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@drkknits Definitely. Chi-town is the shit.


@drkknits Too bad you’re not there a few days later. They dye the river green for St. Patrick’s Day and have a big parade. πŸ™‚


@ericscheid I am experimenting with “MoodAgent” app on Spotify. There doesn’t seem to be a “BRAIN MUSH WANT TO KILL EVERYONE” playlist tho.


@imdominating They’d kill me. I’m already pushing it by only spending 9 days in Indiana out of like 20.


Hey @wooboard – PLEASE STOP SENDING US EMAILS. We don’t use wooboard anymore in our office. I’ve unsubbed. You keep spamming me!


My Rainbow Paddle Pop just dripped on my leg. #firstworldproblem #summer http://t.co/eWyzOgji


Massive project DONE! 215 pages – longest thing I’ve ever written for work! The weight has lifted – bring on our USA trip! Euphoria!


@venks79 That’s because you’re a perv. πŸ˜›


@knitterjp Snooky and I are booked in for Web Blast. I’ll try to pop by on the way…


I think I’ve got a bottle of bubbly at home that I somehow inherited from @randomknits. That is SO getting opened tonight.


@randomknits He’s been there every single time I’ve ever been there.


All week my co-workers have been bringing in sweet treats. Now it’s my turn. πŸ™‚ http://t.co/dVJzEeny


@PortugueseChook @Globalgig Heh. Not sure if one trip every 2 years justifies it!


@randomknits This is good bubbly. Cheers!


@misswired @dancingman The Snook jokingly requested one a few days ago. It would felt like a mofo. πŸ™‚


@PortugueseChook Nope. Just tether using my iPhone and existing data plan. Here, that is.


@PortugueseChook You’re good at it! You got me to look and consider. πŸ™‚


RT @adrianbritton: Google generates Festivus pole search results for the rest of us http://t.co/pxemHfiD


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That’s 21 completed pomodoros so far this week. My brain is getting mushy… but it does make the day fly by!


@imdominating I HAD THAT SCREENSAVER TOO! Right, @EileenDCoE?


@mikeefreedom Yep, definitely going! I’ll forward you an email I sent round the office yesterday about the pomodoros. πŸ™‚


@redambition @GGDSydney @pixel8ted Not sure. Giant project rules my life. May have to work all night. πŸ™


I think it’s going to be a late night, so no @GGDSydney for me. I’m disappointed – I know how much hard work @pyko puts into each one!


I shouldn’t have complained about yesterday’s 10 hour day. There’s no way I’m getting out that quick today.


Finally going home after 11+ hour day. Strangely energised, but my brain is mush.


@VenessaHunt @chrisgander Please give our regards! Snooky and I leaving for US the next day, so way too busy. πŸ™


RT @nytdining: The Tom and Jerry: a relative of eggnog and a regional oddball: http://t.co/62zmoJdW // Wonder if we can find it in Chicago?


@Jinkeez Sadly, not getting anywhere near there on this trip!


Just spotted worker on a ladder dressing the Three Monkeys for Christmas. Surprisingly depressing. They should do it at night to be magical.


RT @Richard_Kadrey: Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues’ classic Christmas anthem http://t.co/8ltXJzqN


Total traffic meltdown on George Street. It’s taken 20 minutes to go a block.


@Rellarc79 At this rate walking would be faster, so I’d vote for it.


@Rellarc79 @redambition Or those people could take public transport or bike or walk. It’s not like cars are the only way to move around.


Would pretty much give anything to be able to ride my bike to work rather than this stupid bus.


Last day on the giant project, I hope. On the plus side, my keyboard miraculously cured itself from the Great Coffee Spillage.


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@randomknits Congratulations!


Just discovered that Mandy friggin’ Moore covered “Senses Working Overtime.” My brain is dribbling out my ears.


@drkknits Nope. You can eats it raw. Sometimes Rodd grates it and then cookes it in butter to soften a little. Yum.


Nothing puts me in the mood for a vacation like a string of 10 hour days… (Finally going home. Brain = mush.)


Google team outing to see Skyfall means I got to come home to James Bond. PHWOAR! http://t.co/4YhJlOpW


@drkknits @Yarna_ @randomknits Ooh, yes. Like I said, grated and sautΓ©ed with LOTS of butter. Also roasted with OJ and balsamic. Yum.


Review: Gingerbread Oreos http://t.co/oQdZ2ceu // WANT.


@catehstn I was told that suits were going to be tomorrow but somebody had bright idea to combine with Bond. Regardless, I’m a fan. πŸ™‚


RT @Salon: Santa’s little voyeur: Why the Orwellian “Elf on the Shelf” phenomenon makes Christmas creepy http://t.co/p0FxHfaY via @embeedub


@imdominating You appear to have left me a little bit. Jerk.


