It’s the birthday of my beloved friend Mia. Pop over and leave some good wishes for her, especially since that *&#$%^ Wells gave up a three run homer and lost the game — no one deserves that on her birthday. Mia is a totally excellent person, and she’s also responsible for my learning to knit. When we were roommates in college, she gifted me with some size 8 aluminum straights, a ball of yarn, and a book of basic techniques. Then it was off to the races long enough to make a 2×2 ribbed scarf in Lamb’s Pride for each of my dad’s parents, after which time I got too involved with my last semestre of college, my teaching certificate, and my terribly compelling boyfriend (now husband) and put down the sticks. And then I moved to the Bahamas, and let’s just say that wasn’t conducive to even thinking about wool. But here I am back in the saddle again, and I still say it’s thanks to Mia that I’ve become a knitter. Who else would have been there for me with a crochet hook when I’d forgotten to weave in the ends on my wedding stole? Cheers, Snugglepie. I loves ya.

And I know Mia won’t mind if I hijack her birthday post to add this, which I’ve been meaning to follow up on since I first saw it on Norma’s blog:

another type of MEME

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans…
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Tomorrow, a return to our scheduled knitting content with the pattern for the moonbooties.