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The Joy of Making Something: Aftermath of dyeing

Published on November 20, 2009 By spyderkl

Yesterday, I started on a big project. Project Mommy Needs a Carry-on Bag began like this: There is one skein of dark gray that isn’t in the picture, but you get the idea. After two packets of acid dye (each pack is supposed to dye 1 lb. of protein fiber single strength) and roughly 24 [...]

Friday Random 10: Father’s Day edition

Published on June 19, 2009 By spyderkl

Father’s Day is late this year, coinciding with the summer solstice. School Girl and I made Evil Dad and my dad barbecue aprons (shhh…), and we might go out to dinner that evening. I’ll put up an actual post about Father’s Day a little later. So… Home – Depeche Mode Good Fortune – PJ Harvey [...]

Sunken Treasure: the audiobook

Published on March 5, 2009 By spyderkl

Well, not the whole thing, but it’s still great listening. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Wil Wheaton’s latest book/chapbook being published as a .pdf file, for $5USD. It’s wonderful – I’ve really enjoyed it a lot. Now he’s done an audio version of his production diary from last night’s episode of Criminal Minds [...]

Blacked-out avatars and Sunken Treasure

Published on February 23, 2009 By spyderkl

Since this is School Girl’s birthday week, there have been a lot of subjects for posts running through my head. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to get any of them out in a way that a) doesn’t make me burst into tears and run off or b) sound like whiny shite garbage. So, there are a [...]