these days of leiderhosen

Cheney, Gonzales Indicted About flippin' time.

Pie Update from Thrifty Knitter: go vote for Norma .

I've just had my pitbull puppy moment of the week. Toby is eleven weeks old, spotted generously with brown, a wriggly undocked tail, floppy silky unaltered ears and big silly happy doggy face. That sucrose sweet smell of puppy drew the cashiers at Trader Joe's to lean in and rub their unshaven chins over his wide forehead and coo at him. Toby is entirely unaware of the lousy rap that evil people have thrust upon his breed's predescessors. Toby's Girl is elm tree tall and, to my eyes, unspoilt. They make quite the couple.

The Nation-wide Protest Against California's Proposition 8 San Francisco: Saturday, November 15 10:30 AM at the Civic Center Park . http://jointheimpact.com/ Like Mr. Savage said, you can't be pro-gay and against gay marriage. See you there. Seattle Update : Aw, man... Ed the Tuba guy has passed on. Violently. How awful.

Mr. Savage (author of the infamous column Savage Love) was an absolutely crucial factor in The Steven and Leiderhosen Semi-International Alliance of Doom. If you haven't heard his weekly podcast, you can catch it full force here . He has officially cursed all people who supported Proposition 8. I love Dan. I love when Colbert can't manage to hold himself together.

How cool is this in the news today? 11th century spindle fragment found in Iceland. Alone, this is no big deal; evidence of spinning has been found dating as far back the Upper Paleolith Era 20,000 years ago. (Cursing was invented shortly after spinning.) In fact, if it weren't for sheep with the mental equivalent of stale graham cracker crumbs and spinning, the human race wouldn't have thawed out enough to evolve to type endlessly on these pretty boxes with lights. At any rate the whining about how "wool itches" allows me years worth of time to not knit socks for the unenlightened. Okay, on with this history lesson. If there is a dig going on anywhere on the planet what is unveiled often includes spindle parts . Broken pots, phallic effigies, spindle bits . Much like Casa del Leiderhosen. But this green sandstone spindle is special; it has runes engraved on it, determining rune and written language use in this area and timing...blah, blah, blah. So what does the wr...

A double batch of fleur de sels caramels has been wrapped and is ready to go! Price to you? Totally free. Not even postage, Beloveds. Is anyone interested? Claim your own free packet by leaving a comment in this post, noting either something good in your life or which Bush Cabinet Member would you like to have put through the wood chipper. Or compose a short Haiku for Maddie Allbright. For those darling people who don't like sticky delicious handmade caramels or can't eat them, they do make excellent bribes to people you wish to rule for five minutes at a time. Try to govern your tiny nation wisely. I will ship them out until they are gone! Good Luck! You guys in Tuku and Great Britain? I am intrigued! Say hello!