Today I found an article about Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The film was Peter’s only movie role and he went on to become a veterinarian. Sounds like a pretty nice guy!

Kirsty has created a page for all her knitting projects. They’re gorgeous. I especially love the Shooting Stars Jacket. I feel a sudden surge of inspiration!

[Fellow Knitters: That jacket looks like a raglan, right? I’m wondering if I could Sweater Workshop it and thus knit it without seams. The only difficulty would be doing the sleeves in a different color from the body. I guess I’d need to do a kind of intarsia-thing, where I’d twist the two colors together there at the raglan seamline to keep it from falling apart. Hmmm… may be worth thinking about. Done in cotton, this could be an awesome jacket for the fall. Ooh ooh ooh! Now I’m picturing it with a hood!]

Sometimes my job rocks. I just scored a projector to watch the Rugby World Cup Final on this weekend!

A co-worker just sent me a link to an online spy game that’s about to start in Sydney and Melbourne. Apparently you have to solve clues on the Internet and via SMS, and the person who wins gets a trip around the world. At the very least, it sounds like a brilliant marketing ploy.

Blogger spells out what every blogger needs to know: What to do when your Mom discovers your blog. Luckily my whole fam have known about this from the get-go so I don’t have to worry so much. In fact, last I heard Ma was working on her own site!

Last night I saw promos for two more American shows that will be starting here soon: Extreme Makeover and The O.C.. Are either of them worth watching?

The Snook and I participated in the National IQ Test tonight (while taping the Queer Test, of course). He ended up scoring 128 while I had 124. The interesting part was seeing how our strengths complemented each other. I rocked the English section but he missed a few, while he kicked ass on the math and spatial that I flubbed. We’re a little disappointed that we didn’t qualify for Mensa though. (Our petty justifications: The Snook was drinking homebrew, while I’m pretty sure I’m running a fever. We’ll get in someday.)

I was craving spiciness tonight so I tried out a new low-carb recipe: Hearty Pumpkin Chili. As I didn’t have any canned pumpkin, I just steamed some fresh and then mushed it up with a fork. It really gave the (bean-less) chili a nice thick texture. The Snook and I give it two thumbs up! Remember: “We have pumpkin at morning and pumpkin at noon, if it were not for pumpkin we would be undoon.” I love that.

The Poms are cheating already!