Month: July 2005

  • DietBlog

    DietBlog: Put your arms in the air, kids, because we’re officially on a rollercoaster! Yes, I’ve gone from gain to loss to gain. It’s cool; all that candy on Saturday may have been magical but it sure wasn’t Points-free. I can deal with a measly pound. I got renewed inspiration tonight from my friend Katie,…

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  • Awww, man! I’ve technically missed it, but for those of you in Chicago, happy Roger Ebert Day!

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  • Ooh, I just got an e-mail that the Jordana Paige Knitter’s Messenger Bag is almost ready for sale! They’ve got pictures there on the site. I am seriously coveting the camel/brown version.

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  • How to Poach an Egg

    This one’s for the Snook: How to Poach an Egg, complete with picture of the results of each method. We’ve actually tried the Delia Smith method ourselves and were similarly disappointed with the results. We blamed it on not having extremely fresh eggs, though, which I’ve always understood to be the key to the whole…

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  • Casual racism

    Customer: I can’t believe you’ve got all this Christmas stuff but no Nativity scenes!Me: We’ve got Nativity scenes! See?Her: No, I was looking for Christmas stocking designs. *pause* It’s all because the Jews and Arabs are taking over the world.Me: Excuse me, this shop is run by a Jewish family…Her: I bet it is!Me: Look,…

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  • Gleewarts Express picturesI’m still going through my (sixty!) pictures and adding captions, but in the meantime Amy and Rob have put some of theirs up on Flickr. My personal favorites: The Snook and I get up close and personal with a big friggin’ snake; I shake Dumbledore’s hand and it looks like I get some…

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  • Indestructibles

    Matt invented an interesting concept: Indestructibles. These are those songs you enjoy no matter who’s performing them. (Or in concrete terms, songs you have more than three different versions of in your iTunes library.) I posted a couple over at his site but I keep finding more: “One” – U2, U2 + REM, and Johnny…

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  • Albino deer

    Check it out, Dad – albino deer. I remember seeing some deer with partial albinism in Brown County a long time ago, but this is the first one I’ve ever seen that was totally white.

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  • Media mentions

    The Gleewarts Express trip is getting all sorts of media attention already… And here too.

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  • Done.

    Holy crap, ladies and gentlemen. I am DONE. I didn’t really intend to digest the whole thing in one sitting, but here I am seven hours later all sniffly and hungry. Don’t read the comments if you haven’t finished it yet.

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