So I was reading tweets one night and decided to see if any other of my favorite knitbloggers were on Twitter. I searched for The Norma (using every handle I could think of) and got this:
I checked with Our Favorite OFA Fan; she claims she knows nothing of this "reagan haynes", but who knows? Perhaps she has a whole secret life as a non-knitting, 22-yo preppie named Reagan...
FYI, Norma is not on Twitter. Darn.
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Remember Kliban? Apparently he had another cartoonist life that had nothing to do with cats but only with very, very weird humor. This one, found at blackjelly.com, is particularly appropriate at this time of year.
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Speaking of cats, have you seen this ultra-awesome Cat House? I so want to do this, but the color scheme might be vetoed by my less-cat-and-color-crazed-than-I sweetie.
Do click the above link to the Cat House and take the tour -- start in the kitchen so you do not miss anything. It is amazing!
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Okay, this is not an oddity exactly, just really cool.
The cat house is amazing! I tried to talk Jack into putting a catwalk in one room but no dice. Love the colors too.
You find the best stuff.
Posted by: Diane | 20 December 2009 at 06:58 AM
Those improv everywhere guys are great! My sister and I had a book of rather sick Kliban cartoons that we loved. "Raisins 5 cents." became one of our lines - this was under a picture of rabbits pooping on a conveyor belt.
Posted by: mary lou | 20 December 2009 at 08:23 AM
Thanks for the guerilla handbells. That just made me happy!
Posted by: Cindy | 20 December 2009 at 10:25 AM
Oh, those handbells made me happy. And that piece reminded me how beautiful New York is at Christmastime. The Salvation Army bell-ringer was totally stupefied, wasn't he? And I hope that increased donations right then for him. :)
Posted by: Norma | 20 December 2009 at 10:30 AM
Oops. Dang, I meant to try to be clever and post that as "Reagan"!!!!!
Posted by: Norma | 20 December 2009 at 10:31 AM
Would he go for it if you tamed down the colors a titch?
Posted by: Chris | 20 December 2009 at 10:43 AM
Oh, that bell-ringer video is SO COOL. Thanks!
Posted by: Vicki | 20 December 2009 at 12:10 PM
damn. the handbells choked me up a bit. in a happy, touching way. thank you.
the cat house, aMAzing!
those were some great cartoons too ;^)
Posted by: marianne | 20 December 2009 at 12:29 PM
Re Norma / Reagan, it's like when you search eBay and it says No, we don't have any bras but perhaps you would be interested in these carpet tiles? Drives me crazy.
Posted by: Helen | 20 December 2009 at 02:26 PM
So, do you think this cat-walk sort of thing would add to or detract from the resale value of my home? What a fun thing to do!
I want to do it, I want to start now! My kids want me to do this (they want me to finish Holiday Shopping first).
DH would likely balk.
perhaps the NEXT house...
Posted by: Helen | 21 December 2009 at 12:37 PM
I *love* Improv Everywhere. They're such a great group...did you see the frozen Grand Central Station? It was magical.
Posted by: Heather | 21 December 2009 at 10:19 PM