January 31 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

January 31 2010

Granny Square of the Day: Watched the tutorials over at Meet Me at Mikes while making this. I used up all the purple, white and black within inches of the ends, and had to supplement the end with a bit of variegated from yesterday.
I have decided to join all the Winter squares (Jan Feb and Dec) into one craft, all the Spring squares (Mar Apr May), all the Summer squares (Jun July Aug) and all the Fall Squares (Sept Oct Nov). In this way, all the first and all the last will be together in one, all the worst and all the best. As I am making each square independent of the other squares, it will be interesting to puzzle them together as they all have different gauges, styles, and sizes.


Reading of the Day: The newsletter said this:

Make 2010 the Year of The Book

Always wanted to read Anna Karenina? Moby Dick? Pride and Prejudice? Make this the year that you finally tackle The Book—you know, one major classic you ought to have read at some point in your life. Take it one day and one installment at a time—you can do it! Check out our Classics for inspiration.

So I did this:

01 —of— 54

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

THE PRINCE Nicolo Machiavelli Translated by W. K. Marriott CHAPTER I: HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED All states, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities. Principalities are either hereditary, in which the family has been long established; or they are new. The new are either entirely new, as was Milan to Francesco Sforza, or they are, as it were, members annexed to the hereditary state of the prince who has acquired them, as was the kingdom of Naples to that of the King of Spain. Such dominions thus acquired are either accustomed to live under a prince, or to live in freedom; and are acquired either by the arms of the prince himself, or of others, or else by fortune or by ability.

Yes, you read that right. This is only 1/54 of the entire book. Awesome, huh? Get yourself one. DailyLIt.
Also, for Reading of the Day: Coming Soon: Shelfari! in my footer bar.


Shows of the Day:
Winter X Games; Avalanche/Rangers; ProBowl; Grammy Awards