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Month: April 2011

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    CWA Devonshire Cream Tea procured!

    CWA Devonshire Cream Tea procured!

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    Kylie and I brave the crowds to see giant vegetable displays.

    Kylie and I brave the crowds to see giant vegetable displays.

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    Pitstop at home 2/3 through mega-long run. First bit was with @mrs_sockvictim; now running to meet @kunaal84. Going well. I CAN DO THIS.

    Massive, massive thanks to @mrs_sockvictim, @kunaal84, & the Snook for helping me with today’s long run. I DID IT! 23 MILES! 37KM! WOOT! 🙂

    @kunaal84 Also, Rodd totally approved of giving you a high-five. Ahem.

    @randomknits The real challenge will be making it to the Show tomorrow… 🙂

    @drkknits @randomknits MEDICINAL cheese on a stick. 🙂

    I know it’s not good for me, but lying prone (on couch and bed) is pretty much all I’ve done since I finished the run.

    @gusseting I showered… but I didn’t have an ice bath. I should’ve. I just couldn’t bear the thought of sitting in the cold!

    Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #13: Wonky Summer Pasta! http://bit.ly/hI5AGd Would’ve been better if we’d pre-baked the tart cases. #facepalm

    I am sore everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

    @drkknits ANTICIPATION.

    @drkknits That’s TORNADO POTATO! They have it at an Asian takeaway near Central Station. I was underwhelmed.

    Made it to the train! About to head to Easter Show. Legs are working better than expected. 🙂

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    Pitstop at home 2/3 through mega-long run. First bit was with @mrs_sockvictim; now running to meet @kunaal84. Going well. I CAN DO THIS.

    Awesome. Just awesome.

    What an amazing run. I’m so glad I went. There was serious doubt yesterday that I’d get it done. I came down with a sore throat in the afternoon, and I felt crappy all evening. Consensus on DM and elsewhere seemed to be that as long as I wasn’t running a fever, as long as all my symptoms were “above the neck,” as long as I was well-hydrated and ran slowly, as long as I LISTENED TO MY BODY – then I was okay to run….

    I am so sore. Every part of me is sore. This is the kind of soreness that can only be remedied with Cheese-on-a-Stick from the Easter Show.

  • Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #13: Wonky Summer Pasta

    This is our 13th cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. We went with “Wonky Summer Pasta, Herby Salad, and Pear Drop Tartlets.” We picked this recipe because we had tart cases left over from the Frangipane Tarts, and because I was carb-loading in preparation for a really long run. We hadn’t seen this particular episode, but upon Googling I found a dodgy site that let us watch it online. We felt like we had a good chance of bringing this one in under 30 minutes!

    Wonky Summer Pasta, Herby Salad, and Pear Drop Tartlets

    Substitutions: We used smoky bacon instead of pancetta, simply because it was easier to find. I bought a fancy bag of mixed salad greens at the Farmer’s Market rather than go for the watercress/rocket he used. We used strawberry jam instead of raspberry in the tarts. Other than that, everything else was as-written.

    Quick verdict: Pretty nice! This is one of the easiest and quickest meals in the book. The pasta and the tarts didn’t turn out 100% fantastic, but we suspect those flaws were in our preparation rather than the recipe. (More on that in a minute.) The salad was a highlight for me, definitely one of the best in the book so far. Our elapsed time was 33:26 (fastest one yet!), and I think we could easily get this one down under 30 with practice. In terms of score, it’s hard to say. If we had done everything perfectly, it probably would have been an 8.5 or a 9 out of 10. Our actual preparation probably only merited a 7.5 or 8 out of 10 though.

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    Just had great FaceTime chat with my Mom. iPhone is gateway drug; whole family is Switching now! Free video chat is very “tomorrow.”

    @SusieQTE1 Blocking and reporting you for spam.

    Schnitzel and beer on a rainy day! @ Tommy’s Beer Cafe http://instagr.am/p/Db0Bu/

    Crap. Throat is officially sore. Tomorrow’s long run *may* have to be postponed til Tuesday. (cc @laimelde @kunaal84 @mrs_sockvictim)

    I am eating a dark chocolate Easter Bunny from Sweetness the Patisserie. It is the BEST. THING. EVER. http://bit.ly/dZCbvx

    I have learned another ukulele song: “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” THIS IS FUN. (cc @drkknits)

    @missamanda I’ve had desensitisation to dust mites and grass. For like the last 5 years.

    @missamanda I used to take a Zyrtec every single day to survive. I’m down to maybe 1/wk or less now. So it’s helped a lot.

    @missamanda The stuff was like $150 maybe every 9 months? And then the cost of getting all the shots. Medicare pays some of it.

    @missamanda Shots were every 2 wks for first few months, then gradually stretched out to every month as dosage increased.

    @missamanda It’s a bit voodoo though. Drs aren’t quite sure how or why it works. And it doesn’t cure totally; just helps mitigate a bit.

    @missamanda I only stopped because I was burnt out on going to the doc every single month. You have to commit to that to get any benefits.

    @drkknits Go to YouTube and look up John Denver version. That’s the key I’m doing it in!

    @knitabulous @drkknits Sadly, yes. But John’s is best!

    @drkknits iTunes has heaps. Even Sinatra covered it!

    Tonight’s Jamie meal: Wonky Summer Pasta, Herby Salad, Pear Drop Tartlets. Fastest one yet: 33:26!! http://twitpic.com/4oe0m8

    Longest run ever tomorrow. I could not be better prepared… with the exception of this stupid cold. Now to try and sleep.

    It’s the buttcrack of dawn. Coffee, bagel with peanut butter. Hydrating. I am going to rock this run.

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    Longest run ever tomorrow. I could not be better prepared… with the exception of this stupid cold. Now to try and sleep.

  • Open Forums at Humanist Society

    The SMH has a story today about the “Open Forum” at the Humanist Society here in Chippendale. I walk by some Wednesday nights and hear them through the open windows. I like that we have these quirky little societies in our neighbourhood.

    I was interested to see that the article made no mention of the whole “Neo-Nazis invade Humanist Society” scandal from last year. Anybody know what finally happened with that? At the time I actually emailed about joining, thinking they could at least use my postal vote to kick out the fascists. But they never did get back to me…

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    Schnitzel and beer on a rainy day!

    Schnitzel and beer on a rainy day!