Pensive Frog

I just found Dinosaur Comics. I’m having trouble reading the site, because it makes me laugh, but there are people all around me under the false impression that I’m hard at work, and making little snorty noises is the surest way to smash that illusion. So if you’re not at work, (or if [...]

I’m almost done with my second pair of socks! Voila, the ever-popular Go With the Flow sock from the Summer 2005 issue of Interweave Knits.

What, you wanted two socks? I said I was almost done, not totally done. But here’s the second one anyway.

I really like the way the colors blend on [...]

OK, lame post title. But I’m strapped for time, people! I just had to take a second and welcome anyone who found Pensive Frog via the Crochet-Pattern-A-Day Calendar! I have a little crocheted scarf pattern featured on today’s date! Although I’m more of a knitter than a crocheter (crochet is too [...]

OK, I know the holidays are over, but this made me laugh out loud. And not many things do that. Maybe a giggle or a snort, but the full-on LOL is a rare creature.
Pimp My Nutcracker.
Fo shizzle.
‘Twas the night before Pimpmas, and all through the crib,
all the pimpies were [...]

Some bloggers post photos of themselves on their blogs. Some don’t. I fall into the latter category, only offering tantalizing glimpses of the back of my head once in a while. When a blogger chooses to remain anonymous, it is usually due to one of four reasons:
1. Bad eyebrow dye job
2. [...]

It’s 9:30 pm, but 8:30 am in the 24 universe. Did I just see Jack Bauer punch his way through a car door window? First he punched, then he kicked. That’s bad ass. I would have kicked first, then punched, but I’m a big pansy.
And hey girls, if you’re ever in [...]

Conversation with clerk at J. Crew:
Me: I’d like to return this shirt, if I can. I have the tag, but I lost the receipt! I just can’t make the shirt work with anything else in my wardrobe, so I hope you’ll take it back.
Her: I’ll just have to give you store [...]

When I was a kid, eating at the school cafeteria was a sure way to scuttle any chance at popularity. At a middle school in Oklahoma city, eating at the school cafeteria this week was sure to evoke some fond memories. Memories like, Say, don’t these burgers taste familiar? Perhaps, like those [...]

I have a severe case of a common knitting-related malady - Gotta-have-itis. At last night’s meeting of LFP knits, I decided I’d have to make a cabled handbag. This morning, I came across this pattern for a knitted gastrointestinal system. I think this is the only pattern in existence that I can [...]

Ok, I’ll make up for that last post that’s only relevant to 20% of my readers (Hi, Katy!) with a potpourri of things that have caught my attention in the past few days.
1. If you liked, “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”, you might also enjoy…
2. Alas, poor Chantico, I knew him well!
3. [...]

This is way off-topic. No yarn in sight. I am just going to complain a little bit about the University of Washington’s atrocious newspaper, The Daily.
First, the typos. They’re everywhere. Even in a headline from today’s issue. Second, their idiotic stance against the new Washington state smoking [...]

I just got an e-mail from the hyper folks at Starbucks, urging me to try their new Cinnamon Dolce Latte. Apparently it’s comforting and soothing. The e-mail features an artsy photo of an intense barista who says:
“I time each shot of espresso down to the second. That’s what gives every Cinnamon Dolce [...]

I am going to finish this mitten AND its mate by the end of January. Or else.