Month: February 2003
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Back in grade school, one of my friends bought a “slam book” and brought it to class. Each page had a category, like “Favorite song” or “Boy you like”, with a bunch of numbered lines for everyone’s answers. One page puzzled us though: “Pet Peeves”. As I was the class brain, everyone turned to me…
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The The Age ran a great interview with Dr. Atkins today entitled “Look Mum, No Carbs”. It’s an excellent introduction to the low-carb lifestyle and addresses some of the criticism that’s been written about it. It also tries to explain how the diet works, which is something that often gets lost in the usual “You…
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“Tens of thousands attend Sydney peace rally.” Yes, the Snook and I were among them, and yes, we made those T-shirts ourselves. (Full props to the ladies at Glitter for inspiring my slogan.) I’ve posted my pictures from the event here. Did you go to a demonstration? Did you not go for any specific reason?…
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Channel 10 just showed E.T. as counter-programming to the Cricket World Cup. Man, that movie always makes me cry. Afterwards I had to go back and read Ebert’s excellent review, which is one of my favorites. I love that he signs it “Grandpa Roger.” 🙂
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Friday Five: 1. Explain why you started to journal/blog.The biggest reason is that I was thousands of miles away from my family and friends and, well, phone bills are expensive. It was an easy way for the fam to keep up with my life. In addition to that, I’m addicted to the Internet and I…
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I have officially put out my shingle as a Harry Potter knitter-for-hire. My backlog is just about cleared out, so new orders will be started almost immediately!
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As there seems to be little interest right now (even from me), I’m officially putting “The Book Group” on hiatus. The old discussions are still active, though, so feel free to keep adding to them.
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Question: Would you participate in an anti-war demonstration or a “walk for peace”? (I’m not asking about your stance on the Iraq issue, but strictly whether you’d participate in something like that.) Why or why not?
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Happy Valentine’s Day! For the second year running, the Snook and I decided to forego the commercialism of the “holiday” and just enjoy being together. Therefore when he brought home flowers and the Beauty and the Beast Special Edition DVD I immediately launched into my “But you said we weren’t exchanging gifts!” tirade. He assures…
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Who could you take in a fight? I could take Eddie Vedder, especially since he gave such a wimpy-ass answer.