Boring housekeeping crap

Christmas at our house

Posted by spyderkl on December 26, 2008 at 11:05 am

Other than being bummed at the news that both Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt died within the past two days, it was a pretty good holiday here. Santa has probably made his last stop at our house; School Girl has been asking questions which Evil Dad refuses to answer. We’ve been having, um, discussions over [...]

Some little changes

Posted by spyderkl on September 22, 2008 at 11:06 am

I’ve gone ahead and eliminated the whole category thing on my blogroll. There are some entries there that arguably belong in more than one category, or have just been miscategorized, or can’t really be categorized. So…out it goes. There are also, as you can see, a few additions as well. Most of the additions are [...]

Been thinking about some changes

Posted by spyderkl on September 10, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Since the end of the world hasn’t come after all *snicker*, I’ve been thinking about making some changes. It’s been a nice long time since I updated my knitblog. In fact, I’m thinking about doing away with it altogether and posting my fiber projects (clearly labeled, so some of you can avert your eyes from [...]

Help me, I am way in over my head

Posted by spyderkl on September 8, 2008 at 11:03 am

Does anybody know of a good way to discuss evolution with a 1st grader? I’m reasonably good with music, writing (not that anybody could tell from this mess) and elementary math. But when we’re discussing evolution, biology, etc. I am completely lost. And I don’t want to be lost. I’m concerned that she may or [...]

Something New

Posted by spyderkl on August 3, 2008 at 1:11 pm

In the midst of some fairly serious neighborhood drama today – I twittered about it this morning, and I really can’t say anything more until we know more – I decided to try out a new commenting system, Disqus. Shakesville and the Laughing Squid blog, among others, are using it. It seems to be working [...]