Month: October 2003
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Roger Ebert writes a lovely ode to autumn leaves that includes a rant about leaf blowers and Dubya’s stance on the environment. “Bush views the environment with the same interest the Romans took in the Sabine women.” Heh.
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For future reference (mostly for me), the phone number to request a shade card from Bendigo Woollen Mills is (03) 5442 4600. I had to request that from my knitting list as I just could not find it online.
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Damn. USA lost to Fiji by one stinkin’ point! Too bad. Good effort, Eagles.
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Am I the only one that hopes this genetic discrimination law will be eventually used to protect homosexuals? As good ol’ Ted Kennedy says, “No American should be denied health insurance or fired from a job because of a genetic test.” Now all we need to do is find the genetic basis, and whoomp! There…
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Critics of the Atkins Diet have long argued that people lose weight on it simply because they eat less food. Guess what? That may not be the case. Subjects in this study lost more weight on a higher-calorie, low-carb diet than others did on a low-calorie, high-carb diet. Guess not all calories are created alike,…
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Last night that Snook got to watch his first episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He seemed to like it, though he squirmed whenever I mentioned submitting him for a makeover from the upcoming Australian version. Hee. He needs it.* I amused myself at lunch today by reading those recaps from StraightEye.com. I…
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Mac Users: What’s on your Dock? I found this fascinating. What’s with all these people anchoring it to the side? I’m very much a default bottom center person. I also liked seeing all the funky little applications people use. So come on, let’s see your Dock. I’ll take a screenshot tonight and post it when…
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Max asks the question: “What things do you dislike that you’re not supposed to?” My answers would be Radiohead, William Gibson novels, animé, Nigella Lawson, tea, sushi, foreign arthouse films, and that whole nebulous category of music that we Hoosiers simply call “techno”. Sad but true.
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Congratulations to my sister, whose marathon training continues. She just finished her first half-marathon! Way to go, Amy.
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The Gallery of Ghastlies – Knitwear that never should’ve seen the light of day.