I like cross-stitching, but tend to lose patience with it pretty quickly -- you put in two hours and it's, like, one inch of cloth. I've tried knitting a few times, but never felt drawn enough to it to learn properly. It doesn't seem like the sort of thing my fingers want to do.

I have the opposite husband from Susan, though. When I suggest I should get a crafty hobby, he gives me a "What, that again?" look and gently reminds me of the many crafty things I have expressed interest in and started but not finished.

I like cross-stitching, but tend to lose patience with it pretty quickly -- you put in two hours and it's, like, one inch of cloth.

I have this problem sometimes too. Fortunately I have other projects I've completed hanging on the wall to motivate me to finish - that the end result is worth the time.

Coloring is great therapy, as is playing with Play-Doh.

Play-Doh rocks. We used to Play-Doh nights with the boys and sit around making stuff for hours.

Have you tried Japanese Puzzles (or Tsunamis)?

No! Thanks for the link. I used to love these Altaire books as a kid, too -- they were just geometric designs you could color in. I don't know if you can find them anymore.

Gives AmyLiz the hairy eyeball.

What? Innocent whistling...

I got props.

Rightly so. That's funny. My high school teacher/mentor, Dave Arnett is a midwestern white guy. When his first class of students (mostly black) started to act up, he'd turn on 'em and say, "Child, please!" and his kids would crack up.

Play-Doh rocks

I loved smooshing it onto the Sunday comics, peeling it back and seeing the pictures backwards.

I loved smooshing it onto the Sunday comics

We used to do that with Silly Putty.

That sounds like Silly Putty. You can do that with Play-Doh?

Play-doh beathen, or Silly Putty?

Most Buffista Xpost ever?

It's a giant Silly Putty cross-post.