weigh it down, or do anything. And checkit! No curling! Why? I have no idea.

Puts the hairs up at the back of your neck, doesn’t it?

The swatch grew considerably after blocking, from 7.5 stitches/inch to 6 stitches/inch. This is a tube yarn, so my guess is that the tubes collapse during the blocking process, thus widening the swatch. The strange side effect is that once it’s dry, the swatch looks flattened – like a cartoon character that’s been run over by a steamroller.

Self-squashing yarn! What won’t they think of next?

This yarn also has fantastic stitch definition. (A little too fantastic, if you’re accustomed to wool’s helpful way of tidying up its own stitches during the blocking process.) Great drape, too.

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