Month: September 2003
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I’ve developed a bit of a slug problem in my worm farm. Everytime I open the lid there are a couple stuck on the walls around the top. I’ve been picking them off (with a trowel – they’re gross) and then squooshing them on the pavement, but I’m getting tired of it. I saw “Slug…
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“There is nothing inherent in fat that increases the risk of weight gain.” HA! The National Heart Association of Australia has finally verified what millions of Atkins dieters already know: eating fat doesn’t make you fat. Of course, the article includes criticism from the director of the NSW Centre for Public Health Nutrition, who worries…
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Woohoo! Brace yourself, Aussies. The Snook has just heard through the grapevine that Iron Chef is coming to SBS on October 11. I wonder if we’ll get the old reruns of Bobby Flay? Those are the only ones I’ve ever seen (when I managed to catch it at home in the States).
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Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly. I skipped over most of the math myself as I was only interested in Snookums’s long-held theory that “Whoever owns the red monopoly wins the game.” Given the author’s summation regarding Illinois Avenue, I guess he’s right.
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The Crafty GardenSince we now have a lovely tiled courtyard to fill up with plants, I decided to start with a succulent garden (since my friend Kevin has one and it’s gorgeous). I bought the plant stand at Kmart and then picked out some sempervivum, a green Jellybean, and another unnamed plant. Yesterday the Snook…
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I just had a great session with my new personal trainer Adam. He set me up with a weight lifting program that I’m going to alternate with Pump classes. I’m also going to mix up my running a bit more and alternate between longer, slower runs and short, intense sprints. I’m feeling pretty good about…
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Friday Five: 1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?It’s probably REM, I guess. I go through periods of obsession with other groups, but I buy every record they put out and I think they’re consistently one of the best bands in the world. They’re also the only group whose fan club I’ve ever bothered to…
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It’s not quite CouchCam, but OfficeCam is now up and running over there on the right. Rest assured, CouchCam will return. It’s just that our living room PC needs some updates (in order to run our homegrown Tivo!) so it’s currently located in the office… Hence OfficeCam. Enjoy.
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Wow, my site got a link and a nice compliment over at craftster.org!
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The Snook noticed recently that our DVD of Spirited Away (which we still haven’t watched, actually) contains the trailer for Transformers: The Movie. Made in 1986, it stars Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, and Orson Welles (!) as various Autobots and Decepticons. We were having a giggle over this til we noticed the name…