Month: June 2010

  • Expativersary

    Florida Girl in Sydney has a wonderful post celebrating her family’s three year “expativersary”. It’s a wonderful recap of the fears and worries they had when they moved here, the things they learned over the past three years, and the things they love about their new home. She’s also included some beautiful photos that show…

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  • GGR #8

    Geek Girl Runner episode 8 has been recorded… but it really sucks. I think I need to re-record. Basically, I put too much chili in my sloppy joes tonight and it lead to a major mucus issue. My first take ended up being ruined then by a serious coughing fit. Then my second take was…

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  • Timing.

    Dear Photon Group,I understand that you’re in a bit of financial strife. Really, I do. You guys have been partying like it’s 1999 for years now. You’ve got to make cuts, and I get that. But would it KILL YOU to tell your employees BEFORE a 3-day weekend that you’re shutting their whole company down?…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: Facebook `Like Button´ Gets Physical Form – I need one of these for my Requirements Specs. BOOM! The Simpsons do iconic photos My war on fast food | Anthony Bourdain – Snookums: We really need to get this book. Anthony Bourdain on “Medium Raw” and Guilty Pleasures Country Singer and…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: Jedi Knight Happy Hugs Teddy // from the Build-A-Bear… You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • Sports BrasThe topic of the next GGR episode (to be recorded today or tomorrow) is sports bras. I managed to get several interviews yesterday at WWKIP Day with women who participate in a range of sporting activities. If you’d like to contribute, just drop me an email or leave a comment on this post. I’m…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: Australia: where all USB cables go to die You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • Rob Cockerham answers the important questions: Why are Reese’s Minature Cups so much better than the big ones? Turns out it’s the ratio of chocolate to peanut butter, of course. (I had a bag of the Minis at Halloween last year and the Aussies went nuts. I particularly recall Mary-Helen asking me to put them…

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  • Hahaha… am I the only one who didn’t know that there’s going to be a Burning Man Festival in Bellingen?? That’s awesome. (Link courtesy of the Snook.)

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  • Jamming

    JammingLast weekend the Snook made up a batch of “Christmas Jam” using some frozen Davidson’s plums his Mom brought us from their tree. He likes jam making, and so far everything he’s made has been delicious. However – I just found out you can make jam in a crock pot! (Crock pots. Is there anything…

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