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Kelly Girl Leila knit this adorable baby sweater and booties for her friend's new son. Sweet! The booties are an easy Debbie Bliss pattern.
Perhaps all this venue-hunting is nonsense. We have two perfectly acceptable choices that we wouldn't even need to scope out!
Destination wedding: In Vegas, at Star Trek The Experience. [thanks, Jenny!]
Locally: The Bristol Renaissance Faire. [thanks, Kate!]
I can see these options will require serious consideration.
No Daleks??? There is no Doctor Who without Daleks!
Apparently Terry Nation's estate and the BBC couldn't agree on terms for using his evil creations in the planned new series.
The BBC spokeswoman said: "The BBC offered the very best deal possible but ultimately we were not able to give the level of editorial influence that the Terry Nation estate wished to have." But an agent for the Nation estate accused the BBC of ignoring copyright laws and said the corporation was trying to "ruin the brand of the Daleks".
Weirdest quote I've heard in a long time, from the same article:
[Agent Tim Hancock, who represents the Nation estate] accused the BBC of lying about the reasons a deal had not been made. He said the BBC had tried to commission a cartoon series about gay Daleks for BBC Three. [via Librarian in Black]
I can see it now: Daleks shacking up, playing footsie--well, they haven't got feet, though--and coming out to Davros.
The good news, I suppose, is the selection of Christopher Eccleston as the new Doctor. More details about the series regularly at Outpost Gallifrey. Check out July 4 for details on the Dalek controversy.
But the way the story appeared in some news pages - the robotic tyrants would not appear because of 'a disagreement over appearance fees' - made it sound as if the Daleks themselves were sulkily refusing to go on TV. The usual reasons, I suppose. They had other commitments; the timing wasn't right for this stage of their career; they weren't in a good place right now; they were scheduled to appear on Broadway, in a musical called Hello Dalek. I pictured them on the phone to their agent, shouting 'Neg-o-ti-ate! Neg-o-ti-ate!'."
Finally, a truly patriotic way to celebrate our nation's birthday--one that doesn't involve mass consumption of beer and hot dogs, and noisy explosions of possibly-illegal incendiary devices out back of my house for HOURS. If you missed it on July 2nd, NPR's Morning Edition performed their sixteenth annual reading of the Declaration of Independence. Even this cynic was moved.
Knitty's sexpot summer issue is up! My favorite is this sweet and slinky chemise, in adorable baby pink, with a little ribbon.
ResearchBuzz's Cookin' With Google is listed among Time's 50 Coolest Websites. Yay for Tara! [via the ever-praiseworthy ResearchBuzz]
Wondering where today's "young" knitters will be in 30 or 40 years? The Chicago Tribune knows. Sorry, registration required. The Crafty Ladies of Buffalo Grove knit for charity and for social engagement. Good for them! In the area and interested in joining? Here's the Buffalo Grove Park District page, which lists them among its activities for seniors.
Looking for something to read during these hot summer evenings? Check out Poynter Online's list of links to recommended reading lists. Among those singled out: the UC Berkeley list, which focuses on humor this year. The archives of this list are also worth, ahem, checking out. [via lisnews]
After months of spyware and adware trauma, and desperate use of SpyBot, AdAware, and PestPatrol, I've finally given up using the evil IE, and switched to Mozilla's Firefox browser. Despite the recent announcement of security flaws in Firefox, it's still safter than IE. So far, I'm delighted with it.
