I have noticed on some of the sewing blogs that a lot of younger women do not seem to know what the word “dowdy” means. Now I know I probably should say, “I do not like the way the meaning of the word “dowdy” has changed,” but I have decided that I’m going to be [...]

I’m still watching Orphan Black. The story is interesting enough to overcome the fact that I don’t particularly like the main character. The clones all have different personalities and of them all, the one that you might think I would identify with the most is the one I like the least – the “soccer mom” [...]

Seriously? We’re still talking about this? Sweetie, I think you better check your calendar. The 70′s were over a while ago. In case you missed it, most of us decided that we still want to wear bras, mainly because they make clothes look better, but we also decided that everyone has the right to not [...]

I had already been thinking about something I might want to say about Tumblr for a while before I saw this. I have never thought of it as anything but just another blog platform but I have been thinking that some blog platforms, like Tumblr and the old LiveJournal seem to form almost cult-like communities. [...]

I don’t know why I even look at these things. Curiosity I guess. 100 Spring Handbags Under $100. It’s a slideshow. I got through a little more than half of it before I got bored with it and in that half, the cheapest one was $19.95 (I think. It was definitely $19 and change.) and [...]

I really wish Hollywood would get over the whole Psychotic Criminal Weirdos Listening to Classical Music thing. I’m looking at you this time, Fox.

Oh, this post could get me into trouble. First of all, I honestly don’t care what anyone is into or what their orientation happens to be. Not my business. Diversity is delightful. Really. It can be so amusing sometimes. But that’s just it. I’m not supposed to be amused. It’s disrespectful. And if I find [...]

No spoilers but there are two things I must say about this week’s Castle cliffhanger. 1: Whoa! I didn’t see that coming! and 2: What the hell?!

Quote from this really great Valentines Day post, found at Byzantium’s Shores: … I have a theory about rhyme, that we turned away from rhyme at the same time we turned away from dancing as a social and communal recreation, the same time we turned away from gathering around to sing together, the same time [...]

What happened to all the science fiction? There were several sci-fi and fantasy shows on but they’ve all disappeared. I read somewhere that Grimm will be back in March. Fringe has ended. As for SyFy… who knows? The thing I hate about SyFy is that seasons of any series only last a few weeks and [...]

Classic album covers recreated with kittens. (One of the originals is NSFW) It’s really hard for me to pick a favorite, or even a top 3. I mean… it’s kittens!. I’d like to see more of these. There are all kinds of possibilities.

I guess you could say I have a “strange relationship” with football. A few weeks before the start of the NFL season I start looking forward to it. Sometimes I even get into “Oooo I can hardly wait,” mode. And then the season starts and I really enjoy watching football. But, usually, a little more [...]

I saw this article recently and now Charles has commented on it and posted a picture of a certain 66-year-old who dresses as she damn well pleases. The article cites a survey (Why do they never ask me?) in which 2000 women said that at a certain age you should stop wearing lots of makeup, [...]

There is a commercial (for a credit card, I think) in which the very perky checkout girl at a toy store tells the customer, “Have a super sparkly day.” The customer says, “Okay,” in a tone that strongly suggests that she does not appreciate the sentiment. You know what? I don’t think I would have [...]

It’s been a long time since I have regularly visited Twitter. After not going there for months I decided to try it again but that lasted only a few days. I did like Twitter but for some reason I can’t seem to get back into it. I signed up for Facebook because I had hoped [...]

About half a month ago Ruth wrote about the preference for young thin people “even when we are old and not so thin!” She notes that sewing blogs written by women who are young and size 4-10 are more popular than those by older women who are size 14-18. (Okay, there’s my excuse. I’m not [...]

OMG! I was looking for more of this (Yay! I think I found the whole thing!) and also found this: I remember that! I remember watching that scene but I had forgotten all about it.

October 19th was Little Black Dress Day. As I’ve mentioned before, I have never owned a little black dress and don’t have any need for one. Once in a while I think maybe I should make one, “just because” but then I read something like this: “While the LBD is a staple in every woman’s [...]

Did you know that October 5th is Plaidurday? I had never heard of it before but I’m glad that this time I found out about the day before it happened, unlike that corduroy thing that I missed. I don’t think I have any more plaid to sew but I have plaid to wear if it’s [...]

I have no idea what the problem is with the referees – my heart tells me to blame the NFL – but, as with most such situations, I think all parties involved in the negotiations should be locked in a room with no food, nothing to drink except tap water, only metal folding chairs to [...]

Call Me Stormy has declared this A Day of Bacon. Unfortunately, I don’t have any bacon in the house right now. It is getting to be bacon season around here though. I know, I know… any time is a good time for bacon. Our problem is that we don’t have a proper exhaust fan in [...]

Making fun of high fashion is so much fun and Prttynpnk does it so well, to an exceptionally deserving designer. Seriously, WTF? And someone needs to introduce this designer to a nifty undergarment called a slip. Or… just to undergarments, period.

Every year the fashion industry gives me new reasons to be glad I know how to make my own clothes. Behold Pantone’s Top 10 Fashion Colors for Spring 2013. (via) Actually, most of them are not all that bad. My first reaction was somewhat negative but I like the green, “Tender Shoots” and the “Lemon [...]

The season finale of the A&E series Longmire aired this week. cable/satellite seasons are so short and it’s such a long time between seasons. Maybe half a dozen episodes, ending with a spectacular cliff-hanger and then you have to wait ten months to find out what happens, by which time you likely won’t even care [...]

A little over a week ago I started seeing advertisements, on whatever cable/satellite channel we were watching, for standup comedian W. Kamau Bell. Well, we had never heard of Bell before but the bits they were playing in the commercial looked funny so we set the machine to record his show. We watched it yesterday. [...]