February 8, 2010 at 8:28 pm (Uncategorized)
10. Little chance opposing teams will use underhanded voodoo spells to win.*
9. Many more games per season and per playoffs, leading to less hype and less crushing disappointment due to one specific loss.**
8. Skates make you taller.
7. Girls play too.≈
6. Twins make a great secret weapon.
5. It’s truly an international game, unlike American football.
4. Knowing the Canadian national anthem was cool, when most of my elementary school classmates didn’t realize the country of Canada existed.†
3. 1980’s Miracle on Ice.
2. The Stanley Cup is older than the Super Bowl and the World Series. ‡
1. It’s in the Olympics. They start Friday, baby!!
What Would Be the Fine Print Section If wordpress Allowed You To Change Font Size (In Other Words Why You Shouldn’t Send Me Angry E-Mails):
*No, I don’t really believe in voodoo.
**We still love you, Colts!
≈Yes, I know some girls play football, but one estimate says over 65,000 girls play hockey in the US alone, and it has to be higher than that in Canada.
†Yes, I love Canada. No, that doesn’t make me a bad American.
‡1893.
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February 6, 2010 at 5:24 pm (Knitting)
My sister wanted some dark brown socks for Christmas. So I promised to knit her some. This should be a pleasure, since she is my favorite sister (hee hee) and I like knitting socks.
All she had to do was pick out a pattern and measure her feet. All I had to do was knit.
She picked Cathedral from knitty.com:
I am making it in Cascade Heritage and for some reason the pattern in this yarn is taking forever to finish. It’s not that difficult, it’s just that something seems to be interfering with my knitting mojo. This is still only the first sock. I don’t know what is making it go so slowly, but Jen might get her Christmas socks by March, if she’s lucky!
This despite the fact that today is perfect stay-home-and-knit weather (6 inches of snow yesterday and overnight).
Finally, a shout out to the boys in blue: Top Five Reason the Colts Should Win Tomorrow:
- Strike a blow for the English language (what kind of slogan is “who dat”?!).
- Their Books for Youth program is great.
- The oldest guy ever to play in the Super Bowl is my age.
- As a born and bred Hoosier, who else could I root for?
- Peyton and his gang ROCK!
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January 30, 2010 at 5:22 pm (Knitting, Teaching)
See that?
That’s actually sunshine, folks. It’s been a pretty rare sight around here lately.
The resident feline is pretty enamored of it too.
Another rare sight lately:
Finished knitted objects. This is a jacket for a co-worker’s new baby. With the craziness going on at work, new exercise routine (seven pounds lost so far!) and life in general, knitting has kind of fallen behind.
Part of the craziness is that our state has decided that it can’t afford to pay to educate its children. Therefore it will simply stop paying for school personnel. Those of us still with jobs will just have to do the jobs of those let go. My assistant is one of those. Therefore, while she will have no job next year, I will be doing two. All while the politicians complain what a horrible state education is in and tell us to test the kids more in order to fix it. What a nightmare.
I’ll get off my soapbox now. It’s Hockey Night in Canada, so I’m going to go watch NHL Network and knit to my heart’s content. I need to work on the socks I promised my sister for (ahem) Christmas.
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