Month: January 2008
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Would you swear on a first date? I say definitely NO. I can get pretty salty around my close friends, but I’d never swear in front of someone I just met. I think it’s rude and low class. (However, if exceptional circumstances warranted a swear word, then I’d definitely let fly. Sometimes “Golly gee-whillickers!” just…
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Hmm. I was reading the SMH this morning at home over breakfast, and I came upon this article about two people who drowned in a storm drain yesterday. I remember being a little surprised that the title on the SMH home page was “Artists drown in drain,” especially as the “artists” in question were spray…
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Oh, good grief. I was just reading this AskMeFi about South Bend when I nearly did a spit-take. You can apparently buy a entire three-bedroom house there and pay less than $700 a month for your mortgage. I mean, I knew it was cheaper back home… but that’s just ridiculous. (I shouldn’t even post this.…
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I’ve started a “Sydney Knitters Challenge” over on the Nike+ site. So far it’s just me and Miss Fee, aiming to reach our 50km goal by April 1. (Pretty easy, I know, but we’re starting light.) Let me know if you want to join us! You’ll need an iPod nano and the Nike+iPod kit.
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My friend Nick (aka “Kenya”) and his wife Sal flew home to Kenya on New Year’s Eve for a long visit. A few days later, the country’s election unrest was all over the news. The Snook and I wondered whether Nick and Sal were safe, and whether we’d hear anything from them while they were…
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DDPSC RocksCheck it out! It’s my forthcoming emo band album. We’re called the Donald Danford Plant Science Center and our first EP is “…a kind of death.” We’re very deep. Ten percent of the proceeds from each album sale will go to protect the red-beaked Random Bird and the gentle Random Deer. I expect you’ll…
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25 minutes, non-stop. At race pace. With hills. In the pouring rain. KRISTY FOR THE WIN.
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I has a sad. Awwwww! Cutest lolcat I’ve seen in a long time…
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Last night we were watching TV when we caught a commercial for The Bill. “Why the heck do the English call the police department ‘the bill’ anyway?” I wondered. Snookums didn’t know, so he fired up Google. After several minutes, he found this Word Detective column (second entry from the bottom). Turns out it comes…
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The Magic of Lace Blocking. Very pretty photos over on Claudine’s site…