Ladies and gentlemen… The Knit Picks Options needles are now available for pre-order! And we’re selling them for $30 less than the recommended retail price! (And that’s the supplier’s RRP, which is less than our usual markup anyway.) The kit is slightly different from the American version; we get one fewer pair of needles but also more extras. I talked the supplier into giving me a couple of trial pairs a few months ago, and I’ve been really impressed with them. They feel just as slick and speedy as Addis but the points are even pointier, which I like. My only complaint is that I’ve had a few problems with the tips unscrewing. (Granted, sometimes I forgot to tighten them with the little key.) Anyway, I’ll be ordering some. And remember, needles don’t count for stashbusting…

Hmmm. Albert’s been telling me about this 8 second interval training method that supposedly burns tons of fat. I wonder…

Huh. The Snook just alerted me to the fact that Google will be aerial-photographing Sydney this Friday for Australia Day. They suggest that we all go out and hold up signs or spell out things with our bodies. Unfortunately for us, see that little chunk missing from the corner of the square? That’s Chippendale. Mongrels!

Hey, my friend Raelee was on the radio yesterday!

Opera (and Knitting?) in the Domain
This coming Saturday is Opera in the Domain, I was thinking of going down in the afternoon and staking out a prime spot… and maybe doing a bit of public knitting at the same time. Anybody want to join me? We can have a picnic! Picnic and Puccini…

How Expensive Decisions Get Made
The Snook’s been griping about our five-year-old television for ages now, and he keeps suggesting that we go buy a new one. Me, I’m not picky. Why spend all that money? So I’ve been putting him off. Of course, this past weekend was stinkin’ hot and the only thing I felt like doing was sitting in our dark cave of a flat and watching the tennis. By the time Andy Roddick was heading into the fourth set, I was finally motivated. “Put your pants on,” I hollered into the office. “We’re gettin’ a new TV.”

Two hours (and a hefty chunk of change) later, the delivery man was carrying this beauty into the house…

I’m thrilled to say it’s the biggest telly I’ve ever owned in my life. It doesn’t look that huge in the picture, but it dominates in the actual room. We calculated that it has nearly three times the screen area of our old television.

And I will never see the sun again.

According to the BBC, dog owners lead healthier lives than cat owners. I was all set to be indignant about that til I remembered that we deliberately got a cat so that it’d be lazy like us. Oh, and my blood pressure rises ten points every time she pees on the bathroom floor. Definitely not healthy.

Behold, the Harry Potter Dark Mark Bag! Man, that is evil lookin’! I love it. (Thanks to customer Janice for sending the link.)

Yahoo says that playing Wii makes you lose weight. Excellent. Now I just have to work out how many Weight Watchers points you earn per hour…

Do yourself a favor and go download this Best of Bootie 2006 album RIGHT NOW. I saw it linked over on Max’s site this morning and ended up listening to it through my (loooong) run today. It’s awesome!