Ya know...

I've never understood the appeal of sport. I have often bewailed the fact that we as a society tend to make too big a deal over something that is nothing more than a game that tends to bring out the worst in people. Why, I would wonder, were the football players typically the stars in High School?* What, I wondered, is the big freaking deal? I was evolved past that. I was the sensitive artistic type and could see beyond the base competition.

So, tell me, why was I so excited when Charlie finally hit a ball during practise yesterday? I mean, I jumped up and cheered because my extremely bright and musically gifted son hit a ball with a bat and it didn't go into the foul line.






*Except possibly for mine. I mean, they may have enjoyed the typical BMOC thing one sees portrayed in film and TV, but my school was so big I never really noticed. I hung out with the artists and poets and was quite content, and wouldn't have recognized one of our cheerleaders unless I tripped over her Pom-Poms.

Ya know...

I've never understood the appeal of sport. I have often bewailed the fact that we as a society tend to make too big a deal over something that is nothing more than a game that tends to bring out the worst in people. Why, I would wonder, were the football players typically the stars in High School?* What, I wondered, is the big freaking deal? I was evolved past that. I was the sensitive artistic type and could see beyond the base competition.

So, tell me, why was I so excited when Charlie finally hit a ball during practise yesterday? I mean, I jumped up and cheered because my extremely bright and musically gifted son hit a ball with a bat and it didn't go into the foul line.






*Except possibly for mine. I mean, they may have enjoyed the typical BMOC thing one sees portrayed in film and TV, but my school was so big I never really noticed. I hung out with the artists and poets and was quite content, and wouldn't have recognized one of our cheerleaders unless I tripped over her Pom-Poms.

OMG Best PSA Ever!

Neil Gaiman just posted this on his website, and, as he predicted, I, along with the others I suspect, am passing it along.

Vee Dee...is for Everybody... This needs to be made into a full length Broadway Musical.

The commercial seems like something Hanso Corporation would have made.

OMG Best PSA Ever!

Neil Gaiman just posted this on his website, and, as he predicted, I, along with the others I suspect, am passing it along.

Vee Dee...is for Everybody... This needs to be made into a full length Broadway Musical.

The commercial seems like something Hanso Corporation would have made.

bed socks

A little while ago I made bed socks that turned out to be so big they only fit my husband. Charlie asked for a pair for himself and, after many unsuccessful attempts to decrease the pattern, I found a pattern for knitted slippers that had children's sizes, and I made them.



They are actually a bit small for Charlie, but he is really happy with them and is wearing them proudly.

I'm rather proud myself, I have mastered the Yarn Over, and made lovely little eyelet thingies and didn't make too many errors. So yay.

I need a knitting icon.

bed socks

A little while ago I made bed socks that turned out to be so big they only fit my husband. Charlie asked for a pair for himself and, after many unsuccessful attempts to decrease the pattern, I found a pattern for knitted slippers that had children's sizes, and I made them.



They are actually a bit small for Charlie, but he is really happy with them and is wearing them proudly.

I'm rather proud myself, I have mastered the Yarn Over, and made lovely little eyelet thingies and didn't make too many errors. So yay.

I need a knitting icon.