It’s my post-birthday show! Not that it has much to do with the price of tea in China on a Saturday night, but it’s another jam-packed show, nonetheless!

Projects Mentioned:
Lemongrass bolero
Wings of Horus
Bandito Scarf
Bathtub knitting

Other Reading:
Podiobooks.com
Shadowmagic
Space Casey
Dunkin the Vampire Slayer
Gearheart
How to Disappear Completely
Wrighttales

Mishaps and Lessons Learned:
Yarn and electrical cords don’t mix!

Balcony Farming:
An update on the goodies on the balcony and my compost system.

Rambling:
Birthday adventures!

Gushing:
Genealogy!
Rootsweb.com
Geni.com

Nifty Thrifty:
Herb vinegar bath soak follow-up.

Question:
Which comes first, the pattern or the yarn?

Other Links:
The Crooked Row Podcast

Promo:
Shadowmagic

Music:
Intro/Outro – “Linus & Lucy”, from the album Guinevere by Jeff Wahl
“Holly Ann” by Wren Ross

Outtakes

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@Betani on Twitter
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Did you miss me? I’m back, and more skitter-skattered than ever! This episode is longer than normal, but we’ve got a lot to catch up on!

Projects/patterns Mentioned:
Kimono Top
Lazy day lace shawl
Radiant circle throw
Alisa tank
Bandito scarf
No Name scarf

Library Book:
Ready Set Knit by Sasha Kagen, ©2004 from Creative Publishing Int’l

Mishaps and Lessons Learned:
Don’t trust your memory on patterns you’ve never knit before.

Balcony Farming:
New segment! Take a tour of my micro farm.

Rambling:
A little bit of what has NOT been going on.

Gushing:
Farmer’s market, FTW!

Nifty Thrifty:
No ‘Poo!

Question:
Do you save ball bands? What do you save them for, and how do you store them?

Promo:
Strategic Serendipity
The Sick Chick Chats

Music:
Intro/Outro – “Linus & Lucy”, from the album Guinevere by Jeff Wahl
I’m Having a Party” by Jonathan Coulton

Other links:
The Arts at Eagles Find Etsy shop

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Even the some of the fans (called Cranks) get into the swing of things (pun fully intended) and act the part. Since cigarettes as we know them didn’t exist in 1858, those players and fans who are smokers switch to cigars or pipes. Since I’m allergic to cigarette smoke, this is great for me. Cigars are just smelly but don’t bother me otherwise, and I actually find pipe smoke pleasant.

From the gameplay angle, I find these games much more interesting to watch than modern baseball. A striker is out if the ball is caught on the fly or caught on one bound. There is no stealing bases or leading off, and people cheer for any good strike, hurl, or catch, no matter which team is at bat. If any player makes any violations, the umpire charges them a twenty-five cent fine, to be paid on the spot. This is one of the most fun parts of the game to watch. I have reason to believe that every member of our team keeps a roll of quarters in his pocket every game.

In history, there were ladies’ teams as well as mens’. I don’t know of any local ladies’ teams around here, but if I had the means, I’d love to start one. I even have a name picked out: The Valpo Vixens! Ah, that’s just a fantasy, though. Assuredly, though, I’d join a ladies’ team in a heartbeat if I found one close by.

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The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels…

“A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value – you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to- hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you – daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have “lost”. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.”

–from “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams

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How long do you think it took before that guy had to take his iPad back to the Apple store for repairs?

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Just a quick update on the status of the show. Don’t worry, I haven’t disappeared!

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The other important reason is that I splurged on some kiwi vines to grow this year, and I REALLY want them to come back next year, so I’m going to baby them as much as I can. Unfortunately, the male kiwi might need to be replaced. Luckily it’s covered under the guarantee by Raintree Nursery, so I have until September to call them in case the worst is true.

For companions, I picked some Lady Lavender to grow at the base of each plant. And since all the plants are new, I slipped in some Sugar Daddy peas in each pot to take advantage of the space until the weather really warms up and everything else fills out. Somehow, I have a feverfew volunteer in one of the pots. I’ve decided to let it get bigger and then relocate it to a home of it’s own.

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