Month: February 2005
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Quick! Hide your Valentines! Cultural vigilantes are trying to put a stop to Valentine’s Day in India. This could give millions of singletons around the world some very dangerous ideas… And hey, this is kind of a neat concept. I could be a cultural vigilante. You know what I’d put a stop to right now?…
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We finally watched the Amazing Race 7 finale tonight… and damn. I’m putting our reaction inside, just so any Aussies don’t get spoiled. Sidenote: No matter what the haters say, I am SO STOKED for Rob and Amber in TAR8. The Snook and I laughed our asses off at them in the preview. Go the…
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Hmm. Vogons. Not how I pictured them. (Link courtesy of Kevin.)
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Since Eileen asked, here’s the picture of Sexy Geography Teacher in all his glory. (Click for a bigger version.) Now you can see where I got the inspiration. Wouldn’t you have liked to’ve had this guy teaching you about Mercator projections? Further construction notes: This is an actual pieced garment, not something knit in the…
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On Thursday I gave my latest knitting project its first public airing… I present the Geography Cardigan! I got the idea from an old 80’s knitting book Mrs Morris (the shop owner) lent me as a joke. The tackiness of the patterns really needs to be seen to be believed. (The back cover, for instance,…
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An Interview with an Australian Subject Me: Snookums, does Prince Charles’s marriage prompt you to reconsider who you want for your head of state?Snookums: No.Me: Why not?Snookums: Because I don’t think that the issue is anything to do with people… This person or that person…Me: Continue…Snookums: Huh? I said my piece.Me: I don’t get it.…
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Me: No. Way. Dude! Charles and Camilla are gettin’ hitched!Snook: Nuh-uh.Me: And check it out: He’s going to spend his last few weeks as a single man in Australia! You guys should totally take him to that ***** bar you guys when to for your Bucks Night.Snook: Yeah, we should just be like, “Yo! Charlie!…
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Stitch and Bitch time!Here’s my buddy Katie at the new Thursday night Tapestry Craft Stitch and Bitch. We had six people tonight… Success!
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From the ABC: “Pull your dacks up – or face $50 fine!” Hahahaha! I hope this will mean the end of the atrocious wave of women with triangles of G-string appearing above the waistband of their pants…
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Damn it. I totally forgot it was the Amazing Race finale today, and thus that I’m supposed to be on an Internet blackout until the Snook finishes downloading the episode. So I surfed on over to Kim’s site, la di da, and two seconds later realized I’d just spoiled the ending for myself. Grrrrr.