This article is equal parts touching, hilarious, and ridiculous, but only because of how stupid this man is and the fact that the dog is unharmed. Who knew that there could be a pit bull crime story in which the pit bull was the victim??
This crime seems like an excellent foundation for a buddy comedy. The character based on Robert Biss would obviously be the idiot sidekick that our (at least slightly smarter) protagonist would try and fail to keep out of trouble.
The logic behind this crime seriously sounds like the caliber of explanation that my 6 year-old nephew gives me right before I place him in time out:
Biss became concerned that shelter personnel would not approve of his application to adopt the dog, so, when given an opportunity to walk the dog on a leash, Biss placed the dog in his vehicle and stole her from the animal shelter.
I’m guessing that his adoption application is definitely going to be denied now.
You guys, why didn’t you tell me how awesome Vampire Diaries is???
Okay, I know that some of you tried. Buy why didn’t you try harder????
This show is hilarious, well-written, and well-acted, and the cast is gorgeous (the 16-year-old in me swoons over Baby Boreanaz, aka Paul Wesley). I’m sure that some people may assume that my like for this show is based on how much I love (the first 5.5 seasons of) Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but no. This is just another good show that happens to deal with vampires. And witches. And I’m thinking possibly werewolves, too. And Bianca Lawson also appeared on this show for a couple of episodes. Hmmm. Well, they never claimed to have reinvented the wheel, right?
Perhaps my favorite thing is the lack of ridiculous footwear on these supposed high school students. Yay for realism!
Sometimes working with teenagers makes me want to weep for humanity, and then drown almost every highschooler in the river of my tears. How does one reach senior year of high school without knowing how to look for something in the index of a book? Is this a generational thing? Because Gruber would not have allowed these sorts of shenanigans to take place. At all.
The fabulous Carrie made me this gorgeous beer cozy. Well, she didn’t make it specifically for me, but I did have the good fortune to claim it in the gift exchange. Yay.
She also made the star ornament that was tied on the outside of the bag in which she had placed the beer (also known as a cleverly folded page from Sunday’s Times, a little worse for wear after being toted from NYC to my house.).
How awesome. One gift, many gift ideas!
I’m a sucker for a good meme, and right now Anti-Joke Chicken is kind of ruling my world.
So my niece is 10 months old today. Happy arbitrary milestone, Porkchop! She is, of course, the most adorable child on the planet, and I have the photographic evidence to back this up.
Yesterday at church, she and her brother, the also adorable Satanski, were dedicated. It’s similar to a christening, but with some Baptist weirdness thrown in for good measure. Most of the pictures below were taken at their church, with the exception of the first one, which is my favorite picture of her and was taken at my house.
I made this sweater and gave it to the littlest Wagner, who is ADORBS.
I crocheted the flower pin to break up the mistake rib pattern. I learned a lot with this sweater: how to do a hood, how to convert a flat pattern to one worked in the round, and that I should have factored in the whole “stitch picking up” thing into my construction of the early part of this sweater. I also learned that I never ever ever want to do toggle button thingies again without somebody else’s meticulously-written instructions to guide me. I did the sweater in one piece until I got to the armpits (see, I’ve learned!), but from then on things weren’t 100% symmetrical. The problem with such a stretchy pattern is that the two sides stretched differently. I’d do a ribbed bottom for 6-8 rows to rein in this pattern’s tendency to spread.
Still, I’m getting better at sweaters, which can only be a good thing.
I think I’ll try to make this sweater again, and incorporate the things I’ve learned and the things that occurred to me after it was too late to do anything about them (i.e. MEASURE everything don’t just eyeball it).
I feel like I’m about ready to do a sweater with steeks (intentional steaks, not the kind that are placed as an afterthought when I’ve goofed).
I’ve made another bag. I let the shape of the fat quarters I used dictate its shape, so it’s much less square than the other bags I’ve made. It’s perfect for carrying a couple of bottles of wine. I don’t have one those handy separators that you get at the wine store, but I figure that if I’m going to sew the wine bag, I can take an hour and knit a wine cozy.
As with every bag I’ve made, this one is also reversible. On the whole, my seams are getting a little straighter, although for some reason this gray thread liked to bunch up in a way that no other thread I’ve used has (a new problem! This must mean it’s not my fault…right??). Aside from that, I really like this bag.
I’d planned to open the lovely looking muscato photographed here (the larger of the two bottles), but of course, I didn’t have a corkscrew at home. The best laid plans, folks…
Now that I made the reversible tote bag, I’m a little over this one, but it was still a nice way to get into sewing bags. I spent a ton of time on this bag, mainly because 1) I’m not so good yet at sewing straight and 2) I work slowly when I’m confused. Still, I think this came out reasonably adorable for a first effort.
Side 1. I didn't notice until just now that both sides have the same pattern in the same place on the top row.
Side 2.
I used the same pattern for both sides of the inner bag.
January 5, 2012 4:00 pm | 
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