Monday Morning I've-Been-Mostly-Among-the-Missing Rambly Bits

[gnomi]

-- It's *cold* -- the high today is supposed to be about 20-25 F, with a wind chill of -10 or so. It's a right balmy 15 at the moment, according to my weather bug. And of course it's supposed to be in the 50s later in the week and we're supposed to get wet and sloppy weather on Friday. Ah, New England. :-)

-- An observation from yesterday: We have a heck of a lot of books.

-- On Thursday, on the way to mandatory fun our office's holiday party, I discovered that a coworker I've known for almost nine years is a major comic book fan. This pleases me.

-- I'm working on knitting down my stash, having now filled five decent-sized bins with yarn (I finally organized a whole bunch of previously unorganized yarn). I found a sweater's worth of yarn (all the same dyelot, even) I hadn't realized I had, so now I have to figure out what pattern I want to use.

-- Does anyone know the origin of the "five things make a post" idea? It's widespread, but I haven't figured out where it started.

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[madknits.livejournal.com]

I found a sweater's worth of yarn (all the same dyelot, even) I hadn't realized I had

This made me chortle with glee. I love when that happens, either to me, or other members of Bedlam knitters.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I was thrilled -- I found five smallish skeins, and then another five, and then three more. And that's more than enough, I believe, to make a sweater (given how much is on each skein).

I got them at A Good Yarn, and I must've bought them on one of their sales, when they were selling the previous season's yarn at a serious discount.

[yonihamagid.livejournal.com]

Googling "five things make a post" gets you a lot of posts of five things but no reference I could find as to why.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for looking! Further down, someone gives a good possible origin.

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

On Thursday, on the way to mandatory fun our office's holiday party,

LMAO! I'm kinda glad that the Department's party/get-together/shindig/hootenany isn't mandatory. I'm thinking it'll be a bit awkward.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Ours isn't truly mandatory, but it's highly encouraged.

I coined "mandatory fun" years ago, and it has a surprisingly large number of uses.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

did you find more writing books? *ahem*

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I think we found more for Josh to do something with after you left. Though not long thereafter Josh and farwing were knees-deep in paperbacks.

[docorion.livejournal.com]

"An observation from yesterday: We have a heck of a lot of books."

Also, this just in: Water is wet. :-)

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Five things make a post? Like the Friday Five and equivalent memes? Or something I haven't yet heard of?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Also, this just in: Water is wet. :-)

::snerk::

Five things make a post? Like the Friday Five and equivalent memes? Or something I haven't yet heard of?

There's a trend of posts that are five random, unconnected items (sort of like my rambly bits posts), and they're frequently given the title "Five Things Make a Post" or something similar (examples are here (http://dhole.livejournal.com/140093.html) and here (http://withneedle.livejournal.com/76958.html)).

The One Thing I Know about Five Things

[(Anonymous)]

is what Merrie Haskell says here:

http://fairmer.livejournal.com/461694.html

Mary
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Re: The One Thing I Know about Five Things

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting! Thanks for the pointer!

Re: The One Thing I Know about Five Things

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Wow. I knew wilfulcait briefly, years ago. Hm.