Month: October 2002
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About damn time! I called the bookstore today to gripe about my still absent copy of Coraline and they informed me it arrived two weeks ago. What?? Evidently I missed the e-mail or something. Anyway, the Snook picked it up on his lunch break and I should have it in my hands in a matter…
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Check out these Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets character promo posters. What the hell is that next to Ron? Is that supposed to be one of the mandrakes? (Link courtesy of Steve.)
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I always wondered how old people keep their dentures in place. I never thought it involved a button though. *shudder* That’s the funniest – and grossest – thing I’ve read in a while. (Link courtesy of Chris.)
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HOLY CRAP. The first Bowl Championship Series rankings are out and Notre Dame is sitting at #3! Can you believe that? We’re one spot from playing for the national friggin’ championship! (I think the fact that the BCS dropped “margin of victory” from the calculations this year helped us out a lot.) So I guess…
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I posted another interview with Roald Dahl over at my Dahl site. He just cracks me up. I mean, he out and out lies! He’s still claiming he got “shot down” over Libya during World War II, when in fact he ran out of gas and crash landed. He also pontificates on why he “never”…
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They’ve finally started airing Vanilla Coke commercials here Down Under, and they all star… Chazz Palminteri. Seriously. Did he do them in the States too, or is this one of those “as-long-as-they-don’t-show-it-in-America” type things?
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The Snook’s job has too many damn perks. First he got to see Spider-Man in a sneak preview weeks before I did. Now he tells me that he’s been invited to a beer-tasting event hosted by a local micro-brewery tonight. He continues, “What’s more, Nema (the marketing dude) has an invite for the Cleo magazine…
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New Poll: How will you be celebrating Halloween this year? I’m feeling rather sad since it’s not really that big of a deal in Australia. They don’t even trick-or-treat! Apparently adults might have Halloween parties, but it’s pretty strictly limited to “scary” costumes (which takes a lot of the fun out of it, I think).…
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Check out what I learned today – I can knit! Well, I can cast on and do a basic stitch anyway, thanks to the groovy book Ma Snook sent me. Now I’m itching to do more. I definitely need a new bag, and there are some extremely cute patterns available on the ‘Net. (I’m loving…
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Congratulations to Kim of Fresh Hell on her wedding. Her site is the first weblog I ever read!