@imdominating Mine is small, thank goodness, as I have to go to work. I am attempting to kill it with fire (ie coffee).


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Stripes! My fingers are killing me. http://t.co/CR00ooDK


RT @crumpet: $2000 and 54 hours to go… Buy some art, help me get to my target and prove my boyfriend wrong, people! http://t.co/dbMtGF1f


RT @Salon: Permanent stigma: If addiction is a chronic brain disease, why do we still talk like it’s a moral failing? http://t.co/zPrEATJ4


@pyko I made the transition earlier this year too. A big help: http://t.co/NXKzUBVI


@pyko I like single window mode. With all my custom shortcuts, it’s great. Except when it crashes.


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Knitters Guild meeting! Selfie with @randomknits. (@ Customs House Library) [pic]: http://t.co/UgK9EmBB


Lunch! The new cafe is lovely. (@ The Gardeners Lodge CAFE) http://t.co/aqtoufgd


My first ever Ginger Beer Spider (aka ice cream float). YUM. @ The Gardeners Lodge CAFE http://t.co/Vv5fIUxS


I LOVE HOBBES SO MUCH. http://t.co/dHmQhuA2


Stripes are happening! A tiger’s gotta have stripes. http://t.co/FY1WSZRE


@drkknits Yep. Main body tubes seen with machine, but all assembly and stripes being done by hand. Fingers are sore!


@catehstn Wow! I hope to see your dress on the night. My party starts earlier that day, so I’m going to try to hit both. πŸ™‚


@venks79 Nice! Mine is the girl version of that! Did you ride it all the way home??


@catehstn Haha, yeah, I’m not dressing up as a Mexican. Tossing up between frocks though…


@catehstn Well, one is a dress I already have. The other is a mythical better dress that I would need to shop for.


@venks79 Is your bum sore yet? I bet you’ll be walking funny tomorrow! πŸ™‚


@gilmae @knitterjp @randomknits Haha, Rodd showed me the same link this morning. You Redditors.


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Sirens and cops and fire trucks happening in the Rocks. Anybody know what’s going on?


Every time I step away from the computer and do some yoga stretches, I feel certain @knitdra gets a happy shiver wherever she is.


RT @smh: A rescue operation is underway to get to workman who has fallen on the Harbour Bridge http://t.co/X0Zohyr8 // AH that’s the sirens.


@mikeefreedom Sports doc trying unorthodox treatment: nitroglyerin patches to draw blood to the injured tendon. Seems to be a little better!


My neighbourhood. @ Chippendale http://t.co/VrkcnNgS


Playing my current fave song on the office speakers. SING IT WITH ME @randomknits: We are never ever ever getting back together! Oooooooo!


Devo is playing the Sydney Entertainment Centre tonight. I just walked past a 50yo dude in one of those red plastic hats v


There is a slight problem, in that I am falling in love with Hobbes myself. http://t.co/OfUBQGBR


@goldfishgeorge Just google “sew hobbes”. It’s the first result. πŸ™‚


Brekkie. (@ Eveleigh Market) http://t.co/QA6dlikG


@witty_knitter @stufromoz They have potted tabletop ones at Eveleigh Markets NOW for $45!


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@randomknits Whoa, seriously? That’s awesome! Thank you!


@randomknits Yep, I’ll be there. Wooo! Thank you!


Orange fleece! @redambition saved Christmas! http://t.co/mYCgbtVA


Also, I hit upon a GENIUS idea for weighing down my pincushions. Pennies! Dense, flat, inorganic. Perfecto.


@catehstn Damn. Sorry to hear it. I was at that point a few days ago but it lifted. Hope yours does!


@merrinmez Damn – I’ve had that pattern for years! I would’ve sold it on to you, as I don’t think I’ll ever knit it. πŸ™‚


@redambition @merrinmez Yay! I have gone a bit pincushion mad.


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@drkknits Really? It looks pretty and sunny from my desk. The harbour does look a little more sparkly than usual…


@goshling That looks *good*. Also like the equivalent of about 8000 Fitbit steps. πŸ™‚


So what do you all reckon? Can I use felt to make my nephew’s soft toy? It won’t be as awesome as fleece, but I can’t find orange fleece.


@RoseRed_Shoes http://t.co/ETJFz1xm


@RoseRed_Shoes Other options we thought of: maybe T-shirt material? Or even a cheap towel?


@Justacogitating I want to be A DEN-TIST! (That’s my favourite bit.) That and “BUMBLES BOUNCE!”


