Comments on: Slouching towards Boston http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 18 May 2012 00:56:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Knit Sisters » Blog Archive » The truck we had to push http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-723 Knit Sisters » Blog Archive » The truck we had to push Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:11:11 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-723 [...] Further home improvements have occurred Chez Mad Dog! Many of you will recall the magical transformation of the porch formerly known as The Sunporch of the Damned that Alex effected, as if by feat of ledgerdemain (where, after all, did all that crap go?), while I was on the road. Now he has outdone himself by installing sunporch bookshelves: Still life with James Joyce and dog butt. [...] [...] Further home improvements have occurred Chez Mad Dog! Many of you will recall the magical transformation of the porch formerly known as The Sunporch of the Damned that Alex effected, as if by feat of ledgerdemain (where, after all, did all that crap go?), while I was on the road. Now he has outdone himself by installing sunporch bookshelves: Still life with James Joyce and dog butt. [...]

]]> By: Diane http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-497 Diane Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:55:57 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-497 So, are you going to do the sun room in shades of terra cotta? So, are you going to do the sun room in shades of terra cotta?

]]> By: Alex http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-496 Alex Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:57:06 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-496 Thanks for the enthusiasm about the sun porch. I had promised Ellen I would get to it before summer ended and just barely squeezed it in. Hopefully we will convert it into a little reading room, with some bookshelves along the long wall. We'll see! Thanks for the enthusiasm about the sun porch. I had promised Ellen I would get to it before summer ended and just barely squeezed it in. Hopefully we will convert it into a little reading room, with some bookshelves along the long wall. We’ll see!

]]> By: Becki http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-494 Becki Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:34:59 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-494 I laughed out loud for so long at the Terra Cotta incident! Because you see, I am a Latin teacher. And "terra firma" happens to be one of the phrases my Latin 1 classes are studying this very week. So my immediate response was "Even my first-years, after two weeks of school, would've got that right!" So of course I had to tell them the "Terra Cotta" story today when we were reviewing Terra Firma in class. They laughed almost as loud as I had done. Thanks so much for sharing - it made a fun Latin Moment in class today! I laughed out loud for so long at the Terra Cotta incident! Because you see, I am a Latin teacher. And “terra firma” happens to be one of the phrases my Latin 1 classes are studying this very week. So my immediate response was “Even my first-years, after two weeks of school, would’ve got that right!”

So of course I had to tell them the “Terra Cotta” story today when we were reviewing Terra Firma in class. They laughed almost as loud as I had done. Thanks so much for sharing - it made a fun Latin Moment in class today!

]]> By: Laura http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-491 Laura Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:18:26 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-491 i swear, ellen, you make this stuff up, don't you? "terra cotta"?! sheesh! i swear, ellen, you make this stuff up, don’t you? “terra cotta”?! sheesh!

]]> By: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-489 lorinda Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:00:34 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-489 The funny thing about those Sartrian (is that a word?) moments of "No Exit" is that there's always fodder for hilarity--after the fact. Glad you're home. Send Alex over to my place, and I'll go away for two weeks hoping it will look like paradise when I return, as did your screen porch. Kudos Alex!!! Glad you like the yarn. The funny thing about those Sartrian (is that a word?) moments of “No Exit” is that there’s always fodder for hilarity–after the fact. Glad you’re home. Send Alex over to my place, and I’ll go away for two weeks hoping it will look like paradise when I return, as did your screen porch. Kudos Alex!!! Glad you like the yarn.

]]> By: Ida http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-488 Ida Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:25:41 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/08/29/terracotta/#comment-488 I love (and covet) your sun-porch! Good work, indeed, Alex. Denver's weather...friends of ours who live there once told about the time it was 85 degrees one day and snowed 8 inches the next day. And, finally...your flight commentator. It's amazing how truly annoying and insensitive some folks can be! Glad you're back safely. I love (and covet) your sun-porch! Good work, indeed, Alex. Denver’s weather…friends of ours who live there once told about the time it was 85 degrees one day and snowed 8 inches the next day. And, finally…your flight commentator. It’s amazing how truly annoying and insensitive some folks can be! Glad you’re back safely.

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