American Airlines, in its infinite wisdom, decided that I didn't actually want to get home this morning. So instead, I am whisking through the air on my way to John F. Kennedy airport today. Now! That's right, I am being delinquent in my relationshipical duties in the air! Isn't the future great!

Sometimes relationships are new and exciting every day. Sometimes, they're similar, but just a little different. This may seem boring for those of you on the outside. But for those of us in the relationship, sometimes it's nice to get a bit of the same awesome from the relationship, and be able to focus your energies on the outside world, and making it more awesome. Today is one of those days. And the last ring that Bitsy made for me for my assistance.

Bitsy finished a first draft of her ITP Camp project. It was pretty great to see it and play with it. And so we celebrated with a bottle of champagne. But I also figured that there would be more work to do. I thought that one day, when Bitsy was doing more work to turn her first draft into the final submission, her energy might flag. So I wanted to leave a reminder of that great moment, full of excitement.

Materials: Bendaroos, seriously

What better way to spur me on to higher skill than showing me up. This ring was made by Bitsy, for help I gave to BitsyBot Labs (you'll see the results soon!)

Bitsy has a robe that's been handed down. As robes are wont to do, especially intergenerational robes, it is now thread bare. Bitsy threw it out, but I reclaimed it from the rubbish bin. And I made it into a ring.

Sorry for the delay in posting rings; it's been a busy week in Bintsley-ville. Rings have been had and worn, but not yet posted. For now, enjoy a picture of a sleeping cat.

As I write this, I'm on a plane that's whisking me off to Cal-i-for-ni-a. There's so much I still need to do. But, one thing I did before going was to clean out the old milk in the fridge that was smelling bad. Bachelor Dan would have left it there for another 8 months. But I know that Bitsy doesn't like it. So, I emptied it out and took it out with the rest of the recycling. I wanted to give Bitsy tangible proof of the good job she's done taming.

I recently spent a night awake working on some code for a side project of Bitsy's. Night is my best ring-making time. She paid for my technical assistance in ring-form. (Note the much better craft of this ring)

Business on the top, party on the bottom. (at the end of the day, we both relaxed with beers opened with Bitsy's ring)