Month: October 2008
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Stress. It’s been a busy week at work; the TC Sale is supposed to launch tomorrow; and on top of everything… it looks like Dr. Amy Jones is SICK! She was really weird last night, roaming the house and never really settling down. And then today we suddenly noticed that she’s going to the litterbox…
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What we’ve done with our veggie box so far: Potato Gratin with Caramelized Fennel and Leek. We had this last night (along with some salmon fillets) and it used up all of our potatoes, the leek, and the fennel. The flavour was great, but I’ve never had much luck with gratins. They always turn too…
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Cat-leidoscope. Other than a few missing orange splotches, that could be our cat!
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Heroes fans! Claire Bennet says to vote for McCain. Of course, she also swears a couple of times, so you know she’s being sarcastic.
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Giant bowl of bibimbap. Droooool…. ahhh…
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The official race results are now available. My net time was 2:47:59, so I finished exactly 11 minutes slower than last time.
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Food for the Future Veggie BoxSince we missed the Food for the Future Fair in Chippo this past weekend, I had a look at Eva’s photos to see how it went. I got really excited by this one which shows a leaflet about “veggie boxes.” The idea is that for $25-30, you get a box…
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Portraits Of People In Clothes Made From Their Pets’ Fur. I find it’s much easier to just give your cat a cuddle before going out the door in the morning. You get covered with just as much fur, but you don’t have to bother knitting it!
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I was surprised to see a story about Elkhart, Indiana (the area where I’m from) on Consumerist this morning. It was something about a new law that you’re only allowed to have one garage sale a month. I thought it was funny until I read the associated NYT article. Elkhart is hurting, bad. “The jobless…
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If you’re like me, every time you hear The Hollowmen credits start, you think, “What IS that song?!” Tonight the Snook tracked it down for me. It’s an 80’s band from New Zealand called The Bats and the song is “North by North.” There you go!