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But Will They Block Out the Sounds of Her Setting Your Car on Fire?

I've been doing a lot of online Christmas shopping this year since A) I'm always at the office, and B) I'm always in front of a computer at the office. It just makes sense.

And so, naturally, I've been cruising around Amazon.com -- as we all must, at one point or another in any given year, since it's like the Walmart of online vendors. Hooray for mass quantities and cheap prices, am I right?

Anyway, the other day a pair of shiny noise-cancelling headphones on the site caught my eye, and I started reading the consumer reviews. Below is a screenshot of one that I came across. Click on it to get the full dose of idiocy.

That's nice.

Talk to the Moose & Then Go Ho Ho

It's like GAP is breeding dancers or something.

This ...



... grows up to be this ...



It's the circle of (GAP) life.

Print Society

Printsociety.com has become my latest obsession. I love it. I love the photographs. I love the digital art. I love it all.

Above: "Anarchrysanthemum" by Chuck Anderson

Above: "West Nineteenth Street (Yellow Dress)" by Joseph O. Holmes

Above: "All is Not Fine" by Gregory Lang

Above: "The Checkered Path" by Jen ZahiganAbove: "Matika 01" by Joshua Davis

I want all of these! And so many, many more. Perhaps a few will be my Christmas presents to myself. Shhh. Don't tell! [Wink.]

Does "Augmented Reality" Have a Place in the Future of Magazines?

Being the magazine editor that I am, I've been curious as to the state of the print publishing industry as of late, wondering how and if it's going to continue evolving, and what role the internet will play.

Well, here's certainly something new. Esquire is calling it "augmented reality."



It will be interesting to see how many publications will eventually jump on board with this ... And which ones declare is blasphemous ... and then promptly shrivel up and die.

Me? I say that any technology that puts me in the same room with Robert Downey Jr can only be good.

Hey Honey, Where Should We Eat?

"Where do you want to eat tonight?"

"I don't know. Where do you want to eat?"

"I don't know. That's why I asked you. Do you really not care?"

"No, I don't care. Just pick a place."

"Well I don't know. What sounds good?"

"I don't care. Just pick a place."

Ad nauseam.

Please. Don't be that couple. And don't let your friends be that couple.

Here to save us all ...

The "Where to Eat Flow Chart (Chain Restaurant Edition)" [Click to enlarge.]



And for those upcoming holiday roadtrips ...

The "Where to Eat Flow Chart (Fast Food Edition)" [Click to enlarge.]



You're so very welcome.

Charts courtesy of Eatingtheroad.wordpress.com

The World According to Americans

Terrible but amusing, you have to admit. [CLick to enlarge and see the whole thing.]

I Knit Because the Yarn and Needles are a Few Things in Life That I Can Control

A few 100-hour-plus work weeks in the month of November and now I'm back. And I brought presents.

Well, kind of.

Who doesn't love bad knitting photography?

Here are long overdue photos of KT's finished Clapotis, which I was able to block into shape over the Thanksgiving break:




Another project I was able to both start and finish (it's a Christmas miracle!) over the weekend were these baby booties for the baby of a former co-worker and his wife. I really liked the way they turned out, even if the pattern was a little confusing at first.



And because I regularly use this blog to remember when I knitted what and for whom and with which needles and what yarn, I'm just going to start logging away these little details here for the purposes of Future Me ...

KT's Clapotis: Naturallycaron.com; Country; 75% acrylic; 25% merino wool; Color: 0015 Deep Taupe; size 8 straight needles; Pattern "Clapotis" from Knitty.com; at least 4 skeins (185 yds./85 g./3 oz./each)

KJ's Baby Booties: Lion Brand; Cotton Ease; 50% acrylic; 50% cotton; Colors: 152 Charcoal & 123 Seaspray; size 3 straight needles (could have been smaller size); Pattern "Saartje's Booties" from Saartjeknits.nl; 1 skein each color, not much used

The baby booties didn't require much yarn, and I love the colors, particularly the bluish charcoal color, so I'm going to use them for a pair of practice "Cashmere Fingerless Gloves" over at The Purl Bee.

If they turn out well and/or don't make me become violently frustrated and prone to screaming like some other knitting patterns, then I might consider buying some fancy cashmere-y yarn and making them again.

All in good time. Or, knowing me, all in a really, really, really long time resulting in a case of binge knitting.

Photos by Sway Sovay