Gallimaufry
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neadodsTried a new podcast today: Word Nerds, as mentioned on the RSC podcast. The one I picked was rhetoric in famous speeches. Now, I could read a book on that subject, preferably one that went through the speeches with a fine-tooth comb for every obfuscation, logic flaw, appeal, etc. I could read a very thick book on that.
So that each speech got about two comments is why I won't be listening again.
However, yesterday, I liked Staggering Stories. Today, having listened to the uber-cracky Fight Club: Lois Lane vs Sarah Jane, I adore it. I loved it from Team SJ asking "would you like to just surrender?" at the beginning through Fake Keith (a woman) saying "Sarah sets the sonic lipstick to Setting 12. You know the one, ladies."
And then there was the recap of Stolen Earth:
"Boom, Rose appears! Packing heat!"
"Packing big heat."
"Packing SERIOUSLY big heat."
"Rose is in heat?"
"Bad Crumbly!"
This isn't so much a newscast as a drunken interlude with some seriously silly fans.
Speaking of Sarah Jane: I endorse this fabulous Clyde and Luke vid to "Popular".
On the knitting side of things, I'm kicking around designing a lap afghan. But just designing it isn't exciting enough, oh no. Knitting it isn't enough. The question isn't even will I share it with the blogosphere. No, the question is *how* I share it. Just put it up on Ravelry and here? Put it up, but release the directions at a piece at a time, knitalong-style? Or make everyone take a leap of faith and simply collect the instructions a piece at a time, to be told at the end how to put it together? (This despite never having been part of a mystery anything... although there is a mystery shawl project about to start.)
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So that each speech got about two comments is why I won't be listening again.
However, yesterday, I liked Staggering Stories. Today, having listened to the uber-cracky Fight Club: Lois Lane vs Sarah Jane, I adore it. I loved it from Team SJ asking "would you like to just surrender?" at the beginning through Fake Keith (a woman) saying "Sarah sets the sonic lipstick to Setting 12. You know the one, ladies."
And then there was the recap of Stolen Earth:
"Boom, Rose appears! Packing heat!"
"Packing big heat."
"Packing SERIOUSLY big heat."
"Rose is in heat?"
"Bad Crumbly!"
This isn't so much a newscast as a drunken interlude with some seriously silly fans.
Speaking of Sarah Jane: I endorse this fabulous Clyde and Luke vid to "Popular".
On the knitting side of things, I'm kicking around designing a lap afghan. But just designing it isn't exciting enough, oh no. Knitting it isn't enough. The question isn't even will I share it with the blogosphere. No, the question is *how* I share it. Just put it up on Ravelry and here? Put it up, but release the directions at a piece at a time, knitalong-style? Or make everyone take a leap of faith and simply collect the instructions a piece at a time, to be told at the end how to put it together? (This despite never having been part of a mystery anything... although there is a mystery shawl project about to start.)
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Date: 2008-08-28 10:47 am (UTC)I wish I'd been there for Schehara... oh, you know the one. Doing that in about 10-row chunks is going to be necessary!
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Date: 2008-08-28 01:19 pm (UTC)Technically, the nature of mystery shawls is a forced knitalong. Everyone is receiving the charts at the same time. There will be some people who knit it up really fast when the charts are released and some people who are "the slow bees" who usually aren't finished with one chart when the next one comes out. But, for the most part, we're all knitting along the same project together.
I know, that one (Mystery Shawl 2) is absolutely gorgeous! It's the reason why I signed up for MS3 and why I'm signed up for MS4. It's not for everyone (I've had a few friends who didn't like the pattern or the knitting and dropped out), but there's no harm in signing up.