As I've just been sitting around in a truckstop since yesterday I had time to do some knitting. Last night I finished knitting the black watch cap I'd been working on and seamed the top this morning. I didn't follow any pattern for this one and just did a basic 2x2 ribbed cap. I did try something a little different with the decreases to shape the top, basically decreasing around to wind up with 1x1 ribbing. I'm not really all that happy with that part and will probably stick to a more trad...

A quick pic of what I can see out my window here in extreme northern WA.

This commercial just played on my idiot box and I get a good laugh every time I see it. A bird craps on a guy. He drinks a Red Bull (gives you wings) and then the guy flies up above the bird. He starts unbuckling his pants and the bird freaks. Ok, ok, I think it's funny anyway.

Good grief! Doing a whole month's worth of laundry, the washing, ironing, folding, hanging, etc all at once is nuts. I am trying to get everything finished up and packed up so I can leave in the morning and this is just absurd. I am going to have to start doing some of this in the truckstops while out on the road.

I finished knitting my very first hat. I don't think it turned out too terrible for my first one.

It's a good thing I had planned on resting more than anything else while home this time because it has rained every single day since I got here. As I am sitting here it has just started yet again. Oh well, I wasn't planning on going anywhere anyway so let it rain. I've been working on the hat which is my first attempt at knitting a hat and so far it's going ok. I am past the cabled part and now it's just round and round with the ribbing for a while before I have to start the decreases ...

This promises to be the definitive catch phrase for 2007. I love it.

It looks like Wal Mart, at least the one here, doesn't want the knitter's business any more. I just got back from there and was complaining about the lack of selections regarding yarn, which was more pathetic than usual for them. The clerk who was stocking the shelves told me that it's far more than they will have in a couple of more months. She said that they are scaling it down and will only have four feet of shelf space dedicated to yarn. Four feet! I told her that I supposed that's ...

I went grocery shopping earlier. I bought enough to last for a few days, and nothing extravagant, yet even with the small discount for using my own canvas shopping bags in lieu of the landfill crowding plastic bags, it still totalled seventy bucks. Yikes! It's hard to believe that food can cost so damn much for so damn little. The cost of meat has gone through the roof. I bought a couple of pounds of ground chuck and a small package of chicken breast. Hardly expensive cuts of meat. Add a f...

I'm watching the new 'sitcom' Cavemen, spawned by the tv commercials everyone has seen by now. I expected the show to pretty much suck, but once again Hollywood has exceeded my expectations and created a show that is far worse than I could have imagined. The show is a non-stop PC racism-fest fraught with not so subtle racist conversations and scenarios. Just fill in 'caveman' in place of any minority and go with it. It goes beyond the absurdities of typical political correctness. I c...

I just have to order one of these shirts.

Around lunch time today I was sitting at the counter in a truckstop. I had finished eating and was spending a few minutes knitting to unwind a bit before moving on. The driver next to me started up a conversation with me. I could tell by the look in his eyes that he intended to amuse himself by messing with me. Him: "Whatcha making? A dress?" Me: "Any idiot can see it's a scarf." Him: "Oh yeah, ok. Did your mommy teach you how to do that?" I decided to mess with him a little. M...

The state of NC is kicking off Operation T.A.C.T., Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks. Due to the high number of commercial vehicle/passenger vehicle crashes on NC highways, the NC Highway Patrol will be targeting drivers who drive aggressively around big rigs. This from the News 14 Carolina website story: CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. -- We've all seen it, or perhaps even done it -- speeding past a big-rig on the highway. The excessive speed, combined with a number of different factors, mak...

After not having much knitting time for several weeks I have finally had some decent time here and there to work on the Irish Hiking Scarf and have made some progress on it. I'm pretty happy with the way it's turning out even if it is only about 1/3 finished at this point.

On Wednesday of last week I went to an ATM to draw $200 off my fuel card (I get paid throuogh my fuel card) to pay some bills. The machine spit of a single 20 dollar bill and then a receipt showing a $200 transaction. The screen also starting displaying an out of service message. Well hell. I made a note of the phone number for the ATM company and called them about the problem. The man took the information and said that he would enter the dispute into their system and they would resolve it...