Month: September 2003
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“The dinosaurs are not around today because they did not have a space program.” The Top 10 Reasons for a Space Program. As this Slashdot post points out, most of these have to do with planetary safety and economic reasons. Whatever happened to “Because it’s there”?
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How sensitive are your senses? Take this test. I scored 10 out of 20. I screwed up most of the first visual section and I missed the last three straight. I suck.
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Not only are we getting the American version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy shortly… but they’re casting an all-Aussie version right now! I told my friend Kevin – who owns the salon where I get my hair cut – that he must apply.
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I just saw this fluff piece on “buttock augmentation” and was merrily skimming through it when I hit the bit where they describe exactly how the procedure is performed. Lordy! No pictures, but I’m never going to be able to get the mental images out of my head. And the scars are down your…!
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Don’t forget, Aussies! Tonight at 6:00 the ABC begins showing every single episode of Dr. Who. Our VCR is set. Is yours?
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The Snook and I just got back from finally seeing that pirate movie. As we’d been eagerly awaiting its arrival in Australia for, oh, four months, it was probably inevitable that we’d be let down a little bit. Eh, I dunno. It was enjoyable and two hours of watching Johnny Depp are never misspent, but…
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Ouch.
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Friday Five: 1. Is the name you have now the same name that’s on your birth certificate? If not, what’s changed?Yup. Most folks nowadays call me Kris rather than Kristine though. A few who knew me in grade school still call me Kristy. 2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what…
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RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter. The Snook and I were watching the news last night when we got the jaw-dropping news about Cash. Snookums has called a special meeting of his “Guinness Club” at the pub tonight to drink some beer and mourn the man in black. I didn’t hear about Ritter til I…
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