these days of leiderhosen

Look what I found today! Weeny pink moleskine 2 packs . Perfect for every bag, satchel and pocket and then some. Allow me introduce my God , my church , and today's Liturgy . If you have not read Groucho Marx's Letters, you are in for such delight.

A couple days back I might have mentioned some chocolate chip cookies. At that point, the batter* was going into the fridge for a 24 hour rest (it's a hydrating the flour sort of thing). Last night I baked off a dozen. They were Good. Really Good. Heavenly . A few notes: The flour (it uses both bread flour and cake flour to get the gluten content just right) might seem fussy but most Whole Foods have these in bulk, so you can get just enough and leave of Whole Foods with your wallet intact. (Bring a 1 cup measure with you and it's golden.) Use good salt (also available at WF bulk or any other good supermarket); standard sea salt will be just fine. Even kosher salt. Pitch the Morton's. If the link is not available to you, email me at coldfridayATgmail.com and I will make sure you get a copy of the recipe . Or maybe you should just email me anyway and say hallo. Salted Caramel season is coming. I'd just love to hear from you. * (v. fluffy, excellent, uncooked -...

This month's lipstick of choice: ELF, Bare Brown . Only $5. The therapist is out of town for two weeks. Feel free to call me and unload your problems. Horoscopes by Rob Brezney are always worth a read. It is officially Fall; my toes and hands are freezing, making the waking of the Steven in the morning more inadvertent drama than one needs at 6:30 AM. DesignSpongeonline.com works but still Steve asks why is yarn all over every surface in the house. The aesthetics of wooly happy goodness has escaped him. We have negotiated the following: the large Japanese bowl on the dinner table shall be curated space, not just a landing platform as massive skeins come off the wheel. And no unspun wool in the kitchen. I will have to go back to hiding roving in the trunks of the cars. Craving: extra long thick cotton socks . Quote of the Day: "I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization." - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Thank you, Colin Powel l . Of all people to support the presi...

"Oh, you don't want those." said the lovely Scottish lady at the yarn store in Vancouver, B.C. Apparently I did because we have moved house three times with them: 14" double pointed English Aero Needles, four packs of them. And now a lovely person from Ravelry wants to take them off my hands and I am so happy. She wants to knit a human cocoon with them. Which begs two questions: with what fiber and what will she be when she emerges? Steven completed reading me Old Man's War , which led to some very moist eyes over a large batch of chocolate chip cookie dough . Not being a huge science fiction fan, I am making an exception for John Scalzi, who writes up quite a blog . The cookie recipe tweaks with proportions and gluten content with a sprinkle of salt before baking. At any rate, I had to wrestle the batter away from Steven. Nothing new there. Last night I took Steven out to the Parkway : complete with couches and beer and free popcorn. They do mostly second runs...

To the gentleman/lady we interviewed today:The position of David Bowie has already been filled. Kindly go pick a gender and leave those clothes back into the 1980s. What we plan on doing with five bucks this weekend: C ool Hand Luke at the Paramount Theater . OOOOooo, Newman . Senator McCain : I did not actually despise you until your vote against the GI Bill update and your recent penchant for raising angry mobs . This is not my America and I intend to stay in bed until you go the fuck away. Of all the things this country has misstepped in, this is the one bit of legislation that changed absolutely everyone for the better in this country today. Reading: Tomb discovered in Rome . Chanterelle Mushrooms at Berkeley Bowl: $8.99 a pound. Score ! And they have some of the best handmade sushi. Has anyone else across this world seen the sideburns going around these days? What do you think? I have been spinning sugarbee' s brilliant One Night Stand Rovings in Holde n with a Lloyd wai...

Source: the BBC Update: There has been a tiny flurry of accusations of Photoshoppage here; I am flattered, but very happy to be innocent in this case. Nooooo. It's the Bee-Beee-Seeee!

Most fabulous knitting this month: a demon baklava . I would love to this projected on the inside of my contacts: