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She will be paying your pension

 By dixie

July 6th

For someone who doesn’t like or want kids, I am surprisingly excited about the birth of my friends’ first child. Sarah is, apparently, adorable (confirmed by a source not related by blood — the opinions of parents are rarely credible). And I, after hearing the news at 3:00 am in a welcome phone call (during [...]

Big news week

 By dixie

May 15th

California says same-sex couples are allowed to pursue happiness. I’m still waiting for those evil married gay people to come to the door and try break up my marriage with their married happiness and love and fidelity.

Yep, still married.

There has also been quite a stir in my two primary extracurricular activities (knitting and [...]

My annual weekend off

 By dixie

March 3rd

Every year and a half or so I find I’ve had enough and desperately need to get away for a few days. This time, I went to Santa Clara for this.

Representing

 By dixie

December 5th

The new issue of Knitty is up, which I expect will excite only a fraction of the people who read this. I flipped through the patterns, found several I really like, and one that I will probably knit in the next few weeks. (Sorry Mountain Goat, your Christmas pressie will be late this year.)
There are [...]

Alternatives to real blogging

 By dixie

November 27th

As time goes by, I have more to do and less to talk about. Well, to be fair, less that’s fit for public consumption. Most of my braincycles these days are taken up with two types of things:
1. Stuff that would make watching paint dry seem really interesting.
2. Stuff that is none of your [...]

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