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A friendly cover for your Hitchhiker’s Guide
Posted in Anglophilia on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Capitol visit for San Jacinto Day
Posted in Texian Tees on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: Well, it’s just as well my photo didn’t come out — it’s a copy of the flag that’s on display right now, as I learn is normal when the Lege is not in session. But I’m told the real flag is up at the Bullock museum. Revising my plans ——— Actually, I went yesterday. [...]
Behind the scenes of “All Creatures” TV series
Posted in Anglophilia on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a big James Herriot fan, and thanks to the JamesHerriot.org Twitter feed, I recently learned that there’s a BBC 4 documentary — a good one, with modern-day interviews with all the actors plus lots of behind-the-scenes footage — available on YouTube about the making of the “All Creatures Great and Small” TV series. It’s [...]
Sewing in a straight line from 43,000 BC to the iPad
Posted in Crafty, Workaround Sue on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sewing is, by some estimates, 45,000 years old. Sewing is older than cloth, but not as old as clothes: First we wrapped ourselves in hides, then we tied the hides around ourselves with cords or sinews, and eventually we poked holes in the hides and started running cords through to hold the pieces together. After another [...]
Woohoo! “Black Adder” on Netflix streaming!
Posted in Anglophilia on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Watch just the first 1:03 of this video (actually you can jump in at 0:35, the first bit is the credits) and tell me if you don’t want to watch the rest of this show. I can now retroactively complete my list of British TV on Netflix “Watch Instantly” (streaming video to your computer; free [...]
For the discriminating egg painter
Posted in Crafty on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a kid, we had plastic items called Decoreggers that held an Easter egg securely while you painted or drew on it. Last year, my family went on a major hunt for Decoreggers and couldn’t find any in local stores. This year, I got out my saw and improvised. With a saw, a [...]
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