rambly stuff!

I’m not sure if this will help anyone, but it has worked for me, so I’ll pass it along. I used to get TONS of comment spam on my blog…literally, like dozens a day, sometimes 100+. I think it’s because I don’t block robots from my site, and even though I’m running Akismet, some spam would still sneak in. Well, I turned off trackbacks in WordPress (I think it’s in the Options tab or somewhere), and ever since I did that, I get hardly any spam. Just passing that info to you.

So, today had crazy weather! Wind gusts up to 50 mph, which is oh-so-nice when one has to take the interstate to work. Needless to say, I took the interstate going to work but used an alternate route on the way home. Longer commute, but probably safer.

I knit some on my Fleece Artist sock before work this morning while enjoying a Mocha Frapp from Starbucks. Now that’s a nice morning! I even had a chance to pop into one of my LYSes during lunch since I needed some new dpns. My bamboos are definitely bent. I’m trying some Brittany birch ones for the first time. I wanted to get some new #1s, until the shop owner told me that Brittany doesn’t make them in size 1 since they snap so easily. So I got them in size 2. I used to be a Knit Picks dpn devotee until the finish on mine started peeling off. It was ok for a while, since KP replaced them for free, until the finish on the *replacements* started peeling, too! arg! I highly suspect this is due to my sweaty hands knitting. Probably something about the oils in my skin interacting with the nickel coating, methinks. hmm.

Speaking of knitting (when am I NOT speaking of it?), kc informed me that Blue Moon Fiber Arts added more colorways to their site! egads, the prettiness!! I must NOT buy any of it anytime soon, as my stash is just growing and growing like a fungus (albeit a mighty pretty one), and I can’t knit fast enough to keep up with it. But oh, those colorways are inviting. I think my favorite is Socktopus, hehe.

So, more about the Diana Gabaldon event I’m attending this week, squee! Apparently I was initially signed up for the Thursday night event because Wednesday’s was booked full. Then today, I got a voicemail from the organizer of the events, saying that I had been waitlisted for Wednesday but she had two tickets for me, if I still wanted them! yes, of course I still want them! See, Wednesday there’s a book signing and a more formal meet-and-greet, I guess, plus a Celtic group/band. Then Thursday there’s an informal event with Diana, which is the one I thought I was attending since less people had registered for it. But now, it looks like I’m going to the Wednesday one instead because they’re trying to register more people for Thursday night. I called them back to confirm, and I have tickets for Wednesday reserved…I’m just waiting for the organizer to call me AGAIN and confirm with me to pick them up. phew! I’m just so excited to be going; I’ll go to either event, as long as I go to at least one, I’ll be a very happy chick.

Is this only Monday? Today at work went by really quickly for me. Maybe too quickly. I was pretty busy and didn’t get everthing done. It’s kind of weird for me to leave work for the next couple of days…I’m used to finishing everything before I go home. I guess it’s good that I’ll be busy, at least!