Month: August 2002

  • What. A. Day.I had three pressing appointments today, all of which were nerve-wracking in different ways. First, I hauled myself out of bed and into the gym for the 9:30 “Pump” class. This is basically synchronized lifting with free weights. It wasn’t as hard as yoga, thankfully, and I got a great workout. (I have…

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  • It’s that time again! More fun with Australian culture! I’ll give you the name of an actual Aussie television program, and you guess what the show’s about. (As usual, those of you Down Under are disqualified.) Guess away! McLeod’s Daughters White Collar Blue Young Lions Kath & Kim All Saints The Secret Life of Us…

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  • Good grief. Remember how excited I was that Wagamama, my favorite London restaurant, opened a branch in Sydney? I’ve just discovered the other half of that karmic equation. School Disco is coming here as well. Yes, you can now dress up as a slutty schoolgirl and get drunk on alcopops in London, Manchester, Ibiza, and…

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  • The Book Group site is finally live! All of the group-related blog posts are provided as well as the schedule of books to come. (Posts will still be visible on the w-g homepage too.) There’s a space in the sidebar for links to participant websites, so if you’d like to maybe pick up a little…

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  • Advice needed!I don’t have much time left to put together my Metafilter CD Swap discs. I’ve got two possible themes/playlists picked out, but I’m not sure which to go with. The first is an entire CD of REM covers, from Tori Amos doing “Losing My Religion” to William Burroughs interpreting “Star Me Kitten”. Several of…

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  • Friday Five:My answers are going to suck this week, as I know jack squat about genealogy. 1. What is your lineage? Where are your ancestors from?Well, one-quarter is Korean. That’s my maternal grandmother. The other three grandparents are all American. I really haven’t done any research, but I’m pretty sure that the “Howard” side of…

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  • When it rains, it pours.Remember that job interview I had last week? I got it! It’s another contract project where I’ll be working from home. I’ll be developing an entire site – database, backend, frontend, everything – all by myself. I’m excited to start. And guess what else? I have two more interviews on Monday!…

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  • As the SUV debates continue to rage, I thought I might try to track down the WW2 carpool scare poster Tricia mentioned. Once again, Google Image Search did not disappoint. Here it is, as found on this page (which also contains another good one with Uncle Sam). Remember kids! When you ride ALONE, you ride…

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  • Ebert’s got a nice story about Clint Eastwood, who’s one of Snookums’s and my dad’s favorite movie stars. I like a guy who admits his age. I don’t like Westerns so much myself, so I haven’t seen a lot of his work. He was damn sexy in this movie, though.

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  • Evan Dando has been spotted in Melbourne. *flashing back to alterna-teen youth* Ahh, the Lemonheads. Sassy. Converse Chuck Taylor’s. I remember once reading that a fan asked Evan Dando to go to Prom with her and he went. Embarrassingly, at the time I wished it had been me. I wonder if he still has his…

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