A somewhat goofy mini-collection of stuff I’ve been reading, stuff I’ve been thinking about and oh, some completely random crap.

Basically the stuff that never gets mentioned here because I’m not the kind of person who can just make some teeny little point. Not into the whole brevity thing, as the Dude would say.

Actually, I’m under the strict compulsion to write ten pages about anything on my mind. So this is me. Practicing brevity.

They aren’t really adventures.

It’s more like stuff I want you to read.

But there are yarn adventures. And a skeleton. And many exclamation points!

Because it’s Wednesday again, which means … not a whole lot, but just that it’s about that time. For an Item! post, I mean. Shall we?

Item! Post No. 22 in a series that still doesn’t make sense and isn’t about to start making sense any time soon either.

Item! This is really quite a moving post.

From the lovely Holden aka SF Love Story:

I immediately went into my superhero mode, which is a little dance I’ve practiced since about the age of seven. It involves action. It does not involve wringing our hands, or ignoring the scene. I am the daughter of an alcoholic. This is all I know.

You can read the rest here.

She’s @sflovestory on Twitter.

Item! Yarn Adventure Club!

So I love Tara and I love everything she does. Come on, she’s the blonde chicken!

For knitters and people who are maybe thinking about becoming knitters:

You’ll get one skein of gorgeous hand-made yarn, at least a hundred yards, every month for three months! And she’ll hook you up with patterns and help. Did I mention she makes the yarn? Amazing.

If you know anyone who is into anything craft-ey, they need to hear about this.

And she’s @blondechicken on Twitter.

Item! “Swinging on the flippity flop” is the funniest thing you could possibly say, ever!

So everyone knows I love the Hater. Even though half the time I have no idea what she’s talking about.

But even someone as media-unplugged and generally pop-culturally challenged as I am can appreciate this bit called Kids Today Are Textin’ On The Flippity Flop. And really, quality hating is quality hating.

Hilarious.

But how can you know if you’re kids are sexting, or if they’re just sending random arithmetic problems back and forth to each other?

Thankfully, Fox’s Atlanta affiliate has put together a handy guide to help parents decode their children’s personal text messages: The Top 50 Text Acronyms Parents Need To Know.

And if you don’t remember the original and equally embarrassing reference — you’d better read this too.

Thanks, Amelie!

Item! The Stupid Post!

It’s actually not even slightly stupid.

Why is that? Sheer terror of course.

I’m afraid that whatever I write is just going to be impossible gibberish. I’m convinced that the entire internet will point and laugh.

So no. Not stupid.

But it’s The Stupid Post. From the Evil Genius.

Come on. How could you *not* read it?

Item! A vision of a skeleton! Plus the most beautiful letter ever.

I saw this image of a skeleton cringing as if from a blow.

It was the pattern of that familial hunch, and I knew I didn’t have to do it any more.

I stood up.

This is something I had the pleasure of putting up online over at the Shivanaut blog.

A Shivanaut, if you are not one yourself, is someone wacky daring enough to attempt the bizarre yoga-centric brain training work that I torture my clients with and teach around the world.

And, as Resident Head Shivanaut, I get to read lots of weird stories about the various hot buttered epiphanies that people get from doing Shiva Nata.

And this one — the one about the skeleton — is really, really great.

You should read it.

Item! Stuff Havi Thinks You Should Know!

So the Stuff Havi Thinks You Should Know About Testimonials & Referrals course is now available as a homestudy.

I haven’t raised the price yet, but I’m going to. A week from tomorrow.

There are recordings. There is awesomeness. There are things I didn’t promise in the class but gave anyway, like ebooklets. And worksheets. There’s even a transcript on its way.

Significant discount for regular blog readers. Take a look if you need ways to get people to talk up your cool thing without having to actually ask them to or to feel all awkward and weird about it.

Because it’s the stuff I think you should know.

That is all.

Happy reading.

And happy Blustery Windsday. See you tomorrow!