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Did you exchange a walk on part in the war.....

I was thinkingLast year at this time I was just done knitting this...Helmet linerIt was not entirely a failure, but close ...I need to lay in a whole buncha cascade 220so I can knit for this...

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Look at the sky, look at the river, isn't good?

The longer I live here, the more I love this house.This morning is glorious, albeit a little on the cool sidewith the temp widget showing 13 degrees F or for thosewho made the jump to metric -10.5...

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for a lead role in a cage?

Update on the Mystery wheel.I saw another almost like it with a smaller wheelwhen we went to Adirondack fiber festivallast year.So I know there are more out there.Even Dave is flummoxed on whatmake it...

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By the cold and religious we were taken in hand.

I am in a rut,My last two finished objects are repeats ofthings that I had done before.Example,This time I fixed the ribbing and closed the face areabetter.andRibbed snow hat...Oy..I did not even put...

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And if there is no room upon the hill

Yesterday was my actual birthday.So I did what I always do..I went skiing....at this lovely resort way outthe back and beyond up Delaware CountyRoad 41 where the head waters of theDelaware River come...

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Haven't you heard it's a battle of words....

As I sit here in front of my roaring fireand there is a snow storm warning .I want you all to take a quick look around thehouse and let you all see what we have been upto.A quiet corner of the soon to...

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Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year

I went to an event discussing blogging lastnight, I can say it was excruciatingly long ontime and short of content as most blogs are...Then there's mine.. I hope.As you all know out there in the worldI...

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I may make you feel but I can't make you think.

Revisiting last years post of it's not rocket science.I forgot to get an action shot of Phaedre in action.She was being all sorts of balky yesterday on thewood floor of the Athens Cultural CenterThe...

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Fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me

I am debating upgrading dopey againI am currently running Intrepid (8.10)I don't particularly like the way Ibishandles the R30 track-padThere are great instructions here...from Ubuntu Geek.I will think...

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Angel on my shoulder but wear the OLD GOD's horns!

Just becauseThirty years of progress....Need a hard drive?

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Timothy Leary's dead. No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.

I have been on a Moody Blues kick lately sobear with me.Let's see what we have been up at the Fort's Ferry house.First of all the bedroom is finally painted. Except for the inevitablesecond coat of...

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Got to keep the loonies on the path.

I survived April fools day and not having a car for a week.Yeah, one of the axles decided to loose all theroller bearings and start vibrating to beat the band.It's dark, and greasy, but you can see the...

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The lunatics are in my hall...

Remember America's Job Bank?Something run by public entities?America's Job BankI have not used the site since 2006..Fast forward....It's no longer run by public entitiesIn fact, AJB.ORG as we knew it...

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The paper holds their folded faces to the floor.

I don't know what happened to the last two months, they just disappeared.Let's get you all caught up. First things first. I HAVE NOTHING on the needles. The knitting mojo left just about the time I got...

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The poster bearer cried...

I get it, the Linux users all drank the Cool-Aid. Crossover Pro, Wine will not install any version ofCorel Office aka WordPerfect Office.For a smack down report of who wins the war see this link...

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Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere ......

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Knife in a back and more of the same....

While out and about at the Southern Adirondacks Fiber Festival at Washington County FairgroundsI took a few picturesHere are the Sisters, the could not bring their goats...Hoot and a half and all...

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The silver cord lies on the ground...

Greetings from the North-Country;It's been far too long, and it's December already.The garden has gone from thisTo this....While inside we havedecorated the tree..A FO and a project that I have on the...

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Don't know how it feels; to be thick as a brick

My gods, it's been a full year since the last posting andI have no idea why I still keep this active.Let's just say that I need to toss out some at length writingto remind me that I still occasionally...

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From the ashes, rise.

Yes, it's me. After a long hiatus, I decided to dust off my blog and let you know what's happening in my part of the world.I have knit some, Kali, the cat in my lap from the last post, has left us and...

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SKI HICKORY!

My last birthday, I went skiing. This is how I always spend my birthday.However this time I went back to one of my favorite places in the 'DaxHickory Ski CenterFor a place that's been around since...

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Roadkill on the Information Superhighway.

I miss dos, I seriously do.I miss the autoexec.bat, config.sys to load the drivers for cd roms and sound cardsBlue Wave for dosBluewave offline Blue wave packet readerQwk Reader and all around best...

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The dangers of the world of warcraft.

This embedded JPG is not mine, I found it, added it to the collection I forget when; now I repost.

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