Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

• On hold with Disney – they just played all of "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" for me. Woo! #
• Keytar is kicking my kiester. #
• Please use HTTPS when you're on an open Wi-Fi network: http://bit.ly/9evsZC #
• Zombie wound stickers: http://bit.ly/cbz9Oo #
• Pretty disappointed in Fallout New Vegas, honestly. It seemed like an expansion pack, not a new game. #
• My iPhone 4 seems to be taking a permanent nap. #
• Turns out the iPhone was just frozen up. I think it might have been SCVNGR. #
• SWALLOW YA SOUL I'LL SWALLOW YA SOUL! #

• I kept expecting the Mad Men finale to have someone wake up from the dream sequence. WTF? #
• Wow, I must have been off the Twitter grid for a while to have missed this: http://www.whatthefuckismytransmediastrategy.com/ #
• Just saw a talking head equating "chattel slavery" with "credit card slavery." Wow. #
• UPS, why must you forsake me so? #gimmefallout #
• UPS has 16 minutes to get me Fallout New Vegas before I Hulk out. #
• UPS man had until 7:00 pm to deliver Fallout New Vegas. He delivered it at 7:01 for S&G. #
• What should greet me upon startup of Fallout New Vegas but the dulcet tones of Saul Frakking Tigh! *swoon* #
• Sears hits it out of the park! Zombie shopping guide: http://bit.ly/9CSvXV #

Not a Drop

Originally uploaded by addlepated

I started this way back in May, and it was going to be my “on the road” project when we traveled to New Orleans during the summer. We ended up not going, so the poor little work in progress sat on the needles hibernating until I finally finished it in one fell swoop around September. Then it was so long that I decided to block it in half, which necessitated acquiring PVC pipe, so it sat for another few weeks unblocked. Now it has finally gotten the love it deserves and is blocked and finished.

Yarn: Wollmeise 100% in Herzblut.
Pattern: Not a Drop

• Some serious makeup skills behind this Jared Leto cosplay look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDruPPPMK3I #
• Superman II recut: http://youtu.be/Al7FeEZrH1E #
• Note to self: do not stick head in particle accelerator. #
• UK ladies spent 24 years knitting a replica of their village: http://bit.ly/BWkZt #
• Shot for shot remake of Back to the Future trailer, starring Michael J. Fox: http://bit.ly/bc3fdw #
• P.S. If they made Back to the Future this year, they'd go back in time to 1980. Pass the Geritol, please. #
• Introducing my children to the wonder of Tom Lehrer. #
• Wolves on the M23 highway in Russia: real or viral? http://youtu.be/Lk3ibIGKTYA http://youtu.be/mMSN8HW4VFQ http://bit.ly/dforQd #
• The World According to San Francisco: http://bit.ly/90Oard (take note, Austin hipsters!) #
• When you're making something called "Kentucky Butter Cake," you just show a blatant disregard for cholesterol levels, don't you? #

• "What can change the nature of a man?" Replaying Planescape: Torment can. #
• The good news: I got the gig! The bad news: Apparently I have to pay $50 a month for leads. Waitaminute… #
• Annoyed by "cut out newspaper ad" assignments. Our 21st century home doesn't subscribe to the paper. #
• Homeless man + two Kermits + Under Pressure = Masterful performance. http://bit.ly/diXWxY #
• My gauge swatch was spot on the very first time! #
• Advertisement in Chile breaks into your house: http://youtu.be/aNQ4MKv_ayY #
• Daughter: "Quit trying to prove stuff to me!" a.k.a. "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" #
• You will never look at a duck the same way again: http://bit.ly/dtBrX5 #
• St Edwards has sent me 4 test texts so far today. No login to turn them off, since I graduated 2 years ago, and they're closed. Argh. #

• I just asked Google Maps for directions from here to Australia. It told me to kayak. Kayak! LOL. #
• RT @argn: ARGNet: PICNIC: Everything We Know About Transmedia Is Wrong http://bit.ly/9CiCEG #transmedia #
• World Without Oil nudged me into recycling and gardening. #wwo #
• Holy crap, this is a cool site! Design docs and game pitches for videogames past: http://www.gamepitches.com/game-designs/ #
• The first break in the weather after a Texas summer is like finally getting a reprieve from the governor. #
• I applied and was accepted really quickly as a writer for Demand Studios. We'll see if it's a grind or not. #
• All my forks are spoons today. Is it a sign? #
• Dexter blood slide candy: http://forkableblog.com/?p=908 #

Reverb Shawl

Originally uploaded by addlepated

This Reverb Shawl was a test knit for Melisa McCurley. I knit it up in some really gorgeous Fiber Optic Foot Notes sock yarn that is an intense purple. Unfortunately, my camera doesn’t show purples, so it comes out as an intense blue in the picture.

It’s a modern looking pattern in an asymmetrical shawl.