Harry’s links

Because I seem to be letting other people do the blogging work for me this week, I thought I’d share this little gem from Our Mutual Friend that I found at Heraclitean Fire. (Inadvertent pun there, I guess, because for some of us Harry is “our mutual [virtual] friend,” though in this case I refer to the Charles Dickens novel.) As Harry explains, this bit of dialogue is between Silas Wegg, who has been offered some money to go and read a book for Mr Boffin, who�s illiterate:

�Half a crown,� said Wegg, meditating. �Yes. (It ain�t much, sir.) Half a crown.�
�Per week, you know.�
�Per week. Yes. As to the amount of strain upon the intellect now. Was you thinking at all of poetry?� Mr Wegg inquired, musing.
�Would it come dearer?� Mr Boffin asked.
�It would come dearer,� Mr Wegg returned. �For when a person comes to grind off poetry night after night, it is but right he should expect to be paid for its weakening effect on his mind.�

And you all thought poetry was harmless.

I’ve also been following a few of Harry’s links. If you’re a fan of Terry Pratchett at all, as we are in this house, you’ll like this Discworld Cake, constructed for the baker’s daughter’s wedding. I love the cake but I’m also glad I have only sons and will never be called upon to do anything this elaborate in the way of baking. Or sculpting.

Donna and Rebecca, my queens of the needle, might love this knitted digestive system, though looking at the rectum I think some Preparation H might be in order.

Speaking of Donna, this spot looks good for highlighting the link she sent me to a post on Crochet in the Expanded Field. Agata Oleksiak’s crocheted camouflage Cadillac is worth seeing — it looks pretty much full sized — but I really like Yvette Kaiser Smith’s “Misconception,” done with crocheted fiber glass. (Isn’t fiberglass itchy?)

Gin nudged me into following Harry’s link to these Hobo Nickels. “Amazing work!” says she who does amazing work herself, “That’s true folk art…”

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