Month: June 2004
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Weird Foods of the World. Man, poutine sounds good. I haven’t had durian but I’ve seen it in the supermarket here. (I did notice the restrictions on eating it while we were in Singapore in 2001.) I’ve tried Vegemite but I think it’s horrible! The Snook happily ate black pudding in the U.K., though he…
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Crafty weekend.I made my first return to the Sydney Sity Klickers in ages yesterday. They’re all so nice! I was able to pick Mary-Helen‘s brain for some much needed knitting tips and I had fun seeing what everyone was up to. My stomach still wasn’t completely settled though so my visit was pretty brief. I…
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Koala tunnel! How cute is that?
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Apple Center FrustrationsWell, I have my computer back. Sorta. Remember, I had dropped it off Monday to have it checked for the logic board defect that Apple is fixing for free. I took it to Apple Centre Broadway (since I’m still pissed at the one in the city for the headphone-fixing debacle). When I went…
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Wow! Afterthought heels for knitting socks. I might have to try that on my next pair. (Link courtesy of passionknit.)
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Kirsty has pointed me to some new breakthroughs in female urination technology. BBC News Online has apparently recruited some women to try them out at Glastonbury. Ma Snook has a device very similar to “The Whiz”, which she swears by. And I love the fact that the manufacturer “recommends using the Whiz in a urinal…
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For the record, Ebert gave Fahrenheit 9/11 three and a half stars. Also for the record, I am incapable of typing “fahrenheit” on the first try.
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DetoxBlog: Well, as Max predicted, it was a little bit like Poopalooza 2004 there for a while. I started out well – I had my warm water with lemon as soon as I woke up (to kick start the metabolism, of course), a glass of vegetable juice 20 minutes later, and a bowl of muesli…
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awfulcufflinks has a good laugh over these recycled plastic chickens, wondering: “Why in the world would anyone ever buy [a chicken statue]?” Well, since I actually found myself purchasing a metal chook from Michael’s Craft Store a few years back, I think I can answer this one: People buy them because their Moms collect them.…
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Where were you?Just saw this quiz over on Max’s site and thought I’d have a go. 1. Where were you when you heard that Ronald Reagan died?Sitting at my desk in our office at home. I’d just gotten up and I was going to check my e-mail. I saw the headline on My Yahoo immediately…