Mr. Slattern is getting an IPod sock to match these puppies. And for my next trick:

Chicken viking baby hat. Best thing since the Dekalbaby.

It occurs to me that I lead the sort of bloggable life that might be better described through photographs. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find Mr. Slattern's digital camera. And, anyway, I need to be at work in half an hour.

I am thinking of knitting a pair of stockings with all-over patterning. Good, heavy wool in cables or something so that when I am finally living my idyllic life on the farm, I can stay warm collecting eggs and stoking the woodstove in the mornings. When I was a kid, you could buy these sort of stockings at Marshall's--I distinctly remember wearing a pair to my grandmother's funeral--but, alas, you can't find them now. And, besides, I have grown well out of the height/weight charts even for L'Eggs.

Maybe it's odd that I desperately want a re-creation of a garment that I wore to Grandma's funeral. But perhaps not. I was too young to really comprehend what was going on.

I had a dream last night in which I was attending a rummage sale/festival in my hometown, and GW was there, photo-opping. Somehow, I cornered him and started trying, very politely, to explain to him why his policies aren't very good. He just asked me, over and over again, "Why are you being sooo meeaan?" And then he had his secret service agents escort me away.

Ow. Ice is bad.

Statement of Purpose?! Statement of Purpose??!!!! I mean, c'mon, does that even sound like something I could write????

(no.)

LOIS

You're most like Lois! The studly dyke and drag
king Max Axel of DTWOF-world, you are uber
cool. Even 3D grrls and bois have the hots for
you. Dude -- you've got it going on.


Which Dyke of 'Dykes To Watch Out For' are you most like? (beta version)
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Here's that wickedly-spicy coleslaw recipe I've been promising everyone (courtesy of Mr. Slattern's cousin):

1/2 head grated red cabbage
1/2 head grated savoy cabbage
2 grated carrots
3 T grated ginger
1 C mayonaise
2 T sesame oil
2 T rice vinegar
1/4 C chili sauce
1 t salt
1/4 t black pepper
2 t sesame seeds
3 T lime juice

It's way, way better if you let it sit in the fridge overnight, or at least for a few hours. Also--we couldn't figure out ezackly what "chili sauce" meant (there are at least 4 things called that in the local grocery store), but we got 'Dynasty Sriracha hot chili sauce' and it worked beautifully.