Torn between nostalgia for “our song” and embarrassment over the fact that it’s by Wheatus. *cringe*
Author: Kris
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Little Rascals
Wow. I think I’ve mentioned before that every now and then I stumble across some cultural touchstone of my childhood that the Snook didn’t experience here in Australia, and it’s always really weird. At some point I became aware that he’d never seen the Little Rascals. The series wasn’t unknown here (Ma Snook knew of it), but it wasn’t shown every day after school like it was in the 80’s for us. On Wednesday, Ma Snook came to Sydney and lent us a DVD entitled “The Best of the Little Rascals.” It was six episodes, and we watched the whole thing tonight. OH MAN, NOSTALGIA. I don’t think I’d seen any of those in probably 20 years at least. The first couple were from when Spanky was still really little, and we both freaked out how much he looks like Penn! (Seriously, Sis. There’s a Halloween costume in the making.) And I remembered so much of them! I think I’d seen every episode. I found myself recalling the obscure kids’ names and knowing what was about to happen. Best of all, it ended with “Hearts are Trumps,” source of my numerous quotes about the He-Man Woman Haters Club. It was so fun.
Also – Spanky’s catchphrase was “Okey-dokey”? Is THAT why I say it all the time?? Seriously, I caught a ton of phrases and inflections from me, my sister, and my brother in there…
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AND WE’RE BACK!
And we’re back!
Sorry about the down-time. I assumed there was some sort of server hiccup when the site when down last night, but it turns out that my domain name had expired! The emails go to my old yahoo.com address, which has become such a spam trap that I never saw them. (And Yahoo don’t seem to let you set up forwarding rules.) I tried to renew the domain at Joker.com this morning, but their stupid website kept rejecting my credit card. It appears to have been a problem with their “Verified by Visa” system, as the Snook’s card (which hadn’t been enrolled in VbV) worked just fine. I’m really annoyed at Joker for not responding to any of my help requests. I used them because they were cheap, but obviously there’s a big trade-off in customer service. I think I’ll be transferring my domains elsewhere… -
Shared today on Twitter
@knitness Oh cool! I’ve been meaning to check out that market for a while now…
Um, attention @twelveeyes, @imdominating, and @Justacogitating: Twilight Fan Cruise. http://www.twilightfanscruise.com/ That is all.
@rhagern Ooh, I was reading about that online. It looks good! Let me know if you like it.
@shanea Wait, what? Is this RT? (Judging by Wikipedia) I haven’t seen it…
Came back from lunch to discover a fat box of my brand new business cards on my desk! Now I need to knit myself a holder or something.
If a requirement is pretty much IMPOSSIBLE, why wouldn’t you tell me that right away? Why just ignore it? Gah.
RT The Snook: When your site only has three sentences on it, you really should check them for spelling and grammar. http://foll.me/
@misswired The plan is to mention him constantly until he gives up and joins in. It worked on my blog. 🙂
Ah, so this is what we were stuck in this morning: http://bit.ly/ltXO4
Okay, I’ve suitably atoned for my late start and long lunch. Going home to relax and knit (and boycott the footy)!
@witty_knitter I noticed. Quadrahosting status page says all is fine, but clearly not. 🙁
My site is still down. Very annoying. Quadrahosting, we were having such a good run! Why you gotta hurt me like this?
@SupFarn UGH. I can’t even SSH to the server. Yet the stupid Quadrahosting server status page still says all good. WTF?
OH CRAP! IT’S MY FAULT! I MISSED THE DOMAIN RENEWAL LETTER! Lucky I caught it in time. Should be back soon.
Not quite. Now I can’t get joker.com to take my renewal payment because their stupid “Verified by Visa” third-party is down. ARGH.
@jokercom Having trouble getting renewal payment to go through. Sent support request but nothing yet. Is something wrong with VbV handler?
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Shared today on Facebook
Awww, crap. I forgot to renew my domain name, which is why my site is down. It’ll be back soon.
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Weekend Plans
Weekend plans: baked beans and brownies. YUM.
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Necktie Bib
Sewing tutorial: Baby bib with necktie appliqué. That is adorable! I know some little baby boys who might be getting one…
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Star Wars Prognostication
Okay, I know this Star Wars-related question starts off INSANE, what with speculating on midichlorian evolution and whatnot, but some of the answers are awesome.
“Additionally, Anakin Skywalker’s parthenogenetic (or hermaphroditic) birth in combination with his geographic isolation on the backwaters of Tatooine prior to his contact with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi* suggest the pathogenesis of his particularly impressive Force-sensitivity follows neither a genetic nor physical transmission mechanism…”
I was also interested to learn that in one of the expanded Universe stories, Vader plots to kill the Emperor himself. Cool.
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Shared today on Twitter
@runkeeper Me too! I know good stuff is in store. Can’t wait for the next release…
My good deed for the day: teaching fellow knitters how to use htaccess and mod_rewrite to serve rude images to hotlinkers.
Why you should always sit in the FRONT of a rollercoaster: http://bit.ly/FmlS1 . (Warning: Vomity grossness!)
Using a system that imports tags from last.fm. Added David Duchovny & did double-take: http://bit.ly/Gic7A . HA! Folksonomy FAIL.
Stabbing back pains = great way to start Wednesday. Good thing I’m going to the physio AGAIN.
Going to be late. Stuck in P’matta Rd traffic. So just to clarify, I’ve had back spasms & gridlock… & I’m having lunch w/ mother-in-law.
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Shared today on Facebook
My good deed for the day: teaching fellow knitters how to use htaccess and mod_rewrite to serve rude images to hotlinkers.
Why you should always sit in the FRONT of a rollercoaster: http://bit.ly/FmlS1 . (Warning: Vomity grossness!)
Fun! However, I object to the inclusion of “Hole in the Wall” as being a Tetris analog. It’s not Tetris at ALL. Tetris is about STACKING, not about moving shapes through holes in barriers.
