• New releases: Tor.com (YA SFF, genre benders), Book Riot (romance)
• Liinkity from Smart Bitches.
• Patricia McKillip 🙁 .
• On Tolkien and linguistics.
• A ficlet called “Being Villagers”.
• Admire the straw necked ibis.
• Learn a little about chimney swifts.
• Did you know that otters have pockets?
• Mouse deer.
• The concept car that became the Batmobile.
• Ramen-inspired makeup.
• I think it’s a little late for the sign by this point.
• Plant IV bags.
• Very Fancy cat furniture.
• “Dog” beds for people.
• What a $20 million New York City apartment looks like.
• Abandoned funeral home (fortunately not for sale).
• I remain a fan of white ceilings.
• Another castle.
• Those stairs aren’t as attractive as I bet the designer thought they would be.
• Sorry, I got stuck at the pneumatic tube elevator.
• The water wheel is not the weirdest thing in this home – that shower…
• This one has its own mini sculpture park.
• Travel back in time to 1958.
• NO.
• NO!!!
• Another round house, but with built-in bookcases.
• Well then.
• Worst kind of party.
• Fruit cocktail eggnog pie.
• Dusting nightmare.
• Guillotine dining room table.
• Um.
• Sort of cool, but mostly disturbing art.
• “Hereditary taint”?!
• “How deep ends form in pools” – hover cursor/long-press for caption.

Mayhem in her role of sock quality control.

Harry is so handsome! 😉

Polly thinking some deep thoughts, apparently.

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• New releases: AAR (romance), Smart Bitches (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Some bookish quotes collected by BookWyrm Knits.
• When the “Hero of the Valley” is dragged before the villainous king…
• About dragons.
• The size of blue whales compared to dinosaurs.
• Some ducks of Iceland.
• Feeding a hummingbird.
• Why tattoos don’t vanish when your skin replaces itself.
• Learn about lighting before electricity.
• Not a fun castle house.
• What the inside of a $3 million RV looks like.
• I like the idea of a round home, but I think I would need more flat wall space for bookcases.
• Mad Max but luxurious.
• “A cross between The Flintstones and the Wild West”.
• “God Glam” with “bonus cemetery”.
• Too much touching!
• An accident waiting to happen. And another.
• Huh.
• A $1500 cell phone from 1989.
• Back when phones came in about 12 colors total.
• Who knew Jell-O could look sinister?
• Spork is back with its cousin Speef!
• I think it was also the last small wide car.
• Snake bow tie.
• VERY CREEPY CAKE. CAN’T BE UNSEEN.
• Worst area rug ever.
• Epic burn indeed.

Socks for my SIL’s birthday. Some sort of Regia with the DK Flatiron pattern.

MORE socks for my SIL’s birthday, plus Harry (not for her birthday). This was Opal with a R1: Knit, R2: K1, P1 pattern.

Not dead! Polly was purring away. 🙂

*thlurp* -Mayhem

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Oh hi… :waves: We’re all alive! Thanks to everyone who checked in – those were bright spots in some dark days.

So far I’m giving 2022 a 0/10 (do not recommend), to be honest. On New Year’s Eve day, I fell on ice and felt fine at the time but felt less fine over the next few days and then spent most of the next two months in bed. My hip and lower back feel SO much better now and I’m even back at work. And when I venture outside, I’m wearing something called EXOspikes on my shoes to deal with the snow and ice.

• New releases: Tor.com (YA SFF, scifi, fantasy)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more!
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits. And more!
• A ficlet about magic, power, a demon, etc.
• “It’s a beautiful day in the Shire and…“
• Have you seen the list of new snowplow names as announced by the Minnesota DOT?
• NO.
• Also NO.
• WHY.
• Sooooooo unique, indeed.
• UMMM.
• Oh sure, why not.
• EWWW.
• Spam Yahtzee.
• Soup-scented candles.
• BOOM.
• Wow, that is some top-tier quilting.

These look great, don’t they?

I hope they don’t just dissolve when my SIL wears them – I knit them from Poem yarn, which does NOT seem durable at all. Partway through, there was a knot and (although I couldn’t tell at the time) the colorway was attached backwards. 😮 Again, 0/10 (do not recommend) this yarn.

Mayhem on her way to a routine vet appointment.

Polly hanging out on the cat tree.

Thoughtful Harry is thoughtful.

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• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from Bookwyrm Knits.
• Learn a bit more about Shel Silverstein.
• A ficlet for writers.
• A ficlet about a Dark Lord with “a strict moral code”.
• Turning knitting into construction materials. (Thanks, KittenWithAWhiplash!)
• Don’t skip the tags on this one.
• All aboard the opossum bus!
• If you’ve ever wondered how centaurs would sleep, wonder no more.
• A sweet story of LEGOs. Maybe they’ll try this set next?!
• A sweet story that starts with foraging for hazelnuts.
• Art about everyday ableism.
• :blink blink:
• :blink blink blink:
• A little comic about a train.
• It’s tough being a knight.
• Oh snap!

Socks for me from Sparkly Grainbow yarn (Artistic Yarns by Abi) – Nicole knit herself a pair of socks from this yarn and I HAD to do the same. (Guest appearance by Polly.)

Polly upside down cake!

Intent, focused Harry is focused and intent!

Mayhem suffering Harry’s presence.

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