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I love it when someone in the SCA says, "I'm going to put together a (insert description of incredibly involved sewing project here)" when what they really mean is, "My wife/Significant Person who sews for me" is going to do all the work after I tell her what I want."

That would be like me saying I'm going to make new poles for my pavilion or put together new garb-storage boxes. I know darned well who does that work - and crediting him is the LEAST I could do in a general mailing/conversation!

Geeky giggle

I just ran across something that made me snort out loud...

A monk who was on the Medieval Religion email list took over the 'saints of the day' posting for a brief while many years ago - his lists were always a little sweeter to read than those made by other folks, as his loving faith shone so clear in what he wrote about each saint. But then I got to March 21, and this entry:

"SERAPION, bishop of Thmuis (4th cent)
Serapion, bishop of Thmuis,in Egypt, a friend of S. Antony . . .
is said by S. Jerome to have suffered for his zeal in the orthodox
cause, under Constantius, when the Arians were in power.
This year's Lent competition is to write a limerick beginning
"Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis . . ." "


Oh my. I have giggled my way through fifteen replies of varying badness (in all shades of 'bad') including one three-verse limerick that was a hoot of puns.

*shaking head* The things we find while doing research... and here I thought I was just taking abreak from wrapping gifts and cleaning bedrooms. heh.