This is the author I was thinking of with the really cool techniques [link]
Also this book [link] and its follow up [link]
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Dec 09, 2009 12:40:27 pm PST #2827 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Polter-Cow - Dec 09, 2009 12:44:08 pm PST #2828 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, the Mason-Dixon books looked good too. Damn, now I can't choose!
Daisy Jane - Dec 09, 2009 12:45:15 pm PST #2829 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Sorry!
Polter-Cow - Dec 09, 2009 12:47:49 pm PST #2830 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Although for the price of one of those Mason-Dixon books, I could get her two of the Yarn Harlot books. I'm leaning more toward that, since they both seem good: the first is more life experience and the second has practical tips as well. And the paperbacks are more portable for potential holiday reading.
Daisy Jane - Dec 09, 2009 12:49:29 pm PST #2831 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
There you go! I'm serious about the Cast-On podcast too. If she doesn't know about it, it is awesome.
DebetEsse - Dec 09, 2009 12:54:03 pm PST #2832 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yarn Harlot, except for Knitting Rules, is all essays--no patterns. The Mason Dixon books are some writing, and a goodly number of patterns. As a gift, actually, I'd lean toward Yarn Harlot. Because, well, knitting humor.
Polter-Cow - Dec 09, 2009 12:54:43 pm PST #2833 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just sent her the link. She didn't know about it.
Yarn Harlot, except for Knitting Rules, is all essays--no patterns. The Mason Dixon books are some writing, and a goodly number of patterns. As a gift, actually, I'd lean toward Yarn Harlot. Because, well, knitting humor.
Exactly! They seem more appropriate as gifts coming from me.
Man, I'm glad I got someone I know and like. I was afraid I was going to get the guy in the cube next to me who sneezes all day and doesn't take showers.
Vortex - Dec 09, 2009 12:56:49 pm PST #2834 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Sounds like the perfect opportunity to buy him some soap.
Mala - Dec 09, 2009 1:01:22 pm PST #2835 of 30000
I heartily recommend every book by Elizabeth Zimmerman, especially The Opinionated Knitter. Timeless patterns written in a witty manner. If she's a big knitter she may already have some knitting books. My other suggestion would be a gift card at a local yarn shop.
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2009 1:02:43 pm PST #2836 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It is too early in December for me to be this sick of Christmas stuff already. Even the Pandora station that my officemate listens to that usually plays Gregorian chant has switched over to Christmas songs in Latin. And I ended up, once again, in my least favorite Christmas discussion ever, in which an atheist who celebrates Christmas informs me that the way Christmas is celebrated in America is culturally American and has nothing to do with Christianity, and therefore there's no reason why I shouldn't celebrate it.
Being reminded that I'm unAmerican by people like this and also by Pat Buchanan-type Christians -- the joy of the season.