Chester the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
On squirrel patrol...
Thurs, May 26
» I've
jumped on the Blythe Bandwagon... But
as to be expected, the first has red hair like her Mommy.
Thurs, May 19
» My
very groovy dining room pendant lamp: the Le
Klint 172 "Giant." I bought it back in February from Y
Lighting and it hangs over my dining table.
And because I can't resist, here's a little history on this gorgeous little thing: These hand-folded sculptural pendant shades were designed by architect Poul Christiansen between 1969 and 1978 and have been in continuous production by the Danish company Le Klint. The material is a color-stabilized white PVC which is completely washable and anti-static. Le Klint pendants are enjoying renewed popularity along with other design icons of the 1960's.
» I'd like to take a moment of silence to ponder the many fine qualities of these, my favorite men: Ewan, Ioan, Clive and Gerry.
Tues, May 17
» Happy Birthday Chester! My precious
little furry baby is 1 year old today! He has no idea what that means
except that he has been getting lots of extra treats and hugs all day.
» The original ending
to Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, before it was
changed:
A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH VADER is backing LUKE SKYWALKER towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by Vader, chops off Luke’s hand! It goes spinning off into the ventilation shaft. Luke backs away. He looks around, but realizes there’s nowhere to go but straight down.Darth Vader: Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
Darth Vader: No… I am your father!
Luke: No, it’s not true! That’s impossible!
Darth Vader: Search your feelings… you know it to be true…
Luke: NO!
Darth Vader: Yes, it is true.. and you know what else? You know that brass droid of yours?
Luke: Threepio?
Darth Vader: Yes… Threepio… I built him… when I was 7 years old…
Luke: No…
Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at yourself, no hand, no job, and couldn’t even levitate your own ship out of the swamp…
Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!
Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed a Trade Federation Droid Control ship!
Luke: Well, it’s not my fault…
Darth Vader: Oh, here we go… “Poor me… my father never gave me what I wanted for my birthday… boo hoo, my daddy’s the Dark Lord of the Sith… waahhh wahhh!”
Luke: Shut up…
Darth Vader: You’re a slacker! By the time I was your age, I had exterminated the Jedi knights!
Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar’s Canyon!
Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor… 10 years old, winner of the Boonta Eve Open… Only human to ever fly a pod racer… right here, baby!
Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step towards it.
Darth Vader: I was wrong… You’re not my kid… I don’t know whose you are, but you sure ain’t mine…
Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges down the shaft. Darth Vader looks after him.
Darth Vader: And get a haircut, you look like a girl!
Thurs, May 12
» Finally! Someone decided to use authentic horses in a Viking-age film! When I saw pics of the Icelandic horses being used in the upcoming Beowulf and Grendel movie I sighed a sigh of great relief that some directors have integrity and actually care about authenticity. Thanks to GerardButler.net and ArcLightFilms for these great pics!
Gerard Bulter is such a dish. I'm definately adding him to my list of my future husbands along with Ewan MacGregor and Ioan Gruffudd.
Tues, May 10
» I heard about this yesterday from one of my fellow Richmond Stitch n' Bitchers (thanks Melanie!), but I'm just going to quote from metafilter.com:
Stitch n' Bitch Chicago gets a nastygram. The phrase, the original of which is unknown (to me) refers to the art of getting together with friends for some knitting and chatting. It was popularized by a couple of books and is used by knitting groups the world over. One of those groups, the Chicago SnB, had a Cafepress store selling items with the phrase "stitch 'n bitch." Then the Sew Fast/Sew Easy folks came along and told Cafepress they hold the trademark (reg. #2596818). Cafepress requested that the Chicago SnB remove the phrase from their items. Predictably, this got people all riled up and posting not-so-nice things on SFSE's "Stitch and Bitch Cafe." Those posts were promptly deleted. Now the call is out for free lawyerly help. If any of you IP types want to offer advice, you might join the Chicago SnB Yahoo group. I'm sure they'd appreciate it.
Mon, May 2
» Talk
about amazing customer service! I
ordered the yarn for my Dibs on Ribs sweater from eBay on Thursday and
it arrived today! Needless
to say, emtnestr is
now my new favorite yarn vendor on eBay! Not only does she ship fast,
but her prices are really good too. I'm also very excited because the
colors are much richer than they look in the picture of the finished
sweater.
Don't you love the way the skeins looks so cute all bundled up together in the bag?! The colors are yummy enough to eat...
Thurs, Apr 28
» I've
got my next 2 knitting projects all picked out: Indian
Summer Jacket (Butterfly Supetr 10 cotton) and Dibs on Ribs (Noro
Kureyon wool). Both are from Interweave knits and I LOVE the colors!
The Indian Summer
Jacket
patttern
is free
on IKs Projects
& Articles page. Dibs on Ribs is in the Subscriber-only
content area of the website.
Thurs, Apr 21
» We've all seen this a million times, but it was posted on the Cavaliers Naturally Yahoo Group this morning with an addition...
"How Many Dogs Does It Take to Change A Light Bulb?"
- Golden
Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've
got our whole
lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out
bulb? - Border Collie: Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring
that's not up to
code. - Dachshund: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp!
- Rottweiler: Make me.
- Boxer: Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark.
- Lab: Oh, me, me!!!!! Pleeeeeeeeeze let me change
the light bulb! Can I? Can
I? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I? Pleeeeeeeeeze, please, please, please! - German
Shepherd: I'll change it as soon as I've led these people
from the
dark, check to make sure I haven't missed any, and make just one more
perimeter patrol to see that no one has
tried to take advantage of the situation. - Welsh Terrier: I''l
just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the walls and
furniture.
Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? I'm sorry, but I don't see a light bulb! - Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark.
- Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb.
- Pointer: I see it, there it is, there it is, right there.....
- Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?
- Australian Shepherd: First,
I'll put all the light bulbs in a little
circle... - Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear
and he'll do it. By the
time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry. - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: I'll
do it, but would you like a kiss first?
Please can I kiss you? Pleeeeeeze?!?!?
Wed, Apr 20
» You Know You Knit Too Much when...
Tues, Apr 19
» The Adventures of Action Item! Cool
spoof on Microsoft Outlook terms and some of the stupid business jargon
out there. See the entire comic strip at the creator's
website! 
God I really hate the term "let's touch base". grrrr.....
» Finished Object: The Floral Felted Bag by Nancy Epstein is done! I even added a nice cotton twill lining with pockets (one is zippered) for my cell phone, lipsticks and other stuff.
» Finished Object: Clapotis scarf! It was actually finished on March 4, but I didn't post it then, so here it is. Thanks to Chester for modeling.
» Finished Object: Latifa Scarf. I finished this one on Feb 12, but was too lazy to take and post pics until today.
