Month: February 2007
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Old friends…I was rather quiet this past week, wasn’t I? As some of you have worked out, I was hosting my dear friend Sal Scherer and her boyfriend Tom from Chicago. They got in on Monday night, and on Tuesday I tramped them all over Sydney. It was perfect weather, and the fact that there…
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Cabled Jacket of Doom… FINISHEDIt’s done. It’s really and truly done. After an aborted attempt at sewing in the zipper last weekend, I hit upon the idea of sewing down some ribbon along the inside of each front to hide the cut edges and provide a more stable foundation for the zipper. So I got…
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Speedcluster. It’s sorta like the card game Speed crossed with Solitaire crossed with Tetris. Or something. I’ve managed a high score of 122,150 so far. (Tip: It really helps to play with a real mouse as opposed to a track pad.) Basically, you move the cards from the bottom row onto the falling columns of…
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Me and a Very Alive HillI’m at the Sing-a-long Sound of Music with just about every gay in Sydney. There are nuns, Nazis, girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes… The Next Morning: Oh, my aching head. Every time I closed my eyes all night, all I could hear was “DOE – A DEER…
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Tragedy at 14 Stitches per InchThis morning I helped an Australian customer in the shop who wanted to have a photograph turned into a cross stitch. The photograph was of the World Trade Center. (Not smoking or anything – thank GOD – apparently they’d taken it on vacation the year before.) I was a little…
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How much have you changed in 10 years? According to that quiz, I have changed 56%. Moving continents tends to have that effect. You’ve done a good job changing with the times, but deep down, you’re still the same person. Your clothes, job, and friends may have changed some – but it hasn’t changed you.…
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Good to know. It appears that the Catholics may be on to something after all. German research has shown that the “symptothermal method” of natural family planning is as effective as the Pill. Huh. I would not have guessed that. (Link courtesy of Staci.)
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A rumor I overheard*…The real reason Britney shaved her head is because K-Fed threatened to have her hair tested for drugs in their custody battle! * Well, not so much “overheard” as “read on Kelly McMahon’s Google away message, which functions as her defacto blog.”
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Me, Sal, and Big MaryTwo famous ladies pulled into Sydney last night: Sal Scherer and the Queen Mary 2! The whole city turned out to gawk at the big boat today.
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Holy crap. Harry Potter’s bum.