October 2010 « Redshirt Knitting

RT @briangaar: My hometown is basically a racist Facebook post with a Chili's about 9 hours ago
@perclexed It's not her most ladylike angle. about 11 hours ago in reply to perclexed
Yep, another one! http://t.co/tvI3gJsiBG about 11 hours ago
I'm not having much luck with this. It's called "catbearding" btw. http://t.co/phFJEKU3L2 about 14 hours ago
RT @SeinfeldToday: George tries to hide that despite seeing every episode he has no idea what's happening on Game of Thrones. Elaine buys d… about 15 hours ago
RT @dansolomon: Today in MAKING YOU CRY. MT @marcusgilmer: dog survives tornado, reunited with owner mid-interview http://t.co/ZojcYAaxP1” about 18 hours ago
@BrandyGrabow I can't even watch that, I'm just going to retweet it sight unseen! about 18 hours ago in reply to BrandyGrabow
@congolia I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her, I wish I had a rab about 18 hours ago in reply to congolia
@amysueamysue "A cockatiel is no man's slave!" "Cheep cheep tweet!" about 18 hours ago in reply to amysueamysue
On the up side, I didn't have to walk into a funeral pyre to get them, my chickens. I just, you know. Bought them at the feed store. 08:35 PM 05/20/13

Sims Sunday: The End Is Nigh

By Erika, on October 31st, 2010

Yeardley announced her pregnancy to Jamila, who was thrilled at the prospect of a new baby. (She apparently didn’t question where the baby came from in the first place.)

Aren’t they a happy couple! So lovely together! They…

Oh.

Yeardley barely had time to mourn before she . . . → Read More: Sims Sunday: The End Is Nigh

All Hallow’s Read Giveaway: Stephen King’s “The Shining”

By Erika, on October 30th, 2010

As you may have heard, Neil Gaiman invented a thing called All Hallow’s Read. The new tradition is to give someone a scary book on Halloween.

And you’re a someone!

Leave a comment on this post to be entered into a drawing to win a copy of Stephen King’s “The Shining.”

The . . . → Read More: All Hallow’s Read Giveaway: Stephen King’s “The Shining”

On The Up Side…

By Erika, on October 29th, 2010

See? I already feel lousy for even having said anything. Well, let’s turn this pity party around for the weekend.

On the up side, there’s always fluffy warm kitteh bellies!

And cats who look incredibly offended that you would do such a thing. But who don’t, one must note, squirm to be put . . . → Read More: On The Up Side…

So, That Was A Thing That Happened

By Erika, on October 29th, 2010

This week has been one long string of humiliations. Not like “Oh gosh I said something dorky to the clerk at Safeway” stuff. We’re talking hard-core, “I kind of wish I was dead right now” type stuff. Only some of which I talked about on Twitter.

I don’t want to wallow. I definitely . . . → Read More: So, That Was A Thing That Happened

Meanwhile, In Shawl-ier News

By Erika, on October 27th, 2010

The last time I mentioned the shawl, I had just cast on using the Incredible, Custom-Fit Raglan Calculator. The plan being to knit it just like a raglan cardigan, but never divide for the arms.

At the time, I thought that I had a reasonably-sized set of #3 circular needles. It turned out . . . → Read More: Meanwhile, In Shawl-ier News