That’s cheers in Gaelic, prounounced slahn-cha. And Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! I have a half cooked corned beef at home in my fridge, and cabbage, carrots and potatoes to go with it. My last class of the term is at 1pm today and I have tomorrow off from work. That means that as read more

I was looking for some archives of NDSU’s student newspaper this morning and while they no longer have them online I did see a link to an article entitled a taste of fargo. Its a review of the closest bar to campus, The Bison Turf which is crawling distance, as it is directly across the read more

I am writing a term paper about the evolution of the skyscraper. There is really nothing funny about that. However, one of the books I am using is written by a man name Norbert Messler. I was writing my bibliography (I like to get those and my footnote notations done first so I’m not burnt read more

Last night I did something vaguely foolish. There’s been a bus strike going on here in town and as I’m pretty dependant on the busses to get home from school, I’ve been pretty antsy for them to come to an agreement and settle this darn thing. Well, TheBoy saw a little scroll-y banner on the read more

one year ago november, i was sick as a dog with mono. i struck up an aim conversation with a guy from a webcomic forum that i was frequenting due to boredom. his sarcasm and his wit intrigued me and in a great twist of fate he was living just an hour away from my read more

Inspired by Julie I would like to say the following: I was a lucky child, I was raised by a stay-at-home dad and a go-to-work mom. My sisters and I were given trucks, and hammers, and anything else we were interested in playing with. We wore red, and blue and pink and any color we read more

…She says hey babe, take a walk on the wild side… Kristi has been having issues with Harold, her male turtle. He’s been going nuts, not eating, not going poo, and pacing the tank, slapping at the water. When left to wander around the house, he keeps moving, pawing at the floor. Worried that he read more

So, I alluded to a foray into color and here it is.before : after: Its mostly purple and blue black with pink and blondish bits scattered across the top. Process photos in the extended entry. The box of hair dye that totally looks like it was a left-over of the 80’s. Oh yes, we had read more

PATTERN: Beaded wrist cuff from Stitch ‘n Bitch NationYARN: Elann Sock it to Me Colori, Highland Heather, less than 1/2 skeinBEADS: Generic EBeads (I kinda guessed on size of beads because none were labled size 8 seed beads, and I like this size in comparison to the stitch).GAUGE: 8 st/inNEEDLES: size 2 clover double pointed read more

I have apparently become drawn to knitting with beads. The other night I was looking for a short, relatively brainless project to work on, and I can’t resist a good skull and crossbones so the beaded wrist cuffs from stitch ‘n bitch nation covered all of the project elements I wanted. It was a really read more

Yesterday, I was in the weird, caught-in-the-80’s rite-aid on Willamette and Kristi and I were visiting the candy aisle, in search of some kind of snack. Well, I stopped because there were Abba-Zabba and I was trying to decide if I wanted to try one (yeah, I know, I’m a nerd, I’ve never had one). read more

TheBoy and I decided that it was about time we went to the movies. There are very few movies that either he or I need to see at full price so we were limited to the dollar fifty theatre selection. [As a side note, I’m not sure what the last movie was that I paid read more