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Month: October 2010

  • FreeVote.org.au

    FreeVote.org.au – I support a conscience vote on marriage equality. Do you?

    Here’s the personal text I put in my email to the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition:

    My husband and I are married. We are not religious and we don’t belong to any church. We don’t plan on having any children. Why were we allowed to get married when other couples, who happen to be gay, are not? It’s just not fair. We believe all committed and loving couples should be able to have their marriages recognised in the same way by the state.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @stufromoz I’ve never seen any there. I’m trying to find any reference online, but they’re not shown on any maps…

    A strange feeling is coming over me. I think I’m going to knit something.

    @TitusAtticus No, but it *is* for someone in the office…

    @ozgamer @TitusAtticus More like… someone about to be in the office. WHEN THEY’RE BORN. Silly. 😛

    @carbolicious I’m a big fan of Cotton Fleece. Cotton with a little bit of wool for softness. Not fuzzy; great colors! http://bit.ly/ceqQIf

    @TitusAtticus @ozgamer Oh FFS you guys are obtuse. KEVIN is having a baby. I am knitting a thing for his baby.

  • The Big Blog Theory

    The Big Blog Theory – a blog written by the science consultant from The Big Bang Theory, explaining scientific concepts from each episode. Nerd heaven!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Team lunch to celebrate the launch of topbetta.com! http://twitpic.com/2zo99j

    I see a Guild discussion happening. But I have had too many beers at this point to get involved in a meaningful way. 🙂

    @ozgamer @venks79 I was being edgy! And angular! (And I think I turned HDR off.) 🙂

    Rang Sydney Botanic Gardens to ask about having a BBQ there. Woman answered and said NO, no fire allowed, and was really snotty about it. 🙁

  • RunningBlog: Week 42

    The deadline crunch at work this week meant that I missed both my Monday yoga class and my Wednesday Spudds workout. I did get in all my runs though, and I think it really helped with my stress levels.

    Oct. 17: 10.02km
    Oct. 19: 6.00km
    Oct. 21: 6.09km
    Total this week: 22.04km (13.8mi)
    Total in 2010: 798.02km (498.7mi)

    To meet my goal of running 1000km in 2010, I should be at 807.6km. Less than 10km behind pace now! I’m making it up…

  • TopBetta

    I’ve been pretty quiet lately, huh? The main reason is this website, which just launched on Wednesday. I have been working on this site for about five months, and the original specification I wrote ran to over 70 pages. It was a mammoth undertaking. And it didn’t stop once we got into development; I have since done a *dozen* different versions of the spec as things were added, removed, and changed. The dev team were amazing, and they pulled out all the stops in the last few weeks to get it done. There have been a few hiccups since launch, of course, but far less than I had feared. Now we get to start putting back in a lot of the stuff that was cut for deadline. But not today, today we finally get to celebrate getting to the (first) finish line. Well done to everyone on my team! We did a good job.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @getupgo Hahaha… The concept of a “food baby” always makes me laugh.

    @imdominating I’ve not seen it, but I have it to watch. Is JGL totes adorable in it? Should I make Snook suffer through it? 🙂

    Snookums is telling me about Stephen Bradbury’s inspirational talk at Yahoo today. Sounds like an awesome guy!

    @mrs_sockvictim No fair! You know I’m hopeless with secrets! Spill! 🙂

    @kunaal84 Yowch! Isn’t that why y’all wear pads?

    What the heck, Sydney? George St is a parking lot. Been sitting on bus outside 3 Monkeys for like 10 minutes.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @L4Designs I have never forgiven him for that whole browser upgrade initiative thing 9 years ago: http://bit.ly/aw4tc9

    Anybody else going to the Granny Square grand opening tonight? http://thegrannysquare.com.au/

    @kunaal84 Yep. Grand opening of my friend’s knitting shop in Newtown!

    @kunaal84 Nope. Those are overseas pretties, hence their highly prized status in Oz.

    @Yarna_ @knitterjp Yikes, that sucks. Hope you’re back to normal soon…

    @miss_reecie Remember, moss grows on the north side of the trees! Oh shit, wait. Is that reversed in this hemisphere? #nohelpatall

    Fun at the Granny Square grand opening tonight: http://twitpic.com/2z80ul http://twitpic.com/2z80wf http://twitpic.com/2z80xv

    Attack of the Bieber Knitters! http://twitpic.com/2z813e http://twitpic.com/2z814n http://twitpic.com/2z8165 (@mrs_sockvictim @knitterjp)

    @witty_knitter You’re lucky I didn’t get you guys too!

    @TitusAtticus Nah, that’s Albie. He’s not Indian; he’s Jewish! Sydney entrepreneur extraordinaire and local knitting magnate.

    For the curious, the shwoopy teen hairstyling was courtesy of BieberHair (http://bit.ly/9cICwJ), the Best. App. Ever. (Thanks @kunaal84!)

    @randomknits Hahahaha… I know, awesome, right?! 🙂

    @randomknits BIEBERBUNNY. Cuteness x 10.

    @chrisgander Ew! I like Lea Michele, but she looks like a cheap sex doll in those photos. 🙁

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Just completed a 6.09 km run with RunKeeper – 4x400m speed intervals again. Slower & harder; allergies making it hard to breathe. Foot sore.

  • Nigella and those carrots

    Why are women depicted differently from men in food photography? EXACTLY. This is why I still have a hard time taking Nigella Lawson seriously. Men get to be chefs; women have to be porn stars posing with phallic vegetables.