Wednesday, October 27, 2010


WMBP - TWE

What do you do on a windy, wet, muggy Wednesday morning when you feel weary and worn out? Why, you put the hamster in the Clear Plastic Ball of Freedom and sit down to write Wednesday Morning Bullet Post - The Wet Edition.

  • The wool part of this blog seems to have become very, erm, limited in the past six months or so. I could make excuses but I won't. I shall just say that the mojo has been missing.


  • I did finish the second of the Grown Up Skweffles (in Debbie Bliss wool-cotton 702) a couple of weeks back.


  • I didn't take any pictures. Just put them into the sock drawer.


  • Here is a recycled picture of slipper sock #1 from back in July.


  • Only took eleven months to get those puppies off the needles.


  • We have had a lot more of the word part of this blog, lately, though, haven't we?


  • When we have had any part of the blogging at all, that is.


  • I'm still enjoying the Kindle and the freebie downloads have been very nice for expanding my literary horizons. I've read a few books that I probably wouldn't have gone out of my way to find if they hadn't been right there on the limited time promotional list.


  • Of course, there are pitfalls and downsides to just about everything: one of those freebie reads sent me to the bathroom cabinet in search of the brain bleach.


  • Sadly, I didn't find any, so now I am scouring the interwebs for a safe, natural, side-effect-free method for fdisk-ing those portions of my cranium which seem to have been indelibly stained.


  • So far, I haven't had much success but I'll be sure to keep the peeps updated on any progress made. In the meantime, I deleted the book from the Kindle.


  • The library hasn't been all that prolific with the new reading materials the past few weeks.


  • Not the library's fault, mind.


  • It seems that the publishing industry has things like schedules, plans, rotations, cycles, profit-margins, and bottom lines - those pesky little things that get in the way of rapidly providing me with the written words I crave.


  • Maybe, just maybe, I need to read more materials outside my comfort zone of genres.
Well, the windy and wet isn't going to depart any time today and the groceries are not going to miraculously appear in the refrigerator and cupboards so it is time to sign off, shower, and brave the elements.

Wishing you all a less wet Wednesday that we are having here!

7 yarns:

Yarnhog said...

The brain bleach comment made me wonder if the offending book is the same one I downloaded. Probably not. I think you have better taste than that.

Denise said...

I started a series that I really like and you might too...Naomi Novik is the author. The setting is in England during Napoleon's reign...but here's the kicker England is fighting with dragons...I'm on the fourth book and so far I'm loving it. And you dont have to use brain bleach ;)

Mini said...

I like to switch it up now & again. Download the Passage (justin cronin)--- a can't put it down kind of book!

Sheepish Annie said...

I've resorted to re-reading stuff I've already got on the physical and digital shelves. Just not much out there that appeals to me these days. Maybe after Christmas...

Raining here, too BTW. Buckets of the stuff. And it's 70 degrees, to boot!

Bubblesknits said...

I'm reading "The Monster of Florence" right now and loving it. Totally outside my normal reading zone, too.

mrspao said...

I'm still reading paper books - no ereader just yet but I do see the potential as I read books I've downloaded onto my phone. :)

Chris said...

Eleven months on the needles - I feel better. :)