Month: November 2007

  • Crikey!

    Crikey!This is a children’s ride at my local shopping center. Somehow Steve Irwin’s face really creeps me out.

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  • Pick-Me-Up

    Need a little pick-me-up? Watch this adorable YouTube video. I don’t normally like such things, but I liked this one.

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  • It’s heeeere!

    I got a phone call today just before lunch. Guy: Hi, this is Rob calling from EB Games about your pre-order–Me: EEK! IT’S HERE, ISN’T IT?Guy: Yes. Your copy of High School Musical: Sing It is here.Me: Sweeeeet. hysterical laughter Am I the only one who pre-ordered it?Guy: Yes. I’ve been reading the reviews, and…

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  • Loved.

    On AskMeFi: What’s it like to feel loved? I wrote about my Mom.

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  • We gotta move these refrigerators…I’ve had Dire Straits stuck in my head all day. This morning was to be the final big push of the move, the day that we moved the last of the heavy appliances. I had a brainwave last night and called up a nearby secondhand whitegoods store. “Hi, I’ve moved into…

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  • Bourdain rocks

    Anthony Bourdain bags out the current “stars” of the Food Network. HA! We watched a fair bit of FN when we were in Indiana last April, and Snookums still has nightmares about “that Italian chick with the huge teeth.” (Link courtesy of patrick.)

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  • DDOS attack update

    For those who are interested, in the five days my site has been at my new web host, mod_security has successfully repelled 384,360 spam comment attacks on the site. That’s over 76,000 per day. And while I’ve done all I can to thwart them, I feel really powerless and frustrated by this. Whoever is doing…

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  • Moving Update

    Moving Update: It’s been one week now, and I’d say we’re past the 75% mark. It’s starting to look like a home! Amy came over on Friday for a much needed interior design consultation and also helped me move over quite a bit of stuff. (She’s handy with a wrench, that one.) We also had…

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  • TC Redesign

    I’ve just launched a redesign of the Tapestry Craft site. Hope you liek it!

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  • Idol Sighting

    The Snook and I walked to work together this morning. About five minutes after we split at Liverpool Street, I had a phone call from him. Me: What is it?Him: Idol sighting!Me: No way! Who?Him: All of ’em! I think they must be staying around here.Me: What were they doing?Him: I dunno, going to breakfast…

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