Month: September 2007
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In case you haven’t seen the previews yet, my friend Raelee’s new film The Final Winter opens tomorrow! I’ll go see it, even though I know less than zero about rugby league.
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Wonder Woman Jumper. That is truly one of the coolest pieces of knitting I’ve ever seen. (Link courtesy of Bex.)
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Nicky Epstein Update!*I just had a call from Nicky’s PR people, who said that she’d also like to do a demonstration at the book signing next Friday. So we’re going to have a demonstration from 3:30-4:30, and then she’ll sign books for whoever wants. And obviously we’ll probably end up keeping the store open past…
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Does popular culture have any effect on wine sales? To the extent that the Snook and I always giggle that we’re “not drinking any f**king Merlot,” I’d say it does.
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Oh, wow! I just discovered today that the Nike+ site now offers embeddable widgets. I’ve replaced my old training log in the right-hand column with a sexy new Flash one that shows my last five workouts. (The slow ones are walking to/from work.)
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Deep-fried latte. *shudder* Somewhere in Darlinghurst, the Snook is gagging quietly to himself… (Link courtesy of Just Jussi.)
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I don’t know what’s more annoying: that George Bush is arriving in Sydney tomorrow and can’t even spell the name of the city, or that John Howard laughed it off because “Americans are bad spellers.” I WON THE COUNTY SPELLING BEE, YOU CRAZY-EYEBROWED FOOL!
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Mario Andretti woulda sure been proud…I know I shouldn’t be, but sometimes I’m surprised to discover that, yes, I really am a capable adult. This morning I had errands to run in both Clovelly and Rosebery, and I was dreading the thought of sitting on multiple buses. “Hey!” I thought. “I can take the car!”…
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Anatomically Correct Knee Socks. Oh, those are sweet.
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Urge to kill rising…My knitting nemesis is leading a class today, and I keep overhearing snatches of conversation that MAKE MY BLOOD BOIL. “When we’re all dead, no one will knit anymore! Young people don’t want to knit!” “How in the world would I have ever learned that without you to show me? They print…