Month: April 2004

  • What’s your ecological footprint? If everybody lived like me, we’d need 4.4 planets to support us. Ouch. I thought I’d come out better since I don’t own a car, but it doesn’t seem to take carpooling into account. I took the biggest hit in the food category, though. An Atkins diet (with lots of meat…

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  • Knitters Against Bush

    Knitters Against Bush. Sweet. I want one of the T-shirts.

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  • I am not the only one that takes issue with inappropriate strollers.

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  • Eternal Sunshine

    Last night Snookums and I went out to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with a friend. I don’t mean to sound like a wanker or anything, but I’m not sure I can say anything meaningful about it right now. It’s just too close. I really, really liked it. I found myself fighting back…

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  • Knitting Update

    Knitting UpdateThanks to the extra wool my Mom sent out from the States, my Janetta Dexter Sampler Sweater is coming along nicely. Today I managed to finish the body completely and add the collar. Here I am modelling it so far. (I had to actually add in a few more designs than the original pattern…

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  • Hello Kitty Bong

    How to create a Hello Kitty bong. That cracks me up. And hey, there just happens to be a Sanrio store in Chatswood… I bet these things would sell like mad at Glebe Markets.

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  • Ebert gets political.

    I love it when Ebert gets all political. Now he’s defending Howard Stern and castigating Rush Limbaugh. Marry me, Roger!

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  • AT LAST!

    HOORAY!The waiting is finally over… Dear Ms HowardI am writing to you about your application for a permanent Partner (Residence) visa . . . I am pleased to advise that the following persons were granted a permanent visa on 13 April 2004: Kristine Michelle Howard . . . It took two and a half years,…

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  • YUM-CHA!

    “Its the time again where your stomach yearn for the delicious YUM CHA.” I received an invitation earlier this week to join an underground Yum Cha club at my office. I told Gilbert the organizer that I’d had it once before but hadn’t really liked it. He told me that the key to a good…

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  • Super cool war bowls.

    War Bowls. Oh my god, those are cool! Bowls made out of melted plastic army men, knights, and ninjas. I wonder how they make them… For some reason I imagine the melting army men would give off toxic gasses.

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