Month: January 2008
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I started a thread on Ravelry the other day about knitting-related comics, and people posted a few gems. I think this one is my favorite.
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Remember the Meat House? I just got an email from one of the creators alerting me to their latest project: the Meat Ship. My favorite part are the little meat pirates firing little meat cannons.
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How do you tell if you’re a true Aussie? I totally agree with/understand all of those, with the notable exceptions of pronouncing Penrith as “Pen-riff” (Quoth the Snook: “Only bogans do that.”) and the secret words shouted during Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again. And rest assured, the Snook has just enlightened me…
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Happy Australia Day! The Snook and I celebrated with Miss Fee and Matt by heading out to breakfast at Wharfy’s at the Mosman Ferry Wharf. We’d heard that the LA Times voted it “Best Breakfast in the World,” and Not Quite Nigella gave it two rave reviews. We were all looking forward to an experience.…
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This one’s for my sister: Caring for a Baby 101. My favorite is the baby massage. Come on! That baby is loving it! (Link courtesy of krisalis.)
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Ricotta Dumplings with Orecchiette, Peas and ProsciuttoHave I told you how much I love delicious. magazine? Ma Snook got me a gift subscription a few years ago and has kept it up ever since. Tonight I dipped into my now-extensive back catalog for this little experiment. It’s from the February 2007 issue. (“Orecchiette” are small,…
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Market Tote. Cute!
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New StuffWe got some much needed new stuff this week. 1. Laundry shelf. Our little laundry room lacked any storage space beyond the window sill, but the wall above the sink was empty. I picked up this shelf last week at Howard’s Storage World. My friend Albert came over last weekend with his hammer drill…
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Google on hiring spree. GAH.
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Yesterday they all mocked my animated gif. “Is that all it does? Can’t you make it move any faster?” Today I had twenty new Internet orders. TWENTY. And they’re all for the clearance stuff. I am a marketing genius.