Month: August 2005

  • Make Ahead Recipes

    Note to self: Print out these Make Ahead Pasta Bake and Casserole Recipes from WW for future reference…

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  • License to Drive

    License to Drive Me: Hey, guess what? I just looked on the RTA Website for information about booking my driver’s test, and apparently the law changed this year. Now license holders from the US don’t have to take any test at all! I just have to turn mine in and they hand me my Australian…

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  • Knitty entry

    After much public deliberation (and private contributions by the Snook, who flatly stated his opinion that one popular favorite was “boring”), Amy and Rob and I have selected the three shots for our Knitty calendar contest entry: 1, 2, and 3. Cross your fingers for us!

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  • Cuteness.

    Nintendogs. Just because I’m a cat owner doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the inherent heart-breaking cuteness of a Labrador Retriever puppy. And these ones don’t smell or pee on the carpet!

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  • Cottage cheese

    Feed me some cheese.Confession time: I have never, in my entire memory span, willingly eaten cottage cheese. Is that weird? I just never liked the look of it. I seem to be going through this experimental phase lately though, and I like just about every other soft cheese I’ve ever eaten… so the time is…

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  • Gyoza

    Wow. 83 gyoza in 8 minutes. I couldn’t ever hope to match it, but I’d looooove to try…

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  • PotterPuffs

    Much like miftik, I am utterly defenceless against the All-Powerful Cuteness of the PotterPuffs. They’re characters from Harry Potter drawn in the style of Powerpuff Girls, and they’re mindsplittingly adorable. Warning! Some contain spoilers from Half-Blood Prince (although if you haven’t finished it yet, Sis, I’m going to disown you).

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  • Quizno’s

    Quizno’sJust waiting for our FREE SUBS! Austin Powers just walked by hissing at some Subway customers. No, really.

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  • Knitcast!

    How did I not know that there’s a podcast about knitting? (Link courtesy of Katherine.)

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  • Quizno’s is opening!

    Attention Sydneysiders! The brand-new Quizno’s at World Square is having its Grand Opening this Friday, and they’re giving away FREE SUBS between 11-2! I’ve never had a Quizno’s sub before; they seem to have come to national prominence in the States well after I left. (Didn’t they do some really wacky commercials, like with monkeys…

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