big birds and other funnies

I've got a joke for you. Or, as a kid might say, "I tell you a funny!" The professor is on a variety of lists for his work and research. One is called "evolution" or some such, and often lists research positions. There's a really hot European postdoctoral post that's just come up. The subject line:
JOB: Study the Great Tits of Switzerland

We've been laughing about this for several days. The professor thinks that maybe English was not the poster's first language. (YA THINK!?) The person who originally posted has since reposted with a much less hilarious subject header. A shame--you can almost imagine his embarrassment, and then the thought, "You people have such dirty minds!"
In case you think I'm being lewd, here's a link to a BBC program that refers to these creatures. They are really just big birds. :)

Continuing the wacky theme, these are my nephew's newest pair of mittens. Made with O-Wool...OH, Wool, how I love you! These things bloomed up in a fantastic fashion when I washed them for blocking, and only took about a day or two to knit. You'll notice the distinct lack of thumbs. These are Auntie Joanne's special thumbless wonder mitts (patent pending!) for 2 year olds who refuse to wear their handknit mittens, because it's hard to suck your thumb while mittened. Now, I'm not taking that personally, and we all know that breaking up with your thumb is hard to do. In the meanwhile, it's January, and those little fingers are cold. Hence, my second pair of mittens for this little man...

Finally, I demonstrate the newest in interior design chez Seiff. See below, the two-toned new pad for the dogs' bowl. Crocheted on an enormous hook, with hand-dyed roving from my stash. There will be a pattern for something sort of like this in my book. In the meanwhile, I got tired of looking at the old ratty felted sweater pad. It was dirty. It took less time to crochet this than it would to wash the old one. Plus, I like crochet better than handwashing...

My friend Rosemary called me the other day and we commiserated about writing books. There should be a support group, I'm just sayin'! However, she's kindly given me an award since then...see details on her blog. I will be posting about that soon soon. As soon as I stop giggling about those big birds in Switzerland. Heee hee.

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