I just finished my first potholder!
No pictures because the camera’s power cord is MIA. But I used this pattern.
Next I make the strawberry kitchen towel! This will be a blackwork project.
My friend Carlos doesn’t. But he has a PhD in Agricultural Engineering and his field is Crop Prediction, so he’s certified weird.
I agree with GT that applied stuff is much more understandable. My 10th Grade math teacher was very bad; in the words of a classmate who was the best student I’ve ever met, “all the math I’ve learned this year, I learned it in Chemistry and Physics.” Sadly, Math was a weak point for my High School; luckily, we had great teachers for the other scientific disciplines.
If a BlackBerry is blue, shouldn’t it be a BlueBerry instead?
At irk, busy day today. Sadly my point-and-click training has been cancelled for this afternoon so I can’t boast about any more accomplishments with regard to box-ticking and suchlike.
Six days until my office move and I still don’t know exactly where I’m moving to. I just love the management in this place!
blueberries are purple. perhaps blackberries should be callled purpleberries?
I loved algebra - it came very easily for me. I aced the class and got a 97 on the Regents (state-wide final - the basis for scholarship awards) - I spent that entire summer wondering where the hell I’d lost 3 points.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’.
Blackberries (the berry and PDA kinds) are ick and I don’t care what color they are. So There! 
Spaz we await tales of Miss Hateful and Her Endless Complaints with bated breath. Baited breath for anyone who’s been out eatin’ worms and crickets. 
Up, caffeinated, off to irk.
I like algebra, too. And trigonometry. I use it in my job, though.
Today is Firday for me! Yay!
Mr Rebo lost a cap off his tooth! He has tomorrow off, which he was going to spend studying, and now he’ll have to get an emergency appointment at the dentist. Life just sucks sometimes, doesn’t it? At least it doesn’t hurt, he says.
I’m up early because I have to be at work while some new equipment is installed. So far I had one cat sneeze a big glob of snot on me and a other one spilled my coffee. I hate getting up early.
Crappy morning. Hope the afternoon is better.
Almost didn’t come to work today. For now particular reason, except that it’s slow and I was tiiiiired. …which is my own fault for staying up till 12:30.
I’m working on building my geek cred by making an awesome flowchart of how stuff is supposed to go at work. It’s going to go up on the wall under the order boards. So far it’s six pages long.
This Saturday is free Smithsonian admission day! You can go here to get emailed a free ticket for two. Just wanted to let y’all know. We may be headed up the road to the Mississippi Petrified Forest.
Coyote ICK! I haven’t wanted a cat but I’ll keep “projectile cat snot” on file as a reason not to should the desire for a cat ever hit me.
In a while I’ll be goin’ over to the church house to <snerk> rub butts <snerk> in preparation for tomorrow’s bit <snerk> butt <snerk> smoke. Yep, da bear will spend the day <snerk> smokin’ butt <snerk> tomorrow once again.
I live such an excitin’ life!
Dindin tonight is smoked poke chops, succotash and wild (as supposed to sedate) rice.
So then Swampy, I gather being awakened by a cat washing your face would be out of the question too?
It’s the only day for weeks that temperatures are in the 90’s and it’s the day our A/C decided to poop out on us here at work.
160 people, one small modular building. Ick.
Honest to God, a dull life would be ok with me.
Not only do I like algebra, I taught algebra in junior college 25 years ago!
Oh, yeah, home. I was going to take tomorrow off, but I can’t. I got some stuff dumped on me late today and I want to get it done this week. With luck, I can get out early.
And <drumroll please> I’ve sold my van!!! <flinging confetti with wild and reckless abandon> A coworker is buying it for his daughter… and her 3 kids… and the kid that’s on the way… :eek: We’re doing the deal next Friday since it’s payday. So yay!
That’s all I’ve got today. My life is boring.
I could handle boring.
I could also handle being cheered up. Got any jokes or amusing stories?
It’s not all cats. Just this one cat has chronic snot nose. Every so often he sneezes out a huge snot rocket. Then he’s good again for a few days. It’s a test of your reflexes, usually you get a warning sniffle, then blamm! If you don’t run or duck and cover then you may regret it. In the case of this morning I was not paying attention.
Actually, dogs are probably worse snot and slobber flingers. But people just expect it from dogs because dogs are disgusting and cats act all prissy.
Right now I am going crazy because I have had hives and swelling on both my hands for 2 days now and now my toes are joining in. Arrrggggghhhh!
**Coyote **, I can somewhat sympathize. I have the kind of eczema (I can never remember the name of it) that causes angry, itchy little blisters and lately they’ve been making walking fun.
**StickyBuns **- how about this?