Month: November 2009
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Yay, Kristen finally had her baby! Congrats to her, Mark, and Alexander on the addition to the family.
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Weekend Update: We kept things pretty simple this weekend. Friday night was pizza from Crust in Surry Hills. Saturday morning the Snook joined me on the train to Pennant Hills, where I was scheduled to give my “Welcome to the Knitternet” presentation at the library. It was great! There were about twenty knitters there, most…
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Ebert gives Fantastic Mr Fox 3.5 stars. I think he needs to re-read some of his Dahl though. “Like the hero of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” also based on one of his books, the creatures of Dahl’s valley seem to know more than they’re letting on; perhaps even secrets we don’t much want…
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here I sit in an office on an 80-degree day, thinking of my family and friends celebrating halfway around the world. Still, there are reasons to be thankful… I’ve got a great job in a career that really suits me, and with a lot of potential for growth in the future. I earn…
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The Boathouse at Blackwattle BayLast Friday was our fifth wedding anniversary, so we headed over to the Boathouse at Blackwattle Bay for dinner. We’d never been there before, but it was highly recommended — and even better, Eileen had gotten us a gift certificate! The restaurant is literally right above the Sydney Uni boathouse, sticking…
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Pumpkin Spiced and Iced CookiesHappy Thanksgiving! I celebrated by baking a big batch of these cookies and taking them in to work. They were great! They didn’t spread very much, and they remained quite soft and cakey. I was worried that pumpkin PLUS chocolate PLUS walnuts would be a bit over the top, but it…
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Since a few people have contacted me about it: yes, I saw the story about the Sydney people shagging on a rooftop. In fact, that building is like two blocks from our house and I wait in front of it for a bus every morning! However, I was demonstrably at work at 3.30pm last Friday…
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The Muppets do “Bohemian Rhapsody.” I wasn’t expecting much, but I laughed and laughed.
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Impromptu Knitting SalonAt lunchtime yesterday I spotted a tweet from Bells: “@web_goddess @mrs_sockvictim Turns out I will be in Newtown this evening while hubby is at a gig at the Enmore. Looking for company. Free?” Say no more! Miss Fee had a prior engagement, so I volunteered to play hostess while Bells’s hubby attended a…
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How to start reading comics. Twenty suggestions for people looking to get into comics. I haven’t read, like, any of those, so I’m bookmarking the list.