Archive for December, 2009

Writing Prompt: Dear John From the Furniture

I saw this writing prompt on the Writer’s Digest website: You return home from work to find a Dear John letter on your kitchen table. Oddly enough, it’s from one of your favorite pieces of furniture. What does the letter say? Sounds fun. Enjoy!

Scherenschnitte: Mirrored Squirrels

I messed up on this template last time by using paper that was too thick. I have thinner paper now so I thought I’d try again: I made a lot of mistakes. The paper still seemed a little thick. I think I’m starting to like folded templates less and less because of that. I’ll have to try it again. And I have to laugh. In this video, Cindy talks about how it took her an hour to »

Random Tunes: The Killers: “Mr. Brightside”

Woke up in the mood for some music from The Killers, and so I share. Enjoy! The Killers: Official Site | Facebook | YouTube

Ruki chats with the frog

I got a new humidifier (yes, a frog! ) and I set it up on a footstool to make sure it didn’t leak. Ruki was fascinated by it. She sat like this for a really long time. I kept imagining that she was explaining the rules of her household to it. “The window is mine…that box behind you is mine…the pillow…mine too…well actually, it’s all mine…” Eventually, her attention was called away to the important matter of »

Adventures of the League of STEAM – “The Fright Before Christmas”

Amusing. League of STEAM has a great new video up: The Fright Before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas at the League of STEAM headquarters, but there’s mischief afoot! League of STEAM: official site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Simon’s Cat ‘Snow Business’ (Part 1)

A new Simon’s Cat is up! I only noticed today. I’m slow. Simon’s Cat ‘Snow Business’ (Part 1) A curious cat discovers snow for the first time.

Die, bed, die!

The war against the bed has resumed. I still don’t know what the bed did to warrant such attacks but I’m certain whatever it was, it was dastardly! Here’s how it starts, she wraps her arms around the side, then slips into crazy kick mode. This goes on until the bed gets the upper hand by flipping over her (the nerve!), causing her to dart away toward safety. Then she glares and readies to stalk and attack »

A scherenschnitte fail

I started the evening out lounging with a stack of comics. Somewhere along the way I got the idea in my head to practice some scherenschnitte. Eh…I picked a complicated pattern for the paper stock I have on hand. I wasn’t thinking about how I had to fold it in half to create the design. You can see what happened: I wasn’t able to cut all the way through. Not only that, I didn’t even score the »

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