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!

Fun! Make your own (virtual) paper snowflake. It took me a little while to figure out the scissors, but it’s pretty fun once you get going. I just wish it had a way to poke a hole in the paper – away from the edge – so you could make cutouts. I still like mine though. (Link courtesy of Christine.)

“With so much wrong going on in our world, there is only one thing that can put my soul at rest every night before I lie down to sleep. That one thing, my dear friends, is U2’s lead singer, Bono.” Hee hee! (Link courtesy of Kel.)

Shallow: Publicly worrying that your sore throat means you’re getting the flu while secretly hoping that you are, because everybody else in the office who got it lost, like, ten pounds.

Depressing. Apparently some New Zealand women’s refuges reported an increase in domestic violence following Saturday night’s rugby loss.

My weekend…

• Dinner at the new Bridge Street Wagamama. Way too many carbs, but oh. so. yummy.
• Cheap bacon and egg breakfast at the greasy spoon down the street. Again, yummy.
• Browsed through the DVD sale at Kmart and picked up a copy of Strange Brew, which the Snook has never seen. Eh, hoser.
• Managed to get ht://Check running (with the Snook’s help). Used it to scan Roald Dahl Fans.com for broken links. Found several hundred. Ouch.
• Ran 4K and then biked 5K at the gym.
• Did many, many loads of laundry.
• Knitted half a dozen more stripes on Harry Potter scarf.
• Scrubbed mildew in bathroom shower.
• Enjoyed the hot sun in our freestanding backyard hammock.
• Cheered for Australia. Cheered against England.
• Read another hundred pages of Mansfield Park.
• Repotted our lemon tree into a bigger pot, then successfully separated our conjoined pineapple twins into two other pots.
• Attended Pump class at gym. Now cannot move.

Yeah, we were busy. But it feels good to be productive. Check out our garden. First two pics are of the newly separated pineapples, while the last is of our veggies. See how big our corn is getting? The cherry tomatoes are coming along nicely too.

Australia wins! We’ve become the first defending Rugby World Cup champion to make it to the Finals the next year. We’ll be taking on either France or England next Saturday. (If it’s England, I know at least one household that’s going to have a difficult week…)

Whoa! Madaboutwine has finally died. It was the first dotcom I worked on and, four years later, it was one of the last ones standing. I feel oddly sad about it.