Monthly Archives: November 2007

Learn-A-Word Wednesday: woolgathering \WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\

Posted on November 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

noun:

Indulgence in idle daydreaming.

It would be easy to slip off into woolgathering and miss a deadline.
– Jeraldine Saunders, Washington Post, March 4, 2004

Woolgathering derives from the literal sense, “gathering fragments of wool.”

Good word, eh? I imagine someone leisurely wandering green hillsides. A breeze blows as they casually stoop over every now and then to collect small clusters of beige wool.

Maybe there’s something special about wool. Studies have shown that knitting slows and alters your brain waves, similar to meditation.

Here’s hoping we all get time for woolgathering in the midst of holiday season chaos.

And, NO, picking up clumps of fur in your living room does NOT count. That’s “housekeeping,” not “woolgathering” — even if you have a sheep for a pet (in my opinion).

Repeat after me, “Baaaaaaaaaaa.”

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pssst!

Posted on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

dsc_0364.JPGGuess what?
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Yet again, I have proof a holiday is near:

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I am happy to report we had no pumpkin filling incident this year.

And no turdukin looms on the horizon either! (that I’ve been informed of, anyway…)

Have I mentioned I love my pecan pie?

There’s drool on my keyboard. ‘Scuse me.

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please let the pigeon drive the bus!

Posted on November 20, 2007 | 3 Comments

According to this article, the ONLY Bainbridge Island bus service running outside commuter times is going to end in four months. This saddens me. How is anyone supposed to wean off of cars if there is NO bus service whatsoever?

I don’t know about all my local readers, but I live on a hill and biking home with Kid in a trailer is not happening until I become the bionic woman. Unless Eric Heiden will move next door (please! please!) and help me uphill. (Seriously, I recently met someone who had this very experience!)

I have already bitched complained about this very bus. But I wanted the run better managed, not discontinued.

See, Kid and I rode the ferry one day and assumed we’d catch that midday bus. What we did not know was you had to run-like-your-ass-was-on-fire to catch the bus which idles for 10 seconds in the parking lot. While Kid is faster than a speeding bullet when chasing crows from her Goldfish baggie, we missed the bus.

Perhaps more people would use the bus if it were waiting for them at the ferry.

Now, the “midday” service (9:30am-2:30pm — how is this midday, btw?) will be gone, due to rising employee costs of pensions and health care.

As if those things are important.

pigeonbus.jpgBetter to have these people unemployed and Bainbridge Island with no bus service for most of the day.

Maybe that giant multi-million dollar parking garage will be necessary in Winslow after all….hmmmmm. Smells fishy to me.

Do you have good public transportation nearby? Do you use it?

Maybe we should let the pigeon drive the bus after all….

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what’s wrong with this picture, friends ‘o canines?

Posted on November 18, 2007 | 3 Comments

088c0010000.jpgCovington Labradoodle Collection

You will love the soft fuzzy feel of the scarf, hat and gloves against your skin (sold separately). Ideal for keeping warm on those cold days. Polyester blend. Machine washable. Imported.

I know some people LOVE to HATE these new designer dog breeds, but really, isn’t this a little Cruella De Ville?? Hats and scarves of labradoodles??

Even if they roll in stinky, dead crap at the beach (*sigh*), take your cake (argggg), eat your snowman (waaahhh), or fart in public (never actually proven), do they deserve THIS unsightly outcome?

[full disclosure: that was my wirehaired pointing griffon doing those bad deeds]img_2431-4.jpg

And then, as if pure labradoodle weren’t enough, they blend in polyester?

I must admit, however, I like the concept of a “machine washable” dog….

Naturally, these products are imported since PETA would be all over someone making these in this country, right?

Risk the chills and frozen fingers, avoid the labradoodle collection!! This is what our country is all about, sacrifice for principle!

Vote with your dollar, people, and say “NO!” to this cruelty!

(Now, if they made a Siamese collection……”

[Note: In case you missed it, I am kidding. Sears is not selling hats made of dogs!! Or, not yet, anyway....]

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Candles recalled due to burning!

Posted on November 15, 2007 | 11 Comments

birch-bark-recallgif.jpgThese cute candles just got recalled according to the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

Turns out, the birch wood decorating the wax might catch on fire.

Wood catching on fire??

Who could have ever guessed that as a possible outcome?

This design brought to you by the team that created the scooters with blow-up wheels that, eh-hmmm, blow up if overinflated.

Okay, not really, but duh.

How do we all survive each day in such a hazardous environment?

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