document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=320,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\">    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149727\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=71cf83899cfefb75d85deda1473df903&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Loved reading your answers.  Oysters and champagne....yummm!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Kristen | <a href=\"http://colourme1n.blogspot.com/\" title=\"http://colourme1n.blogspot.com/\">Homepage</a> | 06.17.09 - 10:11 pm | <a href=\"#149727\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149729\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=066c6fda7872e11ac97e4965bea89ccb&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />I'll just have the champagne!  (but you know if it's local then it's not champagne right...and I couldn't bear to have \"sparkling wine\" as my last meal...heh!)<br><br>I don't think I'll ever truly be in the finishing zone.  Too many new projects to start!!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Rose Red | <a href=\"http://www.roseredshoes.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://www.roseredshoes.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.17.09 - 10:38 pm | <a href=\"#149729\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149730\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=9b79c315439f38febc86c759f84e5355&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Oysters from COFFIN Bay as your last meal? Love it.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Laura | <a href=\"http://cinnamonpatrol.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://cinnamonpatrol.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.17.09 - 10:38 pm | <a href=\"#149730\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149731\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=571254b3de91e20c1416447af953fa8c&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />So much good stuff to think about ... especially champagne with your list of good books. Sounds like a recipe for a good winter's weekend.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Susan L | <a href=\"http://itsthethingsthatmakeyougommmm.blogspot.com/\" title=\"http://itsthethingsthatmakeyougommmm.blogspot.com/\">Homepage</a> | 06.17.09 - 10:42 pm | <a href=\"#149731\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149732\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=a336835a445ba1f9bc960a9af3833b2f&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Russian, eh?<br>All I can remember is \"my husband is at the university\" and \"I don't speak Russian\", apart from the usual hello, goodbye, please and thankyou very much.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           jennifer | <a href=\"http://alittlebitcrafty.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://alittlebitcrafty.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.17.09 - 11:23 pm | <a href=\"#149732\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149733\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=20fe91cff2239bb776e9cf7f0733bc8b&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />I love reading memes!  Thanks for sharing and I just netflixed the movie you love since I had never seen it!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Andrea | <a href=\"http://athomemommyknits.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://athomemommyknits.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.17.09 - 11:32 pm | <a href=\"#149733\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149735\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=69dd97164427e55f5fb803d9ac897c2b&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Great meme<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Sarah | <a href=\"http://allfingersandthumbs.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://allfingersandthumbs.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.17.09 - 11:43 pm | <a href=\"#149735\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149765\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f6c41f237849c0c08b46c870d200278d&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Ah ha! I was right!  I DO like you!!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Roxie | 06.18.09 - 9:52 am | <a href=\"#149765\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149766\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2d2a64ea80d3f00715f249a8ef87ce2f&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Did you know I had the chance to meet Ysolde Teague at one of my LYSes, but got too nervous - it was a small place. What if I had to talk to her?! It might just be too much for me to handle!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           madMad | <a href=\"http://www.madmadhousewife.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://www.madmadhousewife.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.18.09 - 10:29 am | <a href=\"#149766\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149767\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=03e44e1199ed532d6bd47d0c9ab74560&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />That's interesting. I have never been tagged before & I hope I do it right.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Ann | <a href=\"http://www.1morerow.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://www.1morerow.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.18.09 - 10:31 am | <a href=\"#149767\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149770\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />It's never too late to learn a language - <a href='http://www.anu.edu.au/cce/cecourses/languages.php#BeginningRussian1' rel='nofollow' target='_blank'>http://www.anu.edu.au/cce/cecour...ginningRussian1</a><br><br>I'm doing beginners French through CCE this semester and it's great fun!!<br><br>Kim <br>(ksullivan on Rav)<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Kim | 06.18.09 - 11:19 am | <a href=\"#149770\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149776\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=eb447447b47e45e8886c95cddb952923&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Love these memes - such a great way to learn about people!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           tinkingbell | <a href=\"http://www.tinkingbell.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://www.tinkingbell.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 06.18.09 - 1:46 pm | <a href=\"#149776\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149789\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f61a1a326a99d380dbe31f185525c704&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />very impressed that you grow bok choy, I'd love to be able to pick from my own garden.  your list of good things all sounds great to me - Jane Campion, EZ, knitting, good food and champagne - that's the life!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           pinry | <a href=\"http://pinry.wordpress.com/\" title=\"http://pinry.wordpress.com/\">Homepage</a> | 06.18.09 - 3:56 pm | <a href=\"#149789\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"149919\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1ab303254af861760f2bd47c96003adb&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />\"Showered, fed and comfy\" - oh, that sounds so very good.  As does eating cloudberries in Scandinavia while speaking Russian, or drinking rooi while knitting in front of Spicks and Specks!<br><br>PS: have you ever read any Kate Llewellyn? For some reason I think she and Kate Grenville are friends..anyway, she writes beautifully and is an avid gardener, not unlike yourself <img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/smileys/content.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" /><br /><span class=\"byline\">           Iris | <a href=\"http://fleurdelice.blogspot.com/\" title=\"http://fleurdelice.blogspot.com/\">Homepage</a> | 06.20.09 - 2:03 am | <a href=\"#149919\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"150108\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=ec45619434e27753ec1ea982804877c5&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />That was fun to read! There are a couple of your favourite books that I haven't read. Given that you've got Middlemarch and Persuasion among your favourite I suspect we may have similar tastes, so I'm putting the others on my to-read list! Thanks!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Princess Pea | <a href=\"http://princesspea.org\" title=\"http://princesspea.org\">Homepage</a> | 06.23.09 - 10:30 pm | <a href=\"#150108\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr>    <td class=\"InputCell\">                  <br /><div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 278px;\"><a href=\"http://www.cnet.com/html/ww/100/2009/poll/infrastructure.html?tag=mncol\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/webwarebanner.png\" width=\"278\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"/></a></div><br /><div id=\"newcomment\"></div><form method=\"post\" name=\"addComment\" action=\"http://www.haloscan.com/comments/bellsknits/2809049628718764289/\" target=\"_self\">        <p>    Name: <br />          <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Email:<br />          <input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          URL: <br />          <input name=\"url\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Comment:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:emo_pop()\" title=\"Smiley and tag help\" target=\"_self\">?</a>&nbsp;<br />          <textarea name=\"addMessage\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"38\"></textarea><br /><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"subscribe\" value=\"1\" /><label for=\"subscribe\">Notify me of followup comments via email</label>        </p>        <p class=\"PSubmit\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Publish\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />&nbsp;<input name=\"previewMessage\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Preview\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />        </p>      <input type='hidden' name='user' value='bellsknits' /><input type='hidden' name='comment' value='2809049628718764289' /></form>    </td></tr>  <tr>    <td><p align=\"center\">        Commenting by <a href=\"http://www.haloscan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">HaloScan</a></p>      </td>  </tr></table><img src=\"http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=561713&amp;java=0&amp;security=01eeff58\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></body>");