The center of the city registered 100 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday. Engineers estimate that the Harbour Bridge grew an estimated 8-10 centimeters as the steel expanded. Isn’t that neat? I told you it was hot.
Author: Kris
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Whew! Good thing I got here when I did!
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Awww, crap. I just ordered a bunch of American food from this website only to find out that they can’t deliver it in time for my Thanksgiving dinner this weekend. No authentic canned pumpkin pie for me. 🙁
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It’s ninety degrees out today and I’m sitting inside knitting a six foot long wool scarf. What’s wrong with this picture? (I’m hoping to have it done by Thursday so I can wear it to the Harry Potter premiere.)
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How good are your geography skills? Try this test. I got 18 out of 20. (I can’t believe I missed the ones I did.)
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There’s a Swedish restaurant a couple blocks from our house that the Snook and I have been meaning to try out. It’s called kök. (Their front window explains that it’s pronounced shirk.) As you can imagine, we’ve been making jokes about the place for weeks. Every time we tried to get in, though, they were closed. We headed up there again on Friday only to discover that it’s been turned into an Italian cafe (with no amusing name). I’m very disappointed.
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A genetics expert carries the entire human genome on his iPod. Now that’s just cool.
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Thanksgiving Marble Magnets
I spent the morning scouring the Internet for images to use for some Thanksgiving marble magnets. I’m going to print them out on a color laser printer and then put the magnets together this afternoon. In case any of you would like to do the same, I’ve provided my image sheet for you to use. Here’s the low-res version so you can see all the different designs. There are some cartoons, some stylized images, and even some Norman Rockwell scenes. If you want to use them, download the high-res version. It’s at 300 dpi, which should give you a nice crisp image when you print. They’re designed for 20 mm diameter magnets, so if you need them larger or smaller, you might need to change the resolution slightly. Have fun! -
It’s Public Service Announcement Day. Here’s another one for you fellows: Don’t set your laptop directly on your lap. It could burn your genitals. Snookums and I are still laughing at this guy’s claim that he was just “writing a report” fully-clothed. Uh-huh. Anyone bothered to check his ISP logs?
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Note to aspiring New Zealand politicians: Don’t knit in Parliament. How funny is that? My favorite part of the story is the end: “Retired parliamentarian Marilyn Waring, who admitted to knitting 32 garments during her nine years in parliament, said in her autobiography it had been the only productive thing she had accomplished in the debating chamber.” Ha!
