Month: August 2008
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The 10 Greatest Sci-Fi Films Never Made. Neat.
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Sustainable ChippendaleChippo was in the news again today, so I posted the story to the Life in Chippendale blog. It’s about gardening for food, and how people in the inner city are finding ways to be more self-sufficient. The Snook and I really need to start planning our garden for this year, and you know…
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It was a week of ups and downs. I had a couple horrible runs on the treadmill in LA, but the City2Surf turned out way better than I expected. Week 5 distance: 16.45mi (26.3km)Week 6 distance: 11.5mi (18.43km)Week 7 distance: 17mi (27.2km) It was only a tiny increase from Week 5 (less than 5%), but…
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Oh-So-Literal Cakes. Those are just shocking. It reminds me of the time we playing trivia at Kelly’s Pub in Newtown, and the Snook won a minor prize of a polo shirt. He unfolded it to see “Kelly’s on King Crest” meticulously machine-embroidered on the breast. As in, the actual words, not a logo or crest.…
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Uncle Orson SUCKS “I know it’s pointless to ask you to change your mind; bigots armed with the intransigence of religion are rarely swayed. But hopefully some of those reading this post will be forewarned that Orson Scott Card has become a poison-spouting lunatic…” I completely and totally agree. I loved Ender’s Game as much…
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Last week I had a request from Yana to translate my sock monkey tutorial into Ukrainian. I gave her the go-ahead, and she’s just posted it on her site. So if you’ve needed Ukrainian sock monkey instructions, that’s where to find them!
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1930s Marital Scale. I went through it answering the Wife questions for myself and scored a dismal 24, which means I rate “Very Poor (Failure)” as a 1930s housewife. I got dinged for failure to “sew on buttons or darn socks regularly,” not keeping “self dainty, perfumed, and feminine,” and putting my “cold feet on…
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Should consumers be able to opt-out of phone book deliveries? Yes, yes, a hundred times YES. I can’t remember the last time I’ve used a Yellow Pages. They last one they sent to us just sat forgotten by the front gate until it swelled up with rain water and split the plastic wrapper.
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Yay! Miss Fee has posted her wedding recap on her blog, complete with photos of her gorgeous hand-knitted wedding dress. We were so happy and proud to be able to share the day with them!
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Click the ball to change its colour. That’s a fun little time-waster. (Link courtesy of my Grandpa Harter!)