Month: November 2002
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Marble Magnet People!It worked! My cunning plan worked. Instead of using magazine pictures, I successfully put the Snook’s and my faces under the marbles. (Click on the picture to see the full set. Apologies for my crappy camera. They really do look pretty good.) I’d read that using Bubble Jet-printed images wouldn’t work, because the…
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The Snook and I recently bought tickets for Big Day Out this year. It’s a mega-huge rock festival. Apparently two years ago a young girl got crushed to death in the mosh pit during Limp Bizkit’s performance. The coroner’s inquest just ended today and he had harsh words for both the concert organizers and the…
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Again, I’m going to skip the Friday Five this week. It’s all about the recent U.S. election, which means I have jack squat to say about it. No, I didn’t vote. I didn’t even remember to renew my driver’s license the last time I was home, much less register and request an absentee ballot. I…
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Hyperventilating.Went out to do laundry. Did my customary “Spider Check” in the corners of the shed. Noticed a huge hairy brown tarantula-lookin’ thing in the doorjamb, about – oh – two inches from my head. Freaked out. Came inside and IMed the Snook. He was anything but reassuring. Him: Those ones don’t drop. They just…
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The thermometer says it’s 81 degrees outside, but Yahoo Weather confirms that it feels like 91. Whew, that’s hot. Unfortunately the Snook had to, like, work or something, so my beach plans were scuppered. Maybe tomorrow then. Meanwhile I’ve stocked up on Diet Coke and Popsicles, and there’s cricket on the telly. Life is good.
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My friend Major just e-mailed to let me know that somebody linked to my Roald Dahl site in this Metafilter thread about Shel Silverstein. Cool.
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I just realized that people are finding our Book Group via Google and contributing to past discussions. That’s neat! Now I/we just have to remember to check them every now and then so I/we can respond. 🙂
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New Poll: Which upcoming movie are you most excited about seeing? I would’ve said Lord of the Rings up til last week, when I had a Harry Potter-inspired dream. (No, not like that, Moire.) So I figure I should let my subconscious be my guide.
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We are so going to the beach tomorrow. Check out that forecast. Glorious. (Yes, Ma Snook, I’ve been putting on sunscreen and wearing a hat when I go out.)
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I got marbles! After all the tramping about yesterday, I ended up finding them at “Eastern Flair”, the weird-ass patchouli-smellin’ hippie store a few blocks from our house (where I got the Snook’s zen garden a few months back). I couldn’t believe it. Now I’m ready to make some magnets! (I’m not going to use…