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Knitting needles have pointed ends; chrochet hooks are . . . hooks.

I just want this whole poncho fad to die.

I agree with you, Charlene. In fact, I've even gone so far as to take the No Poncho Pledge, which can be found on the fabulous Manolo's shoeblog, on March 9, 2005. I am, however, all for knitting and crocheting!

tr.v. piqued, piqu·ing, piques

1. To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
2. To provoke; arouse.
3. To pride (oneself)
4. tightly woven fabric with raised cords

All the fun things that could have been done with this word, and it's butchered with "peak."

J, I think I love you. People also spell it "peek." My personal pet peeva is "wahlah." It's voila, people! Do they know what it means, but just can't spell it? I've spent way too much time thinking about this.

Peeva? Fiona, do you mean "peeve"?

Here's my 2 cents on Martha. I am sick of this broad from Nutley, NJ (I have nothing against the lovely Garden State). I don't need her to teach me how to make a bed, bake cookies or use ribbon to embelish a greeting card. That was my mother's job. Although I do admire her entrepreneurialism, she lied to the government because she didn't want to lose less than $50,000. She has served her time, but let's not turn her into some sort of folk hero. There are so many other women out there who deserve our admiration.

Leave Martha alone. I love Martha. People hate her because she made good without walking on anybody.

Steve, wake up. You obviously don't know what you are talking about.

LOL. Yes, I meant peeve. Oops.

As for Martha, I really like her, but she definitely inspires strong feelings both ways. My mother, as much as I adore her for other things, possessed none of Martha's skills, and I need as much help from Martha (particularly in the organizational department, which unfortunately does not come naturally to me) as I can. I've had to learn all that stuff on my own, and Martha's been helpful. No, I'll never do 80% of the stuff she teaches, but that's okay.

Lori, Don't you think that some of the rallying to support Martha has to do with the fact that she seems targeted as the 'evil doer du jour' while Ken Lay goes free and doesn't get anywhere near the coverage she's gotten. I'll grant you this is an old argument, but it is one that's gone unanswered by anyone of worth since the start of the whole imbroglio.

Martha's fine, but the poncho must die! Someone was trying to bring back shrugs. Those need to die too.

Carla,

I said it just before Martha was released - she did her time and the big boys are still out there walking around - but what is really interesting is that no one refered back to the Sotheby's price fixing fiasco, which involved thousands and thousands of dollars and Diane whathername avoided jail time even though she was implicitly involved - the issue with Martha had little to do with the crime and everything to do with who SHE was. People hate strong self made women. And if you remember my earlier post, I said that I don't read her magazine or watch her (then) show. No hidden agenda.

For the word police - I know - referred - and whatshername -

I work for a division of MCI, formerly Worldcom, so I am no stranger to corporate greed. In no way am I implying that Martha is in the same league as Bernie Ebbers (soon to be the cellblock bitch of the month!). I'm just saying she is far from an ideal roll model.