Month: February 2009

  • Carrie Fisher is blogging. I especially liked her reminiscences on the not-so-metal bikini.

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  • Pizza Bianco with Goat’s Cheese and GreensWe’ve had quite a bit of silverbeet in the fridge from the last two veggie boxes. (For those unfamiliar, it’s a green with long stalks and big ruffly leaves. Also known as swiss chard.) The classic ways to use it are in a quiche or in a soup, both…

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  • Wipeout Australia

    We watched the premiere episode of Wipeout Australia tonight. It was great! They did an excellent job of capturing the fun of the original: stupid telestrator jokes, mockery, silly puns, visual gags, and people getting punched in the nuts. I was curious about the course, because it looked exactly like the one in America. To…

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  • If any of you have Guitar Hero: World Tour, be sure to log into the Music Store ASAP. There are two new downloadable Bruce Springsteen songs (including “Born to Run”!!) and they’re free for two more days…

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  • The Smell of Summer

    The Smell of Summer(This one’s going to make my Mom and sister go nuts.) We planted two containers full of basil this year, thinking we’d compensate for our perennial inability to grow it with sheer volume. Instead, we must’ve gotten something right as it basically went berserk. It’s been trying to flower for the past…

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  • Weather

    I checked out the BOM this morning to look at the weather forecast. Melbourne’s description made me laugh: So basically, the BOM is telling Melburnians that today they’ll be living in a Tennessee Williams play.

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  • Easter Show FAIL

    Entries for this year’s Easter Show Arts Competitions are meant to be lodged online by 5pm tomorrow. So of course, I left it til the last minute… and now I’m starin’ at this. MICROSOFT FAIL! I hope they fix it by tomorrow. 14 Hours Later: It’s fixed! And my entry has been lodged. Phew.

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  • A Story in Pictures

    A Story in Pictures. Photos of two of the most important women’s-related bill-signings in recent years. Can you spot the difference?

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