Okay…cool things…what have I got?
Well, thanks to my friend Bonnie (who I hope is feeling better!), I have this mindboggling youtube timewaster. Yup, that’s my favorite sort of internet thingee!
BarackPaperScissors:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2mcdS6ioo8
Go there. You’ll love it.
I’m currently obsessed with genealogy, but even before I became obsessed with Ancestry.com, I wanted to know more about my Great-Grandmother Merritt. I’ve always felt a sort of affinity with her, even though she died before I was born. I’ve collected several family heirlooms that were hers. But I was never able to find out more about the Merritt family’s origins – the only thing I had was the name of her father, and I could find out nothing about him. It was deeply frustrating.
But then I was cruising ebay, and I found this guy:
http://myworld.ebay.com/boba216/
He offers 2 hours of professional genealogy research for a starting bid of $3. You can’t beat that! So I won my auction, and put him to work. So far, he’s worked one hour, and traced the Merritts back five generations! Very, very cool. I may have to purchase some time later at his normal wage of $12 an hour and have him solve another problem that’s been bugging me.
In my own genealogy research, I’ve found I’m direct-blood related to King John I of England (he of Robin Hood infamy), King Duncan I of Scotland (he who was murdered by MacBeth), and Charlemagne. I’ve also got a family line of Stuarts, and it turns out I’m some sort of cousin to Robert the Bruce (his daughter married my ancestor’s brother….)
What else is cool? Oh yes. I’m past the 100,000 word mark in Arassa! Now I can only hope I reach the The End soon. I don’t want to write another massive book after the last one I wrote (which was so huge I broke it up into two novels, and they were still on the longish side!) This is the stage where I’m using lots and lots of pure determination and stubbornness. Arassa is still fun to write, but it’s so tempting to put it aside and work on something new and different. The Othermind isn’t helping, either, because lately I’ve been positively bombarded with images and ideas for the next book. They sneak up on me, these ideas. It’s a good sign that I’m reaching the end of Arassa, though.
This costumer’s blog is awesome (and cool).
http://theartofclothes.blogspot.com/
She’s one of the people I want to grow up to be. I’m so bloody envious of her hand-sewn eyelets on her new corset-in-the-making, that I am probably going to attempt some on my new corset. And look! I’ve got the boning for that corset!
It’s basically 5mm lengths of wooden sticks. Technically, they’re used for basket-making, but if you want to make a really, really authentic corset…well, they didn’t have plastic boning in the 1700s, did they?
I’ll leave you with this image of two indian runner ducks…
….because let’s face it.
Ducks are basically the coolest things on the planet.
Out of Eden 