Category Archives: WTF

April Freakin’ Fool

Current Mood: Annoyed
No, wait—it’s only March 31. It just seems like an April Fool.
Not amused.

Monkey on my back

I’ve knit this ball of yarn several times. First I tried another pattern with 64 stitches, and I couldn’t get it over my heel. See that attempt here. Then I tried that same pattern with 72 stitches. The pooling was awful—see that attempt here.
So then I tried Monkey. This pattern is [...]

Ellen DeGeneres has class

Leave it to Ellen Degeneres to respond to Sally Kern with grace and humor–

The original video has had nearly a million views since it was first posted to YouTube on March 11. Sally Kern is a hateful and dangerous woman, especially in her position as an elected official.
More information here.

Hard drive failure: The good, the bad, and the fugly

Or, “Not how I wanted to spend my Saturday”
THE GOOD

The new hard drive was covered under warranty
Files were backed up to an external hard drive

THE BAD

The last backup was February 23
How well the backup worked remains to be seen
Nothing was retrievable from the original hard drive

THE FUGLY

The images from Open Mic were lost, save for [...]