Okay, Hoosiers and Buckeyes. You know what to do.

• http://www.dayton.com/news/ohio-liquor-stores-offering-deep-discounts-700-types-booze/B1raZCEL5CwS9No6eIHgSL/

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They’re multiplying like Tribbles!

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“GAHHHHH! HE’S IN THE SINK!” 😂 Sounds like the Snook found the spider again. (He’s named him Horace.)

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Got him! 🕷

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Lucky Foods for New Year’s Day – including the recipe for the excellent black-eyed peas, kale, and pork stew that I made! web-goddess.org/archive/18335

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Ouch. 😂

• http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/jeopardy-deducts-prize-for-saying-gangster-not-gangsta.html

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Another pair of shorts! My 4th go at @colettepatterns Iris in pink corduroy. Slight adjustment to pattern seems to work better… I’m 90% happy with these!

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Tradition says you eat round things on New Year’s Day because they symbolise money. 💰 😊

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Another traditional lucky food for the New Year: pork, greens, and black-eyed peas!

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I will conquer shorts! These are 3rd attempt at @colettepatterns Iris, and they *almost* work. Still some bum adjustments to be made…

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Lazy NYE for those who live close to Sydney Harbour: open the doors and listen to the booms while you watch the 🎇 on the telly!

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Still two hours to go, but we’re cracking the Moët! 🥂

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I wrote a long blog post about how we use our Google Home and Mini. If you’re curious about what you might actually use an “intelligent assistant” for, this will go through everything we do with ours on a daily basis!

• https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/18304

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Happy New Year! Bring on 2018.

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Casey Donovan sang NUTBUSH on the ABC’s NYE concert from the Opera House and YOU MISSED IT.

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Scroll down to the photo of the mixing desk at Strawberry Studios… 😍

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/im-not-in-love-the-story-of-the-hit-song-that-nearly-never-happe/

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I made quesadillas with fresh salsa for lunch!

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LOOOOOOL. I really hope “drinking with an Australian” turns out to be the key trigger in bringing down the Trump administration. Aussie Twitter is going nuts over this. 😂😂😂

• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-31/alexander-downer-allegedly-linked-to-us-russia-investigation/9295180?smid=abcnews-Twitter_Organic&WT.tsrc=Twitter_Organic&sf177775200=1

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Mentioned to the Snook via chat that I discovered the Google Mini could be powered off USB, so I had it set up in my home office. Five seconds later I heard it chime and then his disembodied voice rang out from it: “GET BACK TO WORK.” 😂

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I finished a new shirt last night! “It’s Not a Bug; It’s a Feature.” 😂🐞 Hacked version of @colettepatterns Sorbetto.

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Made my first ever Genius lyric annotation – on an REM song, fittingly!

• https://genius.com/13381376

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Finally got around to visiting the refurbed Lansdowne, complete with Mary’s 🍔 menu. #hipstertax

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Did we stay to see the gig?

We did not. 😂

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Happy birthday! You’re almost the Baby New Year! 🙂

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DOMESTIC GODDESS.

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Time to wake up the Snook. 😊

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We are through the looking glass, people! 😳

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Dinner a la Snook: beer-basted “boar” ribs (from the World of Warcraft cookbook! 😂), champ, sweetcorn, and beer

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Rodd Snook’s been having fun with Google Home. When you say “Hey Google, it’s country music time” in our house, it starts playing “Ghost Riders in the Sky.” 😂

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Sweet home Chicago!

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Momofuku Banana Cream Pie. It tastes better than it looks!

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I sewed myself some new shorts today! Prefontaine Shorts from @thatmoxiegirl. Fun and fast!

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Women of NASA happening!

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Women of NASA is complete!

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Meanwhile, Chicago is rising…

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