Meme from Inky
Okay, i'm game! I'm a sheep too, baaaaaaaah!

Do a Wikipedia search of your birthdate, minus the year. Then list three interesting events, three people who were born, and three people who died on that day.

On my birthday, November 17

Three Events -

1558 - Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

1800 - The United States Capitol building in Washington, DC holds its first session of the U.S. Congress.

1973 - In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".

Three Births -

1755 - King Louis XVIII of France

1942 - Martin Scorsese, American film director

1960 - RuPaul, American actor

Three Deaths -

1231 - Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and saint (patron saint of lacemakers! hmmm!)

1917 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor

1940 - Eric Gill, British sculptor and writer

This was pretty fun, try it, willya!
If you read this, consider yourself tagged! You're it!
04.13.06 @ 01:35 PM PST [link]

Quickie!

Grrrr... how much do I hate blog spammers!! Not the real folks who leave real comments, but the assholes who post ads for *rectile dysfunction drugs and online p*ker and all kinds of other crap. I spend sooo much time deleting comments like that lately that it's been eating into my actual blogging time.

I think i might have to change to a different blogging software, where i have a little more control over the process. The program I use, Greymatter, has been outdated for some time now. I do like it though. I tend to get set in my ways...

I have to run to work this morning but i'll leave you with some yarn porn. This is the Mountain Scarf kit i ordered from Amy Boogie (link in the sidebar) the colorway on that one is "Vineyard".

Also pictured are two skeins of Lornas Laces sock yarn in the colorway "Vera"
Sock yarn and laceweight yarn.. hmm.. told y'all I'm a creature of habit!

No pics yet of the Diamond Fantasy shawl, it looks just like the other day, but bigger, I'll spare you all another photo!

Back soon with a longer post! *mwah*
04.11.06 @ 08:07 AM PST [link]