Monthly Archives: February 2009
Tweets from 2009-02-22
Sick as a dog all day. Think I cut back my allergy meds too fast, played havoc w/ my histamines. Damn Big Pharma making me manage my meds. # Um, no: construction workers do not get to direct traffic. We have a green light and therefore right of way. Person going left can wait. # … Continue reading
Wil’s Shirt
What is with Twitter scheduling maintenance the exact same time Wil Wheaton’s shirt is released on shirt.woot? How am I supposed to tweet about it? Whatever. I’m in for one, because it’s awesome. I’m not such a hardcore gamer, but I dabble, and the design is awesome, and…okay, the “Wil designed it” thing was also … Continue reading
Breeding Defects
I saw someone on Etsy is selling items to raise money for their Bengal kitten’s cataract surgery. I hope they are able to do so, but honestly, unless they magically obtained two purebred Bengals at no cost, they should have been prepared for this additional expense. Bengals are known to have cataract/vision issues. Many purebred … Continue reading
Tweets from 2009-02-15
Lord love a duck. It was the power cord. I had to unplug it. Die in a fire, Mup.sys. # For computer problems I highly recommend http://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm as a great all-in-one boot utility, setup and burning and fixing! # Follow @pinkshirtday for updates about anti-bullying pink shirt day on Feb 25th, you don’t have to … Continue reading
Horrified and Humiliated
OH. MY. GOD. I have never been so humiliated in my LIFE. By MYSELF. For three weeks I’ve been without my debit card. This means no cash, of course, it’s an ATM card too. I looked everywhere. Every purse, my bedroom, my car, every pair of pants, even my lunchbox. I borrowed cash from friends. … Continue reading
Plead the Fifth
The peanut butter guy invoked his Fifth Amendment rights today. It occurs to me that not only does doing so imply wrongdoing, but it might actually admit wrongdoing. Aren’t you only allowed to plead the fifth when it WOULD incriminate you? You can’t plead the fifth just because you want to make the lawyers’ lives … Continue reading
Recently Tweeted
Am now listing at Artfire and Etsy in the hopes of selling something someday: http://meredith.artfire.com and http://meredithp.etsy.com # Happy 97th birthday to Millvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic disaster. # Star Trek commercial made it seem like a James Bond movie. DO NOT WANT # I don’t understand the purpose of a size 14 … Continue reading
No More Gay Bookstores
Soon there will be no more gay bookstores in New York City. The Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the oldest gay bookstore in the United States, is closing. It’s not the first time we’ve heard this news; they almost closed in 2002 but fortunately Lambda Rising, a DC-based gay bookstore, bought them and kept the store open. … Continue reading
Tunisian Simple Stitch
This is important enough that I just had to share: I finally figured out Tunisian simple stitch! The problem was that I kept trying to mentally translate instructions into something that would work on my circular crochet hooks. I finally did it with a regular hook and it worked! Watching the video tutorial here helped … Continue reading
Why I Use BrightKite
@mactavish asked on Twitter why people use BrightKite. My answer was too long for Twitter, so I’m sharing it here. First and foremost, I like the idea of updating people with what I’m doing. But more significantly than that, I have made friends over BrightKite. I kept noticing @scottstead checking in near Gallaudet, it turns … Continue reading