Pensive Frog

This is not an original idea, I know, but I was inspired by Amy to check knitting books out of the library. I’ve had a university library card for years, but it’s been over a decade since I’ve had a public library card. For someone as cheapskatey and booklovey as me, that’s a [...]

… plus a stick of butter and a cup of heavy cream keeps the doctor in business. I made something tasty this weekend for the 12th annual St. Patrick’s Day feast chez Pensive Frog. In my opinion, you have to have something really tasty for dessert to make up for the corned beef. [...]

Whee! I’ve made more progress on the purple bunny! The most important news may be the fact that I’ve named the bunny. He is Mr. Fluffybottom, and he is most decidedly British. While watching American Inventor last night (gawd, the tears on that show), I finished Mr Fluffybottom’s ears and body, [...]

I finally finished my first Waving Lace sock, and was much chagrined to discover that it’s about an inch too long. I don’t have dainty little feet, but even so, the foot of the sock shouldn’t be longer than the leg, if the leg goes to mid-calf. Sorry, no pics. This is [...]

So y’all remember the gummy bears, right? The gummy bears I volunteered to eat for science (and yarn money)? Well, I was actually interviewed by a TV crew doing a story on xylitol, and I just got a link to some video of my appearance. The result? A little disappointing, I [...]

Today has been a little crappy at work - so crappy, in fact, that I looked up “Ides of March” on Wikipedia to see if today was metaphysically preordained to be tough. Nope, the Ides are March 15, so it’s all downhill until Wednesday.
The point of all this is that if you are having [...]

Maybe you should try IPCO Creamy Snuff, available in India. This tobacco toothpaste guarantees that “before long you cannot avoid experiencing that ethereal feeling of freshness and calmness like you have never felt before”
Did I mention that it’s black?
Move over, Aquafresh.

So as I was watching the Olympics yesterday (yes, I mean yesterday. I’ve got about 73 hours of coverage backlogged on my TiVo) rooting for Bode Miller to win his first of certainly several gold medals (OK, that was a joke, I’m not that far behind) and it hit me that I just don’t [...]

Even though being in grad school is difficult, and requires a lot of underpaid work, I manage to keep myself pretty darn happy by indulging in hobbies like knitting (duh), cooking, and reading. This little meme is nice because I get to show off how literate I am (hah). OK, at least I [...]

Oy, why is it that I’m always missing things? February 28 was Pancake Day, and I forgot all about it.
My first pancake day celebration was in February 1996, when I was spending my junior year abroad in England. I had already endured several months of culinary strangeness from my flatmates, and [...]