<?xml version="1.0" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>sewcrates.com</title><link>http://sewcrates.com</link><description>relief from ennui</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>sewcrates.com (c) 2008 by david figatner</copyright><item><title>Show me something</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/Show_me_something/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/Show_me_something.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;We didn&#39;t sleep well last night. Not sure if it was the cold, the dryness, or the muscle aches from Naginata. Either way there was much tossing and/or turning.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:42:55 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Faces/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/Show_me_something/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/Show_me_something/</guid></item><item><title>There&#39;s something about me</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/Theres_something_about_me/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/Theres_something_about_me.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;It&#39;s cold in Seattle. Not sure what happened but people yesterday claimed to have seen snow. In March. Today is sunny but still cold. I guess Spring will have to wait a few more days.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:51:39 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Suffering/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/Theres_something_about_me/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/Theres_something_about_me/</guid></item><item><title>I have so many other talents</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/I_have_so_many_other_talents/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/I_have_so_many_other_talents.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;And, regrettably, jumping rope is not one of them. I really have to start drawing better hands. I have a book on it and everything. All I need to do is read it.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:25:27 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Jump rope/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Talents/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/I_have_so_many_other_talents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/I_have_so_many_other_talents/</guid></item><item><title>&quot;You can&#39;t always be right&quot;</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/You_cant_always_be_right/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/You_cant_always_be_right.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;But I do try. I always do try.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:40:38 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Philosophy/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Blue Guy/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/You_cant_always_be_right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/You_cant_always_be_right/</guid></item><item><title>The choices we sow</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/The_choices_we_sow/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/The_choices_we_sow.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Another tired morning. I need to sleep. For a week.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:17:49 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Two Roads/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Decisions/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/The_choices_we_sow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/The_choices_we_sow/</guid></item><item><title>&quot;I&#39;ve been asked to read this statement: I&#39;m a big fat idiot&quot;</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/Ive_been_asked_to_read_this_statement_Im_a_big_fat_idiot/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/Ive_been_asked_to_read_this_statement_Im_a_big_fat_idiot.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Back to my normally scheduled queue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;As I left work yesterday, the warm rain smelled of Spring. I want to thank Winter this year. She has been quite mild.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:23:46 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Purple Boss/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Work/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Suffering/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/Ive_been_asked_to_read_this_statement_Im_a_big_fat_idiot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/Ive_been_asked_to_read_this_statement_Im_a_big_fat_idiot/</guid></item><item><title>What if all I had was a sword?</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/What_if_all_I_had_was_a_sword/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/What_if_all_I_had_was_a_sword.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Sorry for the late update. We hosted a group of high school students this morning. They did a mock negotiation of the type I normally do at work. I&#39;m worried that maybe I&#39;m a bit more replaceable than I suspected.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:24:17 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Warrior/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/D&#38;D/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Sword/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Dream/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/What_if_all_I_had_was_a_sword/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/What_if_all_I_had_was_a_sword/</guid></item><item><title>The world is still watching</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/The_world_is_still_watching/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/The_world_is_still_watching.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;I intended to post my Olympics Horrible, but I can&#39;t find the energy to write about the experience. This one needs fewer words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;This was inspired from &lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/SsvQGCmVTCI/AAAAAAAAGys/-xgqL0S9EXk/s1600-h/poca025.jpg&quot; title=&quot;this cartoon background&quot;&gt;this cartoon background&lt;/a&gt; found in &lt;a href=&quot;http://animationbackgrounds.blogspot.com/2009/10/pocahontas-1995.html&quot; title=&quot;this collection of Pocahontas (1985) backgrounds&quot;&gt;this collection of Pocahontas (1985) backgrounds&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:35:04 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Water/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Stars/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Moon/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Trees/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Art/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/The_world_is_still_watching/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/The_world_is_still_watching/</guid></item><item><title>Curling at Vancouver Olympics</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;photos&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/Curling_at_Vancouver_Olympics/&quot; title=&quot;Gallery&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;photos&quot; src=&quot;/photos/slides/11946.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;photos_count&quot;&gt;Photos: 42&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:50:32 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Vacation/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Ice/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Olympics/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Curling/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Canada/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/Curling_at_Vancouver_Olympics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/Curling_at_Vancouver_Olympics/</guid></item><item><title>&quot;Go ahead, ask me anything about the government&#39;s secret experiments&quot;</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/Go_ahead_ask_me_anything_about_the_governments_secret_experiments/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/Go_ahead_ask_me_anything_about_the_governments_secret_experiments.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;I love this guy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:53:18 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Conspiracy/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/Go_ahead_ask_me_anything_about_the_governments_secret_experiments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/Go_ahead_ask_me_anything_about_the_governments_secret_experiments/</guid></item><item><title>The blank page is sucking out my soul</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/The_blank_page_is_sucking_out_my_soul/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/The_blank_page_is_sucking_out_my_soul.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;That&#39;s an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC&quot; title=&quot;OLPC (One Laptop per Child)&quot;&gt;OLPC (One Laptop per Child)&lt;/a&gt; in the Horrible. One of my writing mates uses it to write during our Sunday morning meet-ups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;We&#39;re off to watch the women&#39;s gold medal match in Vancouver on Friday. It took some arm twisting, but I am looking forward to a new photo album (it&#39;s sad that that&#39;s the reason I do things now).&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:50:20 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Writing/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Computer/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/The_blank_page_is_sucking_out_my_soul/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/The_blank_page_is_sucking_out_my_soul/</guid></item><item><title>It&#39;s not always an easy bargain</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/Its_not_always_an_easy_bargain/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/Its_not_always_an_easy_bargain.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;There&#39;s no sun! I can&#39;t figure out what happened.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:46:34 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Bargains/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/Its_not_always_an_easy_bargain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/Its_not_always_an_easy_bargain/</guid></item><item><title>I should be sleeping</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/I_should_be_sleeping/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/I_should_be_sleeping.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Another beautiful Monday morning. I can get used to this. The weekend went by quickly again. Lots of parks and dogs. I didn&#39;t doodle as much as I had hoped. I may end up paying for this.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:08:00 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Moon/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Stars/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Earth/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/I_should_be_sleeping/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/I_should_be_sleeping/</guid></item><item><title>I have to stop living in my small head</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/I_have_to_stop_living_in_my_small_head/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/I_have_to_stop_living_in_my_small_head.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;It&#39;s Friday (yeah, I know, this shouldn&#39;t count as a post).&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:10:46 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Suffering/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/I_have_to_stop_living_in_my_small_head/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/I_have_to_stop_living_in_my_small_head/</guid></item><item><title>I would be rich</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://castofhorribles.com/I_would_be_rich/big/&quot; title=&quot;Larger Version&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;doodle&quot; src=&quot;http://sewcrates.com/doodles/I_would_be_rich.png&quot; alt=&quot;doodle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Ah, the dream of doodling for a living! We&#39;d have to move from the Villa to a cardboard box and I&#39;d have to pirate electricity to power my drawing tablet. But think of the fun....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Today&#39;s kitchen tidbit: don&#39;t place salt in an air-tight metal container. The trapped water and salt eat away at the metal and the rust turns the salt brown.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:20:14 -0800</pubDate><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Art/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Sale/"></category><category domain="http://sewcrates.com/tags/Cast of Horribles/"></category><link>http://sewcrates.com/I_would_be_rich/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sewcrates.com/I_would_be_rich/</guid></item></channel></rss>