Also for Halloween: How to make the Scariest Pumpkin Ever. HA! I love it.
Author: Kris
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Shared today on Twitter
@carbolicious That’s the kind of thing you need to put in your shop’s window to attract a crowd of drooling children a la Charlie Bucket.
Stopped by Broadway pet store for flea stuff for cats and found staff hand-feeding very ugly hairless baby parrot: http://twitpic.com/g6p3f
Hairless? Featherless. Whatever. IT WAS A BALD BABY DINOSAUR.
@carbolicious How about me? YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT BIRDS. I had to pay for my stuff with that thing 2 feet away, dripping goop all over.
@imdominating I bet it’s that one where you’re all in overalls and they’re awkward teens and you look like Shirley Temple. 🙂 @carbolicious
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Ice Cream Gyoza
Idea for Halloween: Ice Cream Gyoza.
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Peace Park Markets
Just found a cute article about the Chippo Farmer’s Markets.
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Crochet-Along: Fuzzy Panda Amigurumi
Crochet-Along: Fuzzy Panda Amigurumi. It’s not the cutest amigurumi I’ve ever seen, but I wouldn’t mind learning the techniques…
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World’s Largest Gummy Bear
World’s Largest Gummy Bear. Wow. I want one just so I can bite a big ol’ chunk out of that ear.
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Hubby Hubby
Hubby Hubby. Oh Ben and Jerry, you can’t get here soon enough!
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Shared today on Twitter
RT @QueenBeeInc: The Fall/Winter line is up, and if we do say so ourselves : it’s purdy…. http://bit.ly/EbC9M <- WANT. Rita shall be mine!
@QueenBeeInc Love the new line! Question though: my beloved Truckette looks a bit dirty. Best way to clean vinyl without taking off colour?
@ScottRhodie In my experience: send out press releases to businesses and bloggers that are only tangentially related to the topic at hand.
@ScottRhodie PR folks called shop often to get knitters for media events. Always last minute, demanding, no respect for our time, etc.
@ScottRhodie I know… Just got burned one too many times!
@eileenDCoE You reminded me I need to give my plumber some love. BLOG LOVE!
@rhagern I just started a few months ago. Just finished Season 3. I love it! (The podcast commentaries by Ron Moore are great too.)
@QueenBeeInc How did I miss that? Thanks so much for the link… Just what I needed.
@ScottRhodie It’s just like Mad Men, isn’t it? 🙂
Looking for a plumber in Sydney? Go with Thomson Plumbing. I blogged our experience with them: http://bit.ly/9ohPT
Despite the arguments of @chrisgander & @jpalmer81, I remain unconvinced as to the cinematic merit of Rutger “Blind Fury” Hauer’s career.
@rhagern Plus she has pretty, pretty hair. I spent most of the first season being obsessed with Grace Park’s pretty Cylon hair.
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Shared today on Facebook
is feeling much better. My doc put her foot down though and made me withdraw from the Half-Marathon. That kinda sucks. Four months of training ruined by a stupid chest cold.
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Thomson Plumbing
Tradie Endorsement: Thomson Plumbing
Several weeks ago I noticed that the hot water in the master bathroom was coming out orange. That bathroom has its own small hot water heater in the closet, so we figured it was probably that. Eventually I got around to calling some plumbers for quotes. First was Thomson Plumbing, which I found through the extremely scientific method of seeing their van parked on our street one day and writing down the phone number. Lee Thomson was super helpful, and he told me that if I could email him the details off the water heater, he could give me a quote on replacing it. He also suggested I attach a digital photo of the heater so he could verify there was enough space around it for the new one. I thought this was very cool, since I was expecting to have to pay for a service call. I emailed him the relevant info, and he wrote back the same day with his extremely reasonable quote. Then I called Chiswick Plumbing, who advertise everywhere and who always leave fridge magnets and bookmarks in our mailbox. They said they’d send a guy over to quote in person, but since he was already doing a job in the neighbourhood, they’d waive the callout fee. So he came in and had a look, and gave us a quote that was fully 50% more than Thomson Plumbing. That settled it. The guys from Thomson even offered to come out at 7am so we wouldn’t miss work. They came on Friday and installed our new heater, and they even replaced some tap washers for free. Later in the day, the Snook got a call from their office letting him know that our initial quote had been INCLUDING GST, so the grand total was actually even less than we thought. All in all, a completely excellent plumbing experience. I’ll be using Thomson plumbing in the future.