Shorts

My friend Sinatra posted this joke to her blog told to her by one of the kids she nannys. I'd link to her blog, but as her other post today was entitled "Cervix Update" and went into graphic detail about her recent trip to the doctor regarding the impending arrival of her first child, I'm not sure how super-public she wants her blog to be. So you just get the joke. Because it made me laugh:

Two apples in an oven. One apple says "Hey, it's hot in here, huh?" The other apple says, "Oh my God! A Talking Apple!"

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This is now my favorite blog. I guess it's technically a tumblelog, not a blog. So I guess it's my favorite tumblelog.



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While my sister as officially given up on NaNoWriMo, another friend of mine has passed 10,000 words.

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My sister is knitting a blanket for her 8 year old son. Unfortunately, she let him pick out the yarn.



As she put it:

Now I am faced with the challenge of figuring out how to transform those colors into something that will not blind the knitter, the user, or any innocent bystanders.