Remember “Silly rabbit, Trix is for kids”? It’s a little different from when I was a kid. Fluorescent colors, new shapes. Top 3 ingredients: corn, sugar and corn syrup. I am thinking of conducting a “super-size me” type experiment to see if it ever decays. What do you think? A half life of, oh, 25 years? Maybe we could use it for art projects….
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I have been knitting. And reknitting. After making scarves, I am once again attempting a hat for Kid. Hoping some “ownership” would keep this hat on her head, we went to the store together (which took bravery on my part since she peed on their floor last time–she was discrete, in the corner, but no one tells you about THESE potty training issues) and she selected the color she liked. A few rows into this new exercise, for some reason, I don’t know why, too much wine, not enough, anyway, I started thinking about a mysterious and heretofore untried thing called “gauge.” I picked up a book. I recalled the last hat. Kid not so gently pointed out the “size deficiency” of mommy’s first hat attempt.
So I make a swatch to measure my stitching. What a pain! Because I am knitting in the round, the book recommended cutting the edge string at each end to slide the swatch to the other end since I did not have the right length of circular cord, so I ended up with a Rastafarian-looking rectangle of yarn, only without the good drugs. Which I needed at this point.
But all of this, I imagine, is small potatoes compared to what you must do to knit a sweater for a dolphin. Have you heard of these women? They are protesting with knitting needles, but no one is getting the Goldie Hawn jab in Foul Play. In fact, I read they were “symbolically” knitting in protest. While I applaud their protest (especially the more I read about the traumatized dolphins previously used by the Navy) and I commented about the Navy’s proposal, how does symbolic knitting work? Are they really knitting, but it is symbolic of gathering us all together on an issue? Or is the knitting itself symbolic? I hope the knitting part is real. I’d like to see a sweater made for a dolphin. I wonder what the gauge looks like for that.
And, by the way, what about the sea lions proposed for this plan? Who is knitting for them? They won’t be cold in these waters but could still be traumatized, right? Rather than have a twitchy, nervous sea lion, I am afraid their version of trauma would entail morphing into the ocean version of Mad Max. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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noun:
The common people generally; the masses.
I confess in my pea brain I had this totally backwards, that is, meaning the rich and famous, not the masses. Duh. Does that ever happen to you? Did I say “no”? I meant “yes.” Good thing my SAT test days are over! Verbal score: 0! Good thing I signed up for this word-of-da-day deal, too.
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Really, don’t thank me. I just wrote what everyone was thinking about that planned Agate Pass bridge closure. Nothing like a good-hearted poke in the eye. As of Friday, February 17th, the Kitsap Sun reported the total closure has been revised to allow 3 crossings between 10pm and 4pm (Mar. 4-29, Sun.-Thurs.). So, let go of that slot machine handle and go home!
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Just another Tuesday on B.I……
Last time we went out to see a submarine go by, we missed it, but the dog had a goooood, stinky romp. This time, we braved the cold wind and saw it heading through Rich Passage to Bremerton, WA. Oh, the cheers from the wives/mothers on the beach! The excitement was palpable. We love you, honeys! We missed you!! (translation: Now, come home and feed your kids cuz I am pouring a glass of merlot, locking the door and taking a bath! Alone!)
A good time was had by all. Sub, shlub! Where’s that seagull?
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