Note to self: When a Bulgarian invites you out to beer, you say YES! The highlight of my night: “The guy who invented Tetris? I knew him.” NO. WAY. In my world, that’s like saying you knew Edison or Tesla.

Roger Ebert rants about Ben Stein’s stupid “Intelligent Design” documentary. I especially like the newspaper cartoon he reprints at the bottom. Has anyone else noticed that Ebert’s output has become increasingly erratic – and AWESOME – this year? I especially liked the really long ode to his rice cooker. He’s really getting into the blogging since the TV show ended.

Curries = good
I went out for Indian food last night with some of my co-workers. Yum! I went for the “Royal Feast,” which doesn’t appear to be on the website menu. There was chicken tikka, seekh kebab, vegetable samosas, onion pakoras, then a giant plate of lamb Biryani Hyderabadi. (I ended up taking half of it home for the Snook.) Then I had two little delicious goulab jamun for dessert.

Today I just found out that one of my Indian co-workers’ wives maintains an Indian recipe blog. Neat!

While I deplore the idea of mindless perpetuating a silly Internet meme… HOMEMADE BACON MAGIC SHELL. I would totally try that. (Link courtesy of not martha.)

I see London, I see France…
The sun was shining this morning so I happily resolved to finally wear my pretty new sundress to work. I put it on and twirled before the mirror–and suddenly realized there was a slight problem. The dress was thinner than I thought, and my legs were glaring through just like Princess Diana’s. Oops! And truth be told – this will horrify my Grandmother – I don’t actually own any slips anymore. So the dress went back into the closet until I can procure some proper undergarments. I’m glad I caught it before I left the house!

ZOMG. How to sew a toy Bantha. Dude, I am totally envisioning a SOCK BANTHA.

Happy Movember to all who participated! The Snook updated his fund-raising page with a pic of his final mustache.

It’s officially the first day of summer here in Sydney! You wouldn’t know it from the weather we’ve been having though. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a “wetter, and perhaps cooler, summer than usual”. *sigh* I suppose at least it’ll be good for my veggie garden.

We were idly watching The Return of the King yesterday while doing other things – me, knitting; Rodd, gaming – when I had a jolt of recognition. “Wait! Stop! Rewind!” I said. “That elf… looks strangely familiar.” We watched the sequence again. “Is that Bret from Flight of the Conchords??” It was! It’s the bit where Arwen is leaving for the Grey Havens and has a vision of her and Aragorn’s child. Bret’s the Elf Escort who tries to get her moving again. I am oddly proud of having noticed that.