Month: August 2008
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Just got home from a visit to the Sydney Opera House to hear David Sedaris read from his latest book. I was accompanied by Amy, Miss Fee, and the Sock Victim, and we all had an awesome time. Sedaris was oddly boyish for a 50-year-old, I thought, but his stories had a packed-out concert hall…
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Note to self: Book in for the Come-N-Try archery lesson sometime this Spring! (Link courtesy of Steph and Eva.)
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Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburgers. I would SO try one of these. To misquote Joey on Friends (as the Snook and I often do): “What’s not to like? Donuts: good! Cheeseburgers: good!” (Link courtesy of Big Fat Deal.)
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Marathon ThoughtsDid anyone else watch the Olympic women’s marathon yesterday? It was fantastic. I thought it would be boring to watch people run for 2.5 hours, but I was pretty much mesmerised by the strategy and form of the runners. Some of them ran the way I dream of running: relaxed, springy, with a rock…
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I really like this schedule of having a hard week followed by a recovery week. It was good to back off a bit after pushing through the jet lag and the City 2 Surf. It felt great to get back out on my usual neighborhood routes. I realise now that all the aches and pains…
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Dude, is that Molly Walker from Heroes in the new Miley Cyrus video*? She’s the first girl they cut to after Miley starts the song (with that weird “Shah!” noise). I can’t find any confirmation on the Internets, but that’s totally her, right? * So I watched a Miley Cyrus video. DON’T JUDGE ME.
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The Nerd OlympicsLast night we had a special event after work: The Propeller-Head Games! We got divided into six teams and we competed in three rounds of events. In the first, we had like five minutes to fashion an outfit for someone out of two rolls of toilet paper and ten paper clips. My team…
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Swedish Furniture Name Generator. Fun! I am KRISTINÃ…N, and I am a sensible double bed. (Link courtesy of RODDD, who is a chair.)
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Hey! Peaches Geldof just got married at the same place we did!
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Official City2Surf Results and PhotosThe official race results and pictures are now up, though the site’s been getting hammered all day: me, Rodd. If you watch the videos, we come running up pretty much in the middle. (I’m wearing a navy blue baseball cap, if that helps.) Our time was 105:46, which meant we placed…