Facebook is convincing me that we are at the end of any possible advancement as a species.
Take the “We’re Related” application.
Essentially, you can add your relatives, who then add theirs, etc., so you can see exactly why that nephew of yours is a little off, what with his parents being second cousins and everything.
I once [...]
Tags: apocalypse, facebook, good old fashioned groin mauling, overpopulation, six degrees of separation
Posted by Barely Knit Together on May 25, 2009 in
People Are Idiots That’s right folks – the long awaited interview has been granted at last. The reclusive, eccentric Ms. Barely Knit (the appellation she prefers) has agreed to sit down with us in a very posh cafe, provided we foot the bill and bring a couple of bottles of wine, a Chinese parasol, the “Which brand ball [...]
Tags: 18 year old scotch, facebook, facebook quizzes, interview, klein bottle, Ms. Barely Knit, who ordered the medium rare tuna, zombie attacks
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Mar 27, 2009 in
Fiber Friday,
Giveaway Welcome to another Fiber Friday giveaway here in the nuthouse. On Facebook recently, I came across an old friend
an acquaintance
a guy I used to play baseball with when I was a tomboy kid but I really just did cartwheels in the outfield so I shouldn’t remind him but see, his dad was the coach and [...]
Tags: facebook, Fiber Friday, free t-shirt, funny tshirts, naked gringo, naked mafia, shirt designs, t-shirt giveaway
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Mar 12, 2009 in
Mental Stability,
Uncategorized,
Writing People are following me.
And I let them.
In fact, maybe I want them too. That’s sort of why I’m writing this – to figure out my motivations. Because I’ve had conversations with someone about this and the question of motivation always comes up. Frankly, I think he’s a little obsessive, but what do I really know?
I’m [...]
Tags: community, facebook, follow, friend, internet, social networking, Twitter
Disclosure: I occasionally, in a fit of mindlessness, click on those ridiculous quizzes from Facebook. Go ahead, mock me. You’ve all done it too and I know it.
Yesterday, there was one purporting to tell me what kind of mommy I am. From five questions.
I don’t think anyone should be pigeonholed into some arbitrary category of [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, facebook, mothering, parenting, quiz
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 23, 2009 in
Fiber Friday,
Knitting,
Motherhood,
cloth diapering It’s Fiber Friday again, and as I promised, I am about to send you down rabbit holes aplenty and I guarantee you will never change a cloth diaper again because you will be too busy clicking around the fabulous sites for eco-minded moms.
If you are new to cloth diapering in general Green Mountain Diapers is [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, caring for wool, cloth diapering, cloth diapers, eco-friendly, Emma Kwasnica, etsy, facebook, free longies patterns, how to wash cloth diapers, lanolizing, longies, recycling, war on nipples, wool
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 12, 2009 in
People Are Idiots Ugh. I finally found a suitable replacement for MySpace, where some *cough* obsessional *cough* issues with jealousy were seriously cramping my style, and then I hear Facebook keeps deleting photos of breastfeeding women with their babies.
Hunh??
Oh yeah, I forgot. Breasts are the puritanical equivalent of the way HAIR is in some cultures, which I will [...]
Tags: attachment parenting, babies, Breastfeeding, facebook, myspace, nipples
