Chocolate and Vodkanow permanently moved to chocolateandvodka.comJack o' Lanterns 2008- October 29, 2007 This year's carvings: My witch and cat familiar. Kev's Jack Skellington. I love carving pumpkins. This year we got a proper carving set with tiny saws, a plastic 'drill' and all sorts. Made it much, much easier than trying to do it with a kitchen knife. Probably safer, too. Me working on transferring the hand-drawn design: Gutting the pumkin:http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/29/3320761.html One tooth none the richer- October 22, 2007 It's been a while since I've whined about my wisdom tooth, but it's that time again. It's been shifting about since April last year, on and off, with a series of minor infections, aches, and general unpleasantness. The other day I caught a look at it in the mirror, and frankly, it's just sitting there, rotting. So last week I went to see my dentist down in Dorset, to plead with him to remove it. When he looked at it last, a few years ago, he took an x-ray which showed that it was embedded too...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/22/3307744.html Stardust - a little slice of wonderfulness- October 21, 2007 Regular readers will know that I'm what you might call a bit of a fan of Mr Neil, so it should come as no surprise to discover that I've been rather looking forward to Stardust, the film version of Mr Neil's book of the same name. It's been a while since I last read the book - it's currently packed away in a box in my parents' loft, along with about 75% of all my belongings - but like all Mr Neil's work, it's a book of which I have fond memories. Unlike the awful mess that has been made of..http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/21/3305499.html CnV weirdness- October 15, 2007 I just noticed that the emails from Blogware informing me that a comment has gone into moderation have been caught in Gmail's spam trap, and that there is no easy way for me to look at any comment beyond the 50th most recent. I fear this means that some of you may have left comments that never appeared, and which never will appear now because they are lost somewhere in the depths of Blogware's admin system. I'm sorry about that. I will be moving off Blogware onto an installation of...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/15/3292859.html The right (silk) stuff- October 14, 2007 As well as trying hard to find exactly the right shade of burgundy card for the invitations, I've also been trying to find exactly the right silks for my wedding dress. Having finally settled on a dressmaker, who not only can do exactly what I want but can also do it at a reasonable price and without throwing a strop about "design rights" and attempting to charge for quotes, I spent quite a bit of time trying to find the right fabric. AnitaJane, my dressmaker, showed me a number of dupion...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/14/3290435.html Somewhere between here and there- October 11, 2007 I'm writing this on my old Palm Vx, which I dug up the last time I went home. In nearly pristine condition, it's a relic from my web designer days, when I needed to keep track of an awful lot of meetings and was given this by my boss to do so. As soon as I left that job, I found I didn't really need it, so it was put away for half a decade to emerge only now. It's funny how stylish it still looks - actually, it looks nicer than Kevin's Tungsten T5, and if you can't see the screen, it could...http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/11/3285263.html |