Month: February 2009

  • Tired.

    Tired. Spent entire day working on Guild stuff.

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  • Zooborns

    Zooborns – pictures of exotic baby animals from around the world. TOTAL CUTENESS OVERLOAD. And what’s more, they have a free iPhone app! I can look at baby elephants and lemurs and gorillas wherever I go!

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  • StillTasty

    StillTasty – the ultimate shelf life guide. This should hopefully eliminate all kinds of arguments the next time I go on a rampage and clean out the pantry. Edited to add: Holy crap! You’re not supposed to wash chicken before you cook it. WHAT?!

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  • Fatbet

    Fatbet is ON!Okay, in case you missed the Fatbet post below, I’ve set one up. It runs for the next three months. If you want to join in, all you have to do is set a reasonably difficult (yet achievable) weight loss goal for that period of time. (Note: The other competitors don’t see your…

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  • Summer… and ANAKIN?

    What the hell? Summer Roberts is marrying Anakin Skywalker? I am agog.

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  • Pretty Necklace #1

    Green Bamboo in ResinI went a little bit nuts on the Etsy Bushfire Appeal shop last week and bought three necklaces. Me? Necklaces? I KNOW! Insanity. Anyway, the first two arrived last night so I’m working the bling today.   The first photo is me out in the park at lunch today; the second one…

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  • Sturdy Tote Bag Tutorial

    Another tote bag tutorial. This one looks a little more complicated than the previous, but also a bit more sturdy. (Why am I obsessed with sewing projects lately? I think I may need to take a break from knitting for a while.)

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  • Fatbet?

    FatbetOkay, I just read this NYT article about the efficacy of using wagers and competition to promote weight loss. Hmmm. I know that doing the Nike+ challenges against some of you motivated me to run farther. Maybe it would also work to drop some weight? I found this site Fatbet.net that hosts weight loss challenges.…

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  • House Stress

    StressARGH. I’ve been having stress about our house for the past week. (See? This is why I wanted to keep renting.) One of the neighbours stopped by last week to let us know about an exterminator that was going to be working, and then casually asked if we had any plans on paying our outstanding…

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  • Hip Pockets

    MetaFilter wonders: Which one is the hip pocket? My gut reaction was the front pocket, but the sources seem pretty conclusive that it’s the rear.

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