Month: November 2010
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And although I liked you anyway, check out your haircutA proscenium to stage a face that needs no makeup – TMBG In case you missed it on Twitter or Facebook, on Sunday I got my hair cut. And yeah, I got bangs. (Fringe, they call it here in Australia.) I’m still getting used to it.…
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Cat Odyssey: Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana. This is a lovely piece about this prison’s program where inmates can adopt a cat. Well worth a read.
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What the–?! According to Alysha, the pet store at Birkenhead Point is actually selling SQUIRRELS as pets. This blows my mind for several reasons. I have never, ever seen a squirrel in Australia. They are certainly not native, and I’ve never seen a feral one either. I would’ve thought they were illegal. Like hamsters. In…
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Shared today on Google Reader: This Guy Gets It. – Snook: Grandpa cardie with shawl collar. I know what I’m talking about. No-spin zone – For what it’s worth, I guessed it as soon as I figured out the first word too. 84% Of Parents Fed Their Kids Fast Food In The Past Week –…
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The Shirt Skirt. Tutorial for making a casual shirred skirt from an old T-shirt. Brilliant!
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A lovely little ceramics studio in our neighbourhood is having a bowl decorating workshop. I think I might go!
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Curtains… HemmedRemember the curtains we hung last month? I finally got around to hemming them today! I used this great tutorial and the iron-on hemming tape that came with the curtains. It was a little bit of a bodge because my curtains were SOOO not square. There was no chance of me lining up the…
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2010 Rebel Sport Run4Fun 10KThis was my second year running this race (last year’s race report) and my first with the Snook beside me. A bunch of guys from my office were also signed up as well. We met Kunaal at Central Station at 7:15 and enjoyed an uneventful trip to Olympic Park. Once we…
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Maile Sweater and Swirl HatHey, I knitted something! It’s been months and months, actually. But last week my friend Kevin’s first child was born, and such a thing demands commemoration. I picked the pattern and the yarn before the birth, assuming that the combination would work for either gender. It helps that the father is…
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Week 44I missed last week’s report, but it would have been depressing anyway. I’ve been having increased pain in my right foot (the one that’s been bothering me all year), and then last weekend I got knocked out by a virus. So my totals for the past two weeks are fairly low. Oct. 26: 6.01kmOct.…