Month: December 2003
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An Australian ConversationMe: “Ugh, what is that smell? I think there must be a house on fire nearby!”Snook: “Nah, it’s a barbie!”Me: “What the hell are they barbecuing?”Snook: “Mmm, smells like octopus.”Me: *blink* “You can tell that from the smell??” I live in a place where people grill octopi in their backyard. I can’t decide…
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Happy blog anniversary to Robert (aka Catboy), and congratulations to him on joining our iPod revolution! You will all be assimilated.
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Sock Monkey TutorialAs folks are always asking me how I make my monkeys, I finally took the time to document it in a tutorial. That’s everything you need to know from start to finish. A few of the pictures are a little blurry but I think you’ll get the idea. Let me know if you…
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Sorry for the silence… but I’ve been busy finishing my Weasley Sweater! It’s a seamless raglan in deep maroon with a great big gray “K” embroidered on the front. It’s 100% wool and warm as hell. It’s probably actually a little nicer than the ones Mrs. Weasley makes, but faced with a choice between filmic…
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I think if I found an envelope full of scabs in an old library book my first response would not be to call the local museum, but rather to puke my guts out.
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Friday Five: 1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year?Hmm, I don’t know that I had a really big standout achievement. It was kinda like the first year of normality after a couple years of transition. I had the same job all year and the Snook and I were finally able to stop draining our…
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Ebert has reposted his review of A Christmas Story along with a “Where are they now?” sidebar on the cast. Thankfully Mom sent me a copy of this a few years ago so even though I don’t have TNT, there’ll always be Ralphie at Christmas.
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Movie Round-UpWednesday afternoon the Snook and I headed out to catch Peter Pan, which I’d been eagerly awaiting. It didn’t disappoint. In a word, this movie is all about sex. Seriously. It’s about thirteen-year-olds figuring out about sex… all in a metaphorical way, of course. In the beginning I thought Peter was pretty annoying –…
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World Idol ReactionIn case you can’t tell from CouchCam, we’ve again borrowed a projector from work so our living room is reversed. Tonight we used this impressive setup of thousands of dollars worth of technology… to watch World Idol, of course. Why should the eleven judges have all the fun? Read on for criticism from…
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At long last I can reveal that the surprise sock monkey I made earlier this month was commissioned by Matt of Scrubbles for his partner Christopher. They sent me this cute picture of their two sock monkeys reunited along with their kitty Eames. (Incidentally, Eames is the main character in a children’s book that the…