Month: July 2006
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Easily mispronounced domain names. Heh. (Link courtesy of Daring Fireball.)
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I walked in the door after work tonight and literally gasped in horror. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the crime scene. Why yes, that is $17/ball Noro Silk Garden dragged all over the floor. And of course, the requisite shot of the criminal. She’s not sorry. Not one bit.
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Whoa. I really, really want the Nike + iPod Sport Kit. Of course, that would necessitate buying a new iPod… and new shoes… and the kit… and, you know, starting to run again. *sigh*
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How to be an Eccentric. I really like the idea of training yourself not to say “um” and “uh”, and being Super Polite Girl is probably a worthwhile aspiration. Which reminds me, I’m going to get my hair done tonight, so I have to decide whether to keep being Pink Hair Girl.
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On the mend.Stomach problems suck. Seriously. Yesterday was my worst day yet; I stayed home and basically spent the whole day on the couch in agony. I couldn’t even sleep from the pain. (Didn’t Kurt Cobain suffer from chronic stomach problems?) I went to bed expecting to feel the same today… but instead I woke…
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We found a flier in our mailbox the other day from a person looking for a car space, and since we A) have a car space and B) don’t need it, we called him up. Turns out it’s one of our neighbours and he popped round with his partner last night to pay a deposit.…
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Scientists are learning more about how Charlotte‘s children flew away. That’s neat.
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Pop Quiz: Which American state, according to the Department of Homeland Security, has the most potential terrorist targets?Answer: Indiana. That’s so weird and incorrect. Although if the Essenhaus gets blown up, the terrorists really will have won.
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The Snook likes to do crossword puzzles, and he’s long held the opinion that Sudoku is an inferior form of entertainment. Crosswords rely on knowledge and lateral thinking; Sudoku seems to just rely on logic and brute force. In fact, he’s long suspected that there’s a mechanical method or algorithm to solving Sudoku that doesn’t…
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Because there was some confusion at work today, let me clear this up: I do not have gastroenteritis. I (probably) have gastritis, which is something different. Gastro is a stomach flu that lasts a few days. Gastritis can be chronic and may or may not have an ulcer involved. And now you know.