December 2006 « Redshirt Knitting

According to the new Star Trek movie, in the future everyone just gets one enormous ice cube. about 3 hours ago
Isn’t the future grand? http://t.co/XF1QetwxPh about 7 hours ago
She promised to loan me a spinning wheel if I helped her load a couch into the back of a windowless van. Seems legit. about 8 hours ago
Hey everyone, if @perclexed turns out to be an axe murderer, start the hunt for my body in the @SerialKnitters parking lot. about 8 hours ago
If you're coming north to the San Juans for Memorial Day wkd I'll tell you a secret, here's the route locals use: https://t.co/ZBZETnuOlt about 11 hours ago
@kmkat And not as high as the Minneapolis bridge. about 11 hours ago in reply to kmkat
So basically what you're saying is, the Skagit River Bridge failed a saving throw. http://t.co/nzLRzIuFRK about 11 hours ago
@advicemonkey wow that looks amazing! about 11 hours ago in reply to advicemonkey
@pschiendelman there are a lot of options, none of which can gracefully handle that volume of traffic. I usually go across Fir Isl to Conway about 22 hours ago in reply to pschiendelman
Triple thanks as always to first responders who were on the scene so quickly, rescuing people from the river which is running cold & fast about 22 hours ago

Ring out the old…

By Erika, on December 31st, 2006

I can’t decide if this is an auspicious, or inauspicious, start to the new year, but I have been found by lost dogs (again).

Along with making 911 calls, it is also my fated duty to return lost dogs to their owners. This happens so often that I carry a collar and leash in . . . → Read More: Ring out the old…

Oh my, the FOs are piling up around here. My camera’s batteries ran dead, and then I forgot to bring them into work to charge, and then I charged them but left the USB cable at work, and you know how it goes.

First up, a pair of washcloths for Christmas. I used the . . . → Read More: Weekend catch-up

It MUST be a holiday!

By Erika, on December 29th, 2006

Either that, or a wonderful dream. Check out the WSDOT’s Seattle traffic map at 8AM Friday morning. Crazy!

ABC-Along: X

By Erika, on December 28th, 2006

X is for Xenophobia.

La Conner is a tourist town, with a typical tourist town’s loathing of outsiders, namely, me. So far there is one store (the Pioneer Market on Morris Street) that I will not shop at anymore, because it was just too irritating.

I remember when I was in junior high, I . . . → Read More: ABC-Along: X

ABC-Along: W

By Erika, on December 26th, 2006

W is for Western Birds, the Peterson Field Guide.

This is my third copy, having given away the first two to other nascent birdwatchers over the years.

Western Birds is a miracle of technical writing. The birds are organized by type – all the ducks and geese and duck- and geese-like birds are . . . → Read More: ABC-Along: W