I knocked this bag out in roughly an hour, and that’s including about a half hour of me fighting with my sewing machine. Tutorial is located here. I think the next sewing project will be some throw pillows for our master bedroom sitting area. Shazzam!

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Every time the man gets me down, I go outside onto my quiet little balcony and remember that I live where it’s peaceful, quiet, and I can occasionally see wildlife. While city living can be convenient, I don’t miss Geno’s, the constant noise, the vermin, or getting taxed out the ass for everything. Now I [...]

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Left to right: Poblano plant, onion chives, lemon verbena That’s right. Gardening.

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I have been working on this scarf for two years.  Oh, a simple skinny scarf knitted on 10 gauge needles with black wool yarn shouldn’t take two years, but you know how it is.  I’d get busy and put it down for awhile.  One of my original bamboo needles got too badly warped to knit [...]

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Here. Have a photo of cupcakes: Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World with (non-vegan) Cream Cheese-Cinnamon icing.  And lots of sprinkles.  Yes, that was a mouthful. —- If you’re reading this from my Facebook notes, please go to the original blog post (located here) to comment.

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Last week, Libertarian Boyfriend and I went to Duffield’s, AKA: one of my favorite places to go once the fall hits. We dropped about $50 on various foodstuff, including a 12″+ head of cauliflower, zucchini, leeks, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, rye bread, bacon, corned beef, horseradish mustard, apricot preserves, pumpkin pizzelles, and apple cider doughnuts. Oh [...]

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Enjoy! Let’s start with the depressing: Afghanistan General Stanley McCrystal sees no indication of an al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan.  So, could we maybe, GTFO or is killing brown people too much fun? Sheldon Richman of the Foundation for Economic Education discusses some of the problems with raising tariffs on cheap Chinese tires.  I liked this [...]

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Mmmm! You scream, I scream, we all scream for Jewish Shiksa Apple Cake! Because apples at the Vietnamese/Chinese grocery store are dirt cheap, making Shiksa Apple Cake readily available at a moment’s notice! —- If you’re reading this from my Facebook notes, please go to the original blog post (located here) to comment.

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After oral surgery yesterday (which went swimmingly. Thank you, nitrous!), I’m finally getting back into the swing of things today. Like always, enjoy! In response to the “no one should have to go broke because they get sick” Facebook meme, a bunch of conservatives and libertarians started with a “no one should have to go [...]

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Enjoy! To kick things off, go visit Lauren at Oh Dear Lauren.com, a collection of open letters she’s written to various individuals, entities, random objects, and body parts. Arkansas Fire Chief Don Payne launches into a long overdue tirade about police abuse of power while fighting multiple traffic tickets in court.  The police response?  Shooting [...]

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