Month: January 2007
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The PrestigeLast weekend the Snook and I finally caught a showing of The Prestige. I’d seen glowing reviews from both Andrew and Kevin, but thankfully I managed to avoid the temptation to spoil myself. And yeah, it’s definitely a film that you should see cold. We really enjoyed it! While we both figured out Angier’s…
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First we had a female member of the Irish Guard… and then the first female Speaker of the House… and now there’s going to be a female Beefeater. Neat! You know, I tried to break down a gender wall once. Back in college when I worked at Coachmen, I was all fired up to be…
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Today the Snook and I finally watched Heroes and discovered what the fuss is all about. We’re only at episode four though, so don’t spoil it!
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Thanks to Max, the Snook and I are now debating the ethics of foie gras (as defended by Jeffrey Steingarten). We’re definitely in the “eat it in small portions” camp. Hey, I’ve got friends who are vegans and pescavores, and I admire them all… but I’m an omnivore, and meat is so good. (The Snook…
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Kevin pointed me towards some great new images from The Golden Compass. Sam Elliot made me swoon with the most glorious ‘tache ever. Nicole Kidman looks absolutely stunning as Mrs. Coulter. (I can’t wait to see her dæmon.) I’m still disappointed that Terence Stamp isn’t playing Lord Asriel, but Daniel Craig looks spiffing in his…
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Jaywalker Sock Pattern. Bookmarking because I think that might be a good one for my Vesper sock yarn…
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Nike+ iPod TrackerI was reading Podophile the other day when I discovered that someone’s written a WordPress widget to display your running Nike+ stats on your blog. The obvious problem is that I’m not running WordPress. In the comments I discovered two possible alternatives: justdoing.it (a service that grabs your data for you) and this…
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A Melbourne cat has just been granted a credit card. Hmm. This will give Dr. Amy Jones ideas. I’ll have to call the bank tomorrow and tell them to watch for any suspicously large purchases of tuna.
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The Snook just sent me a great food/diet link: What does 200 calories look like? He adds: “The take-home message is ‘Less butter, more turkey.’”
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Happy blog-birthday to me!As of today, I’ve been blogging as web-goddess for six years. SIX YEARS! It blows my mind. And just as I’ve done the past few years (2006, 2005, 2004, 2003), I’ve pulled together some statistics to celebrate and reflect… Number of posts: 949 (An increase of 170 from last year!) Number of…