Shall The Pot Contend With The Potter?
I started to write a paragraph or two as an update to the previous posting, but as usual it grew and grew into a separate post. Jeffrey Weiss (who, I should mention, sent me a nice e-mail defending his case after I mentioned him in the previous post) commanded J. K. Rowling to shut up and recognize that “until those books were published, the characters and settings were yours to command and
Shall The Pot Contend With The Potter?
I started to write a paragraph or two as an update to the previous posting, but as usual it grew and grew into a separate post. Jeffrey Weiss (who, I should mention, sent me a nice e-mail defending his case after I mentioned him in the previous post) commanded J. K. Rowling to shut up and recognize that “until those books were published, the characters and settings were yours to command and
The Unbearable Straightness of Harry
Last week in New York City, J. K. Rowling announced to an audience of fans that Albus Dumbledore, late headmaster of Hogwarts, was gay. Pardon me if I’m underwhelmed, and not very moved by Rowling’s generosity in giving the world one more deeply closeted gay character, and a solitary token at that, but the British gay movement response was predictable: “a spokesman for gay rights group Stonewall
The Unbearable Straightness of Harry
Last week in New York City, J. K. Rowling announced to an audience of fans that Albus Dumbledore, late headmaster of Hogwarts, was gay. Pardon me if I’m underwhelmed, and not very moved by Rowling’s generosity in giving the world one more deeply closeted gay character, and a solitary token at that, but the British gay movement response was predictable: “a spokesman for gay rights group Stonewall
kangen........
da hampir 2 bulan petualangan berakhir....kesibukan diplant dan kegiatan yang ketinggalan menyita waktu dan saat waktu sudah luang, kembali terbayang saat snorkeling or hanya berjemur di pantai........PENGEN!!!!!!!apalagi foto2 yang terpajang didesktop laptopku yang....tidaaaaaakkkk!!!!aduh, doain ya spy tabungan cepat penuh lagi so bisa ngatur rencana lagi tapi kayaknya taon depan ga bisa euy,
Day 22 Rug hooking the scrolls
I really like to hook the scroll. I am using two rows of random golds filled with my favorite gold/green combination. A darker vein down the center gives some definition. I am still experimenting with which wool to use for the vein.
700+ pictures and experiences
When we got back to work, we still feel dizzy of vacation.We can't even believe its all over.For weeks, on our working place, we try to collect all pictures fro our flash disk, and camera memory, and it comes with amazing number of pics, more than 700 pics !!I don't even feel that i took so many of them, and we obviously delete some of them when we went to Chiang Mai. That time Maria told me that
Christopher Hitchens, the Ann Coulter of the Alcoholic Left
O Cthulhu, I've put Hitchens's name into the title of a post. Who knows what I'll do next?My fellow atheists are such a disappointment to me. For example, this morning on Avedon Carol's Sideshow blog, I read this account of Hitchens's performance at the Freedom from Religion Convention:He told us what the most serious threat to the West was (and you know this line already): it was Islam. Then
Christopher Hitchens, the Ann Coulter of the Alcoholic Left
O Cthulhu, I've put Hitchens's name into the title of a post. Who knows what I'll do next?My fellow atheists are such a disappointment to me. For example, this morning on Avedon Carol's Sideshow blog, I read this account of Hitchens's performance at the Freedom from Religion Convention:He told us what the most serious threat to the West was (and you know this line already): it was Islam. Then
Stop Necking With That Dog, Beryl!
Another book review for GCN, published sometime in 1981.STOP NECKING WITH THAT DOG, BERYL! or,YOUR MAJESTY IS LIKE A DOSE OF CLAPA Liar’s Autobiography, Volume VIby Graham ChapmanMethuen, Inc.240 pp.$13.95 hardcover Since I am not, never have been, and do not expect ever to be a fan of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, I approached the task of reviewing Graham Chapman’s autobiography
Stop Necking With That Dog, Beryl!
Another book review for GCN, published sometime in 1981.STOP NECKING WITH THAT DOG, BERYL! or,YOUR MAJESTY IS LIKE A DOSE OF CLAPA Liar’s Autobiography, Volume VIby Graham ChapmanMethuen, Inc.240 pp.$13.95 hardcover Since I am not, never have been, and do not expect ever to be a fan of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, I approached the task of reviewing Graham Chapman’s autobiography
Day 7 Rug Hooking the rose
I am not happy with the rose. I will try to hook it another way when I do another. For now, it will stay as it is. If I rip it out now, I will not have a record of what DOES NOT work. Knowing what does not work is often as important to know as what does work.
Day 5 Rug Hooking Continued
I took the rug downstairs. This was no easy task. The backing alone weighs 20 pounds!I wanted to be sure that the rug was going in the direction I wanted. You can see my couch with the footstool in front of it. I am pleased with it so far. I am now very anxious to get it done.
Day 5 Rug Hooking Progress
Hooking has gone fairly easy, but I did my home work before I started. I knew how the motifs hooked up and how all the wools worked together by doing several "study" pieces. You can see the hooked pieces I mention below by visiting the links that follow.I designed a stair riser, Queen Anne Rose, with some of the motifs that I wanted to use. Next I hooked a footstool, Square Pocketful, using
Day 1 of rug hooking: Putting the pattern on the backing
October 1, 2007 This is the pattern design now. The borders will probably change as I go. It took me a full day to prepare the backing. I had to iron it because it was folded badly for a long time and some of the creases were quite sharp. Next I zig zagged the edges with my 1975 sewing machine that is in desperate need of an adjustment. That took forever. Then I traced the pattern onto red
Absolut Buttcrack
One rainy night in 2000, I sat in a gay bar in Chicago having a glass of wine and watching music videos. It was a weeknight, so the Closet was busy but not packed: there were people sitting on either side of me at the bar. Two videos stand out for me in memory of that night. One was of Taylor Dayne, a woman whose music I knew very slightly. It was a big production number, with Dayne slinking
Absolut Buttcrack
One rainy night in 2000, I sat in a gay bar in Chicago having a glass of wine and watching music videos. It was a weeknight, so the Closet was busy but not packed: there were people sitting on either side of me at the bar. Two videos stand out for me in memory of that night. One was of Taylor Dayne, a woman whose music I knew very slightly. It was a big production number, with Dayne slinking
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