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Where to Invest Your Hard Earned Dollars

darmonation wrote 1 month ago: So a good buddy of mine tells me this evening that he’s thinking of opening a new investment a … more →

Tags: advertising, stuff my friends say or think, etrade, TD Ameritrade, sam waterston, Etrade baby, Ads, Investing, Banks

Park Slope just got a little closer.1 comment

elevatingsubstance wrote 1 month ago: Finally. [Brooklyn Paper via Free Williamsburg] … more →

Tags: G Train, New York City, park slope, Queens, The Subway, Williamsburg

I love THIS yarn: in which the knitter/spinner discusses making yarn by hand

Miss Knotty wrote 3 months ago: Isn’t it purty?! I’m thrilled to pieces that this is working, particularly since I had … more →

Tags: Cool Sites, Spinning

Holy Clap!1 comment

Miss Knotty wrote 4 months ago: I knitted a Clapotis.  It’s true.  I drank the Kool-Aid, and I joined the other 10,383 Ravelry … more →

I have a 9 year old...1 comment

allison wrote 4 months ago: I can’t believe it, but I now have a 9 year old.  Here’s a couple pictures from Santi … more →

Tags: boys, Family, kids, Legos

Been A While - Back to it in '09! 1 comment

darmonation wrote 5 months ago: Wow it’s been a while since my last post here – November 13th. Since then, I’ve sp … more →

Tags: Politics, Biden, President, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, POTUS, Washington, DC, Inauguration

Ode to Canada, My Home and Native Land....

darmonation wrote 8 months ago: At least Britain gives us props:  British news paper salutes Canada . . . Sunday Telegraph Article F … more →

Tags: Canada, credit, War, Afghanistan, soldiers, military

Bringing public health to teh interwebz.

elevatingsubstance wrote 8 months ago: Not surprisingly, “Google found an almost perfect correlation between its data and the C.D.C. … more →

Tags: The Internets, Google

Hats Off To McCain2 comments

darmonation wrote 8 months ago: So i’m sitting in this bar last night with all the rowdy crowds wearing their “I Voted … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Election, concession-speech

Obama Wins It - My Reaction1 comment

darmonation wrote 8 months ago: Last night was somethin’ else, and being in Washington, DC made it that much more intense. Peo … more →

Tags: McCain, obama, President, 2008, Democrat, Leaders, Victor, HOPE, E-mail

Hat's off to McCain - Credit where it's due....

darmonation wrote 8 months ago: I’ve got to give credit where credit is due: The McCain/Palin ticket has a sense of humor that … more →

Tags: McCain, obama, President, 2008, election, SNL

Dear Joe....

darmonation wrote 8 months ago: Dear Joe the Plumber:  I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you are totally a pawn for the Republ … more →

Tags: McCain, obama, President, 2008, election, Joe the plumber

Activities galore and What Really Matters1 comment

Miss Knotty wrote 9 months ago: So, much much much going on!  Very exciting week last week – I had events on EVERY NIGHT excep … more →

Tags: knitting

I'd wondered about this place.

elevatingsubstance wrote 9 months ago: Last summer I had several occasions to take the Metro North up the Hudson to Poughkeepsie to visit m … more →

Tags: New York, gothamist, Bannerman's Island

Edited to Add:

Miss Knotty wrote 10 months ago: Okay, I didn’t actually edit my post to add this, but I thought it looked like a neat title, a … more →

Tags: knitting, Ideas!, Lobachevsky, pattern modification

Who needs a car, anyway?2 comments

elevatingsubstance wrote 1 year ago: When you can have one of these? [via Uncrate] When I was a kid my dad used to love driving me out to … more →

Tags: Airplanes

Last Weekend's Upstate Adventure; This Weekend's Roundup2 comments

elevatingsubstance wrote 1 year ago: So last weekend CS and I hit up the first of three weddings on my agenda for the summer, and, given … more →

Tags: Drinking, Weekends, things that suck, Soccer, Horse Racing

Apologies for the brief posts today, but I had to share...

elevatingsubstance wrote 1 year ago: … my new favorite blog. Hilarious. … more →

Tags: Blogging, cocaine, The Internets

It's probably a bit late to book travel plans to Beijing...

elevatingsubstance wrote 1 year ago: … but this looks really badassed. Not that I’m in any rush to try breathing anywhere in … more →

Tags: China


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