My Hyrna Hergorbar shawl isn’t cooperating. (I’m thinking the unpronouncable name is so you can mumble profanities under your breath and then claim you were just “talking” to the shawl.) I know other knitters who have made this shawl, and they didn’t seem to have any trouble. But for me? It’s NOT cooperating. Even though everything seems to be working right, that center section, between repeats, just does not come out right. I don’t know if it’s me or if it’s the chart. I ultimately got two and a half rows done last night and then left it–halfway through row number 72–unable to figure out why the center wasn’t working out correctly, and therefore unable to figure out what to do to fix it. Row number 70 was normal, I didn’t make any mistakes (that I’m aware of), but the stitch count between the two rows just doesn’t seem to be working . . . is it me? Is it the hard-to-read chart? (Which, incidentally, I enlarged as far as I could get it to go on the office copy machine–but it’s still too easy to get lost.) Or is it an error in the pattern?

I don’t know. I’m sure I’ll figure something out, but I wasn’t up to it last night. Yesterday was another fun-filled visit to the dentist for some “gum work,” (aka oral surgery). Yeah. That was fun. The novocaine–even though he gave me less than half a normal dose–didn’t wear off until around 8:30. You know, only four and a half hours after my appointment started! I really hate that. And so I wasn’t in the mood to putz around with my knitting, trying to get that shawl’s row straight.

  Hey–if you’re going to Rhinebeck–Go over to Cara‘s blog and leave her a comment. She’s organizing a blogger’s get-together on Saturday at 1:00. I know I’ll be there, and I’d love to meet YOU, too!

Now, just some random links (most of which came from the MSNBC “Clicked” page):

For example, there’s this article about how people are using blogs as buyer’s guides . . . something none of us can relate to, of course . . . I mean, gosh, have you ever read about some cool, new yarn and felt the urge to buy it yourself? No, I didn’t think so. Me, either.

Or, even better, this very cool site that gives you a way to get off pesky, endless telephone calls. It provides sound effects like doorbells, or cell-phone rings, so that you can say, “Gosh, I’ve got to go. My ride just came,” and rescue yourself right off the phone.

There’s a new cookbook in town: Julie and Julia, based on the author’s 2004 blog where she was determined to cook her way through Julia Child’s classic “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in a year–while dealing with family and a full-time job. And, oh yes, she’s not a chef. I haven’t read the book yet, but did read her blog . . . should be interesting!

Then–no matter where you come in the Evolution debate–there’s this funny little spoof from the New Yorker about how the “Intelligent Design” conversation might have gone.

Lastly, please go check out the Operation Eden blog–full of photos from Hurricane Katrina–from just before it hit, through today. Some great, devastating shots in there.

And,please don’t forget that those people still need help! Please do continue to donate and registering your donation with Give a Little. Their count is over $92,000 now. Wouldn’t you love to see it reach $100,000? I know I would!

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I got this from Slip Knot Pixie’s site:

Your IQ Is 135

Your Logical Intelligence is Below AverageYour Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Is it silly that it’s bugging me which of the logic questions I got wrong to get a “below average” in that category? Logic is usually one of my strong points, and for the life of me, I can’t figure out which question should be answered differently to raise that score…

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