Author Archives: Dichroic

sweater girl

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Dichroic

Look! On the left! It’s my first crappy cellphone pic ever posted here! More importantly, my sweater is coming along nicely (the pic on the right is from last week, to show progress) and I’m absolutely pleased with the fit. … Continue reading →

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I love my bed

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Dichroic

Goodness. That was unexpectedly pleasant. I just changed the sheets on our bed. That’s not usually a fun thing, but this took 5 minutes; the mattress is foam and so not very heavy and it’s only against a wall on … Continue reading →

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a couple more FOs

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Dichroic

Here are what I’m thinking of as the Sherbet Socks (Knitty’s Back to Basics pattern), because the colors look so tasty. One down, 3/4 of the other to go. And here is the ribbed sweater (based on Knitting From the … Continue reading →

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a busy place

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Dichroic

Rudder’s off at a big management meeting that for some reason they decided to hold on Saturday, but I have a houseful of men at the moment – the handyman hooking up hot water to the washing machine, the cable … Continue reading →

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A warrior of Hygelac’s (Beowulf movie review)

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Dichroic

We went to the movies Saturday night. We were actually hoping Stardust would be there; it wasn’t, but I hadn’t realized Beowulf was already out – and it was in 3D IMAX. So we switched gears (Gaiman movies, rather) and … Continue reading →

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let your dreams bind your work to your play

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Dichroic

Thanksgiving dinner will be better than last year’s, at least. We found a little turkey at Costco last week, and after much searching came across some canned green beans in Carrefour yesterday (they do have an “International section” but it’s … Continue reading →

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forty years later, and we’re dancing still

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Dichroic

Í’ve just been reading Poul Anderson’s Operation Luna. My initial reaction, about two pages in, was “This author is clëarly a happily married man.” (It had to do with the viewpoint character’s description of his 42-year-old wife, after umpteen years … Continue reading →

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hero and the straightaway

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Dichroic

Someone or other says that you should do one thing that scares you every day. I do’nt think there are enough things that scare me for that to work, or at least not enough scary things that would actually be … Continue reading →

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swimming in books

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Dichroic

I went book-shopping, I we-ent boooook shopping….. Except somehow I seem to have entirely missed the SF and Mystery sections. Rudder swears he saw them last time we were there, but they may have changed things – if there are … Continue reading →

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shipping everything off and saying goodbye

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Dichroic

I finished the socks yesterday, then decided to take risky step of washing them (just wetting, really, I didn’t use soap). I did this because they tended to bunch up a lot and didn’t look nearly as good as when … Continue reading →

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