Month: December 2008

  • 32cm Soft Serve?

    Holy crap! Smile Korea Mart on George Street sells a 32cm soft serve ice cream cone. (That’s a FOOT-LONG to those of you on the old system.) I think I might have to come home via the city tonight… Edited to add: OH, I DID IT! My friend Nina and I couldn’t resist. Guess how…

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  • Atompunk

    Screw steampunk. Now, atompunk – that sounds like my style!

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  • Space Beer

    I’d like to try Space Beer.

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  • Happy Thanksgiving, Dave.

    My sister sent me a link to this news story about President Bush phoning a dozen servicemen in Iraq to wish them each a happy Thanksgiving. One of them was Dave Mickem, who was in my class in high school. I had no idea he was over there. (Upon second thought though, I seem to…

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  • Bulgarians are cool.

    Note to self: When a Bulgarian invites you out to beer, you say YES! The highlight of my night: “The guy who invented Tetris? I knew him.” NO. WAY. In my world, that’s like saying you knew Edison or Tesla.

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  • Ebert Rants

    Roger Ebert rants about Ben Stein’s stupid “Intelligent Design” documentary. I especially like the newspaper cartoon he reprints at the bottom. Has anyone else noticed that Ebert’s output has become increasingly erratic – and AWESOME – this year? I especially liked the really long ode to his rice cooker. He’s really getting into the blogging…

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  • Indian Food

    Curries = goodI went out for Indian food last night with some of my co-workers. Yum! I went for the “Royal Feast,” which doesn’t appear to be on the website menu. There was chicken tikka, seekh kebab, vegetable samosas, onion pakoras, then a giant plate of lamb Biryani Hyderabadi. (I ended up taking half of…

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  • Bacon Magic Shell

    While I deplore the idea of mindless perpetuating a silly Internet meme… HOMEMADE BACON MAGIC SHELL. I would totally try that. (Link courtesy of not martha.)

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  • I see London, I see France…The sun was shining this morning so I happily resolved to finally wear my pretty new sundress to work. I put it on and twirled before the mirror–and suddenly realized there was a slight problem. The dress was thinner than I thought, and my legs were glaring through just like…

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  • Toy Bantha!

    ZOMG. How to sew a toy Bantha. Dude, I am totally envisioning a SOCK BANTHA.

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