More ice sounds.
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Crocheted Tetris blanket.
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Felted stone mat, $500.
All the above found via BoingBoing.
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From author/musician/stand-up artist Michael Perry's blog:
Talked to a retired sheriff’s deputy last night. He says the key to successfully breaking up a bar brawl is to turn the siren on about a mile out and slow down so everyone has plenty of time to clear out…
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Test your powers of observation. Link from CursingMama's blog.
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I sent this to #2 son. He sent back the following; he said it is as old as the internet, but I had never read it before. Enjoy!
Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.
Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them breaks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.
I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.
Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.
When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 07840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes."Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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Tomorrow: actual knitting content. And dog hair. (But not knitting WITH dog hair, at least on purpose.)
