Month: January 2010

  • Biggest Loser 2010

    Whoa! How are the Biggest Loser producers going to deal with this? One of the eliminated contestants has been charged with child porn, so they had to completely edit the couple out of all episodes. The pace of the first episode was frenetic, with lots of close-ups and voiceovers. (Obviously since all of the group…

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  • More Outback Photos

    More Outback PhotosCool! Eileen pointed me to this amazing blog post with photos from our Outback adventure. The blog belongs to Andreas, an Austrian guy who came on the trip with his girlfriend. I knew he liked taking photographs (he was never without his camera for the three days), but I didn’t realise how gifted…

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  • Opera in the Domain 2010

    Opera in the Domain 2010Three cheers for Snookums, bringer of hot pizza and cold beer! It’s been a long day of sitting in the sun and knitting with friends. Now for “Candide”!

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  • Sad little Spirit.

    I found today’s xkcd quite melancholy. I was hoping for the Moon or WALL-E ending, and instead we got… reality. You did a good job, little Spirit.

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  • Wollemi Pine

    Wollemi PineI just sent an email to Gardens R Us about our little Wollemi Pine tree. He’s looking very droopy lately, and I’m worried. Hello, We bought a Wollemi Pine from the Kingsford store back in September. I was very excited to help in the conservation of these wonderful plants! The instructions we got indicated…

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  • Keep Calm and Carry Yarn

    Keep Calm and Carry Yarn. Nice.

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  • Superhuman Tape Measure Skills. We ladies do love guys with skills.

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  • On iPads and ebook readersSo… the iPad. I was half-hoping it didn’t exist, just because the rampant speculation of the past few weeks was driving me nuts. I wanted Steve to come out, do a big preso on iPhone OS 4.0, then turn to the audience and say: “Oh, and one more thing. SUCKS TO…

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  • RunningBlog: Week 4

    Week 4It was a weird week. It’s been hot and humid, and I’m still having trouble keeping my heart rate down. On Sunday, my HR was all over the place and I actually found myself getting irrationally angry about it. In retrospect it was actually kind of funny. (Gritting my teeth in anger doesn’t do…

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  • Why do Koreans like cute things? Bwahahaha! I’ve never heard of “Teenie Weenie” before. It looks like Ralph Lauren crossed with teddy bears. I WANT TO GO TO THERE.

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