Month: June 2008

  • Bacon in a Can

    Somehow I always end up being the person people send their “weird food” links to. My co-worker just alerted me to the existence of bacon in a can. While I do enjoy bacon… this. is. horrifying.

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  • iPhone speculation has hit a fever pitch. People are talking about mysterious shipments of oddly labelled shipping containers, the increase in Steve Job’s airline expenditures, the leaked AT&T employee memos, etc. It’s pretty amazing that still nobody’s got an actual photo of the actual device. Only six days to go…

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  • The Girl from 1996

    To: Whoever it is on the office network sharing the iTunes library with the “150 Greatest Hits of the 90’s” AlbumFrom: Kris I love you.

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  • Grammar

    White people like grammar. True! Every time I heard somebody misuse “begs the question” my head explodes.

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  • Kimchi

    Suddenly I am cravin’ some kimchi…

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  • Syrian Chicken

    Syrian chicken with ginger, lemon and saffronWow, this was good. My friend Sharon sent me a link to the recipe last week. It uses a lot of spices and aromatics, but once you’ve done all the prep the actual cooking is pretty painless. I used four thigh cutlets and two drumsticks since I couldn’t be…

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  • Ribbed Socks

    Ribbed SocksThese basic-yet-functional socks were a quick project I whipped up for the Snook. The yarn is Lana Grossa Meilenweit Cotton Fantasy, and I was hoping that the additional cotten content would make them less itchy for his feet. (We’ll see.) I used 2.75mm needles and a single ball was plenty long enough. The pattern…

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  • Heroes DVD

    Aussie Heroes fans: I was just about to order the Season 1 DVD from Amazon yesterday when I thought to check ezydvd first. Good thing I did! It comes out on Wednesday and they’re pre-selling it for less than AUD $40 (which is cheaper than Amazon). They’re also giving free domestic shipping. Also, lately I’ve…

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  • Whither my weekend?

    Where did the weekend go? No, seriously, WHERE did it go? It was over so quick. Did I sleep through it all? I don’t feel like I did anything. I went for a spectacularly bad run today, one where the rain was pouring down and my back was killing me and my stomach acid was…

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  • Virgin brides??

    “Third of men still want a virgin bride.” I was all set to be flabbergasted and enraged by that poll until I read who conducted it: FHM. Oh. Well, duh. It’s pretty funny seeing the disconnect between the type of woman that gets featured on the cover of the magazine and the type of woman…

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