A Bloggin' Discovery

Was just noodling around this evening in the Grand Magnificent Blogosphere and came across this gem. Don't let the title scare you away . . . the fellow's a serious cartoonist.

The entry that caught my eye is the Jay Kennedy tribute. Not that I knew Mr. Kennedy or anything, but I've long been interested in comics (and strips in particular) and was struck by the NYTimes obituary this week. I mean, I didn't know him, wouldn't have been able to tell you his name, but I knew what he would have meant to the industry. And Mr. Fies's tribute says it all.

But don't stop there. Go down, down, down to the March 10th entry. Play the videos. I dare you not to smile.

Live long and prosper!

--R, ordering the book on her way out the door

Pretty Britter Kitties

Last weekend at WVAS with the Metrostitchers I refrained from purchasing more than the framing for my newly-finished Winter Sampler. But I did get a start on one of the Britter Kitty patterns ... I love these, they are just adorable and work up quickly ... and managed to enable another shopper, who noticed the kitty I was stitching and asked where to get her own.

So I started this little cutie on Saturday and finished her up on Sunday:



Once I had her finished, she told me her name is Lovey. And the bird? Dovey, of course!

That was actually my second Britter Kitty. Here's the first one I did some time ago:



I see a theme here. I guess I like birdies perched on kitties. I'd have asked this kitty her name but I didn't want to disturb her nap. The bird is Baby Blue. ;)

--R

Book Run

Actually, it was going to be a fast magazine run but it's impossible to confine oneself to magazines alone at B&N. My one victorious restraint: *not* spending $10 on one of those "knowledge" decks of cards, this one entitled Fabulous Fonts. I was, after all, just curious about which fonts were included but I decided that it wasn't worth a ten-spot to find out. And I can get whatever font fix I need on myfonts.com anyways. For free. So I did pick it up, carried it around a bit, then shamefully left it forlorn on a foreign shelf. Yet another sin I will be paying for forever in the hereafter.

Here's what I was unable to resist:

Games Magazine (April 2007)
Poetry Magazine (March 2007)
The Best American Science Writing 2006
Almost Human: Making Robots Think, by Lee Gutkind
Victorian Lace Today, by Jane Sowerby, photography by Alexis Xenakis

The most expensive of these was the Victorian Lace book, but I justified the expense with the promise of actually making one -- or more -- of the patterns. That is my ambition, at least. We'll see just how much larger my eyes are than time-in-the-universe left to me.

--R

Try to Remember

Note to self: you do not not NOT want to add YouTube addiction to your list of obvious character flaws.

But .... still ... gotta share this one, it's too good not to. Just promise your Auntie Rosie you won't lose your self (and whole days, weeks, months even) endlessly clicking on video link after video link.

I mean. I was soooo lucky to get away with my sanity still intact. Skewed. But intact.

Whew.

--R

P.S. See Bob & Joan sidebar to the left for some faves from this evening's YouTube excursion.