@Opheli8 I’ve done a kitty litter cake before, but never with a fake cat buried in it.


@redambition @RoseRed_Shoes Score! Spotties at Birkenhead has orange fleece. I’ll have to try to get there after work tomorrow.


@redambition I would say yes, but you’d probably have to go tomorrow too. (I think they’re only open til 5:30 most nights.)


@redambition So I might as well just go tomorrow and get it right away. But thank you!


@redambition Sure, if you don’t mind a hitchhiker! I’m usually here til 5:30, but I can make arrangements to go sooner to meet you.


@redambition What time do you normally hit Broadway?


@redambition I can arrange to be there then! I’ll email you. πŸ™‚


@lifeasdaddy This is a more articulated toy, so I don’t think felt is going to hold up as well as fleece. Luckily I found a source!


@drkknits I am apparently, like, 1/16th Cherokee or something. Or so my Aunt claims. You know, if you need me to approve anything.


Holy crap, I actually met my knitters guild resolutions for the year! That was unexpected.


@drkknits Only managed to ride my bike to Guild once, but I did it!


Playing “Carol of the Bells” in the office and telling my co-workers how @EileenDCoE has a phobia of that song.


@bonitoclub @witty_knitter I want all of that furniture. All of it.


Hmm. In terms of non-Halloween cookie cutters, I have: Round, Heart, Gingerbread Man, and Michigan. That’s not gonna work. #christmas #fail


@drkknits @GeorgieKnits Computer engineer barbie has her own iPhone app! But this year I got my niece a Lottie. πŸ™‚


Jealous of everyone going to @yow_oz today!


@leonor_salazar Did you get it from GGD? I got one too but had to cancel due to stupid unavoidable meeting. πŸ™


So tired of dealing with crappy marketing spam from people trying to take advantage of my sites’ PageRank.


@redambition Today a marketroid told me in all seriousness how my blog was relevant to the UK’s #1 laser eye surgery provider. Uh, no.


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Hm. Having real trouble finding orange polar fleece to make a Christmas present…


Anybody going near Spotties tomorrow? Lincraft in the city was a big fail.


@Helen__H My nephew has discovered Calvin & Hobbes. http://t.co/izYOI8Dy


@_papergirl Thanks! I don’t have much time, so if I can’t get something local I might just go with backup plan (felt) instead.


Huh. The SMH updated their mobile site.


Hey @Y7News – I hate HATE when I click on a headline and it’s video. Please warn your users! Otherwise I’ll unfollow since it’s annoying.


Today I learned that the LΓΌneburger bakery under the QVB switched sides of the hall. It was surprisingly disorienting.


@pixel8ted If it’s new, it’s probably just that it’s stretching out. Keep playing and tuning and eventually it’ll stop, I think.


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Took off my headphones to ask someone a question. Discovered the developers listening to “Someday My Prince Will Come” on the speakers.


Oh look. Convenors letter says that @drkknits is the new Exhibitions Coordinator. One would think she needed things to fill her spare time!


@merrinmez @drkknits Better than me. We’ve officially been shot down by both Loani and Jenny Kee. Back to the drawing board…


@merrinmez @drkknits I have a few names to ask, including her. I’ll take care of it in the next week…


@merrinmez Loani said that she emailed via the website several months ago, but no one passed it along to me. She’s booked up now. πŸ™


Can you retrain your default stress response? Mine is to cry, and I hate it. On a related note, just leaving work now…


@betsybookworm I’m better at controlling it these days, but my shoulders and jaw ache from clenching all day.


The worst, WORST part is stressing over things I can’t control. It’s just useless. Maybe I could by hypnotised or something…


@artbuds I’d like to enter the Bacon ticket giveaway! kris.howard AT gmail πŸ™‚


@3rd_Gen_ Good call. My doc gave me some that I’ve been hoarding for overseas travel, but I think I might need one tonight.


@AusVintageGrrl Just trying to finish off two big projects at work in the next 8 days while also making final preparations for overseas trip


@AusVintageGrrl Trying to avoid alcohol though. Been leaning on that crutch too heavily in recent months. Not good for me!


@LeeanneField Something like that. Seems to be a common problem for women. Somebody could make a fortune with a cure!


HA! Just discovered that Black Black chewing gum I picked at random today in Asian grocery is CAFFEINATED. Perhaps a stress contributor…


New Game of Thrones Production Diary: Your First Proper Glimpse of Season 3 http://t.co/ZIUzy5zA // cc @drkknits


@imdominating Sweet!


Thanks to everyone for stress advice last night. Things are much better today (so far)…