Month: November 2005
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Trail NoteDid I mention that I’m running again? Well, I am. Lately I’ve just been taking off after work – I loooove daylight savings – and heading in a different direction. I’ve been through the uni and up through Newtown to St. Peters and back; down Cleveland Street as far as Moore Park and back;…
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The Top 20 Geek Novels, as nominated by readers of the Guardian‘s Technology Blog. I’ve read eight of them so far: 1. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3. Brave New World; 4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; 5. Neuromancer; 6. Dune; 9. The Colour of Magic; 10. Microserfs; and 17. American Gods. Of those,…
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Me: Ooh, check it out! Evangeline Lily sucking face on the Hobbit…Snookums: Yeah, I already saw that one. Wasn’t it on Rove? It’s like, “Are they just friends? Or are they MORE?” We’re not even to our first wedding anniversary yet and the Snook has already passed me in celebrity gossip accumulation. His transformation is…
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Tonight’s discovery: I like Nepalese food! The Snook and I were in the mood for something new so we perused menus on Glebe Point Road until we finally decided on House of Kathmandu. We had the mixed grill for two, garlic naan, and the boneless goat curry. Everything was excellent. The platter arrived sizzling hot…
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Are you a Republican? I am apparently 13% Republican: “You’re a tax-and-spend liberal democrat. People like you are the reason everyone else votes for guys like Reagan or George W.” Greeeeat. (I mostly attribute my positive score to the idea that everyone should pay the same percentage tax, a position from which I freely admit…
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No offense to the breeders, but the Snook and I would looooove a restaurant that required children to be well-behaved. I’m not anti-kid; I’d sit down to dinner with Billy and Carissa Gaghan any day of the week. I’d just like a reduction in the number of times a nice dinner is ruined because some…
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Nora pointed me to these offensive T-shirts and I was all prepared to get righteously, feminist-ly angry, but instead I found myself laughing because I passed a chick on Broadway yesterday wearing the one that says, “I had a nightmare I was a brunette.” And she was a brunette.
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Hmm. This explanation of how to pull a rabbit out of a hat is kinda disappointing. And messy. Wouldn’t the magician also get charcoal all over his head?
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Why Arrested Development is the Best Show on Television. The Snook and I could not agree more. Update: Noooooooo! Those idiots! Could it maybe move to cable?
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Halloween photos are online!Finally I got off my butt today and uploaded the photos from this year’s party. The highlight of the food was definitely my Enormous Crocodile as seen there on the right. It was a complete pain to make, but luckily as I was going as Hiroyuki Sakai – Iron Chef French –…