Month: September 2006
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On Friday the Snook took me out to The Vanguard in Newtown to see one of his favorite bands, The Backsliders. I’d never been in there before. It was so cool! An extremely tiny blues bar filled with cosy little candle-lit tables, great food, and fantastic music. We were doing the “dinner and a show”…
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The End of the StoryI had my final visit with Dr. Chin tonight so we could wrap up the extra-special episode of House that my mystery stomach ailment had become. I think he was as relieved as I was to finally have the answer. Treatment is to keep taking Nexium for the next six weeks…
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Shovelglove: The Sledgehammer Workout. I went to that site expecting it to be a joke – An exercise routine that involves swinging a sledgehammer around your living room? – but it’s actually really cool and thought-out! They have little videos and a messageboard and everything.
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Idol Declaration: Women of Australia, you can have your Dean Geyer and your Ricky Muscat. I am firmly on the Bobby Flynn Love Train. That song was freakin’ amazing. I knew he could do the ballads, but I had no idea he could do rock like that. I’m still shaking my head in disbelief. Cold…
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Two fabulous crafty finds today: How to Knit a Princess Leia Wig, and How to Build a Tiki Bar. Sweeeeet.
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“Notre Dame Steamrolls Penn State.” Now that’s that kind of headline you like to see in the morning! I’d actually received an invitation to watch the game live from Sebastian, an Aussie guy who went to grad school at ND. A bunch of us went to his place in North Sydney for the home opener…
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Project Pipeline Cabled Noro Silk Garden jacket for me. It’s nearly there. I think I may turn the collar into a hood though. The weather has turned horrible as if to taunt me, saying: “Knit faster and you may be able to wear your jacket yet… (but in all truth, it’s going to be blazing…
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In case of rain, it looks like the Goth knitters have nominated Buzzbar Cafe (next to the pet store on King Street) as the alternate stitch and bitch venue.
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Brad Pitt says he and Angelina won’t get married until everybody can. And that frickin’ rules. The democratization of marriage is one of the big reasons I hesitated for as long as I did. Too bad my little blog isn’t high profile enough for my political stances to make the AP wire!
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Oh my god. Coolest. Keychains. EVER!