Month: December 2001
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Hee hee. King Kaufman puts that whole George O’Leary/Notre Dame debacle into hilarious perspective. Oh, and he invented plastic. 🙂
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What corporate mascot are you? I regret that I am the Micro$oft Office Paperclip, and Snookums is Ronald McDonald. What a fine pair we are. (Link courtesy of John again, who has all the best links lately.)
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Despite Divorce, Cruise Expects Warm Reception in Australia. I don’t think he should hold his breath. We’re all very pro-Nicole over here. The evening news showed her landing in Sydney to spend the holidays with her family. Nobody wants to applaud Cruise and his puffy-lipped trophy girlfriend.
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Fun! Yesterday the Snook and I headed down to the Sydney Aquarium for some fish interaction. They’ve got these great walk-through oceanariums with all kinds of Australian sea life. The “Sharks and Rays” one was the absolute scariest. I kept flashing back to Jaws III. Ooh, and remember when I discovered that my ideal zoo…
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Have I mentioned that Sydney has both Taco Bell and Mountain Dew? Unfortunately there’s a trade-off though. I was riding the bus with Snookums the other day when I realized that something was missing. We’ve been through the central shopping district several times, and never have I seen that familiar blue sign. There’s no GAP!…
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Here’s an essay about a 25-year-old who suddenly gets a new half-sibling. Yeah, I identified a little bit. “The mathematics of a post-nuclear family is a bit stunning. When my [brother] enters kindergarten I will be entering my 30s. When [he] goes to prom I’ll be a soccer mom. By the time [he] is legal…
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London went on full terror alert today. “Anti-terrorist detectives fear that the capital could be the target for both Islamic extremists and renegade Irish terrorists trying to disrupt the peace process.” In other news halfway around the globe, it rained a little bit in Sydney this morning but was still warm enough to wear shorts,…
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SO TIRED. But the house is done. Thursday morning the Snook and I were woken up at 8:00 a.m. by the washing machine delivery man. After that was successfully installed, we had a quick breakfast and then Snookums headed off to IKEA. He had a shopping list of all the pieces we needed to create…
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Hmmm. I just realized that time difference between where I’m posting and where my server is located means that posts are coming up on the wrong days (I’m across the International Date Line now). I’m going to do some tinkering…
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New Poll! In honor of the amazing custard croissant I had from the local bakery this morning, I’m asking about your favorite baked delights. (I bet you can guess what I voted.) And as usual, I’ve taken the liberty of interpreting your responses for you. 🙂