A Tangled Mess
Twisted. Kinked. Matted. Torturous. Snarled. Chaotic. I could go on. The sock blank is a truly wondrous thing; its swift changes of color heed not the worrisome siren call of the Fraternal Twin Sock...
View ArticleA DIY Evening (or: How I Learned To Love Lifehacker)
I love my camera. My Canon SD1000 is a tiny thing of limitless wonder, and I have spent the last year finding ways to use the Canon camera hack to make my life as a graduate student better after...
View ArticleBack to basics?
It has been so long since I did anything other than Judy’s Magic Cast-On that I actually goofed in a serious and vital way when I went to cast on for a scarf tonight. Guess I need to go to remedial...
View ArticleEpiphany (or: how I learned to love the holidays)
There is something profoundly weird about the life academic. The strange juxtaposition of grade-or-die work binges slammed up against equally intense periods of absolutely nothing can be a little...
View ArticleMaking history (and making stuff)
People all day have been describing their role in today’s inaugural events–whether they’re spectating live or watching remotely–as “making history.” I felt some of that myself, and that played a role...
View ArticleApologies from the sweater stalker
Dear other person in the dorm cafeteria: I am very sorry I stared fixedly at your back for 10 minutes. I was reverse-engineering your sweater, not engaging in some sort of odd lovelorn behavior. Or...
View ArticleEntropy
In high school, my physics teacher called it thermoGoddammits, not thermodynamics. And for good reason, because any isolated system will tend to become more disorderly over time, even with...
View ArticleGeek wisdom
There are lots of things my Mom did intentionally, to model proper behavior for my sister and I. Share! Be nice! Eat your cheesecake parallel to the crust! I’m not sure either of the following two...
View ArticleShort people definitely got reason to live
I’m staying in a Parisian apartment that was built for someone exactly my height. I have a palm’s width of clearance between the top of my head and the 18th century oak beams placed every 8 or 10...
View ArticleThe Best Photographers EVER
So, this is a super amazing photo of the knitted jewelry I wore to get married in July. Go, ye, and hire Cathy and David so you, too, can have professional photographers take pictures of your knitted...
View ArticleDinner or socks?
Or, potentially, both, which is even better! The pesto is colorful, and it’s in single-serving ice-cube format. How cute! The knitting has come down to socks, socks, socks and more socks. The socks are...
View ArticleThe Gerbil Wheel
I spend most of my days–all but a very few a year–on a gerbil wheel, walking the same 20-block route to and from the markers that divide day from night, work from home, classroom duties from research...
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