Bornfamous

Gracie Returns

Originally uploaded by LarryB.

Holy crap.

That’s me, Miss Busy Bee. I’ve been learning how to knit, realizing that knitting can be an expensive hobby, switching over to sewing, embroidery and crazy quilting [MUCH cheaper], and discovering a vibrant, thriving web community of crafters.

AND… I got an idea for a book about this community of crafters. I love to create [...]

Today is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, but you don’t have to join the insanity. Stay home, relax, enjoy your Thanksgiving leftovers, and celebrate Buy Nothing Day. Think of it as your little contribution to saving the planet.

If you’d like to be entertained while you do your cyber Christmas shopping, This is the catalog for you: American Science & Surplus. Plus, the prices are amazing. One of my favorite items:
Digital Suspension Device

We’re using semantic obfuscation to crowd this plastic finger hook into a scientific category. It really doesn’t cut it as [...]

Pine Valley, CA. But I should probably keep the secret. Don’t move here, whatever you do!

I turned 60 a couple of weeks ago, and I can feel the pangs of another mid-life crisis coming on. Except we’re past the midpoint now, aren’t we? Whatever. Number One Son and his wife urged me to get a tattoo or have my nose pierced for my birthday, but I wasn’t interested. Then one [...]

But you know that. You’re probably sweltering too, no matter where you are–in the lower 48, at least. How hot was it? It was so hot in El Cajon yesterday [I live in the next town, La Mesa, CA] that my little Google weather widget got stuck at 111 degrees and even though it’s 6:30 [...]

It should come as no surprise that I’ve completely lost interest in blogging, so I’m going to stop pretending that something’s going to change. Bornfamous is about to become history–knowing, of course, that as soon as I pull the plug I will change my mind.
Isn’t that always the way?

Hey, there’s finally something to read on the About page: 88 Things About Me — but there’s only 38 things right now, until I can think of 50 more. Go read it–you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll never want to come back!

Play the National Budget Simulation Game!
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the 2006 fiscal deficit is projected to be $296 billion. This does not include the costs of the Iraq War, so in the simulation the deficit has been increased by $105 billion, the costs of the supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan operation for [...]

While my high school classmates were busy screaming over the Beatles [a musical taste I acquired a couple of years later], I was listening to the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrid Gilberto.
Bossa nova! [video after the jump:]

The singer is Elis Regina. So cool…
[Thanks, patatomic!]

“Would you like some pizza?”
“No, thanks.”
“It’s good.”
“Yeah, but it’s been out since last night.”
“There isn’t any meat on it.”
“Um, thanks anyway.”
“Didn’t you ever eat old pizza in college?”
“Yeah, but I’m trying to eat fresher food these days. It’s healthier.”
“Oh. Then I guess you don’t want any of the crockpot stew I’m making.”
“Why?”
“It’s been cooking all [...]

Eat them as fast as possible.
You’re welcome.