Month: May 2011

  • Week 21Taper Madness has ensued. My low-carb diet has totally gone off the rails this week, I’m sorry to say. Training was good though. Sunday I went for a night run after our cheese class, and I managed 8.5K before the CHEESE BABY in my belly demanded that I stop. Monday I went to Spudds…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: Just what are those college degrees you go into debt for worth? – Look at me, draggin’ up the bell curve for Communications majors! W00t! Playable Lego Ukulele Star Wars Shower Tile Lost in Translation – This is fascinating. I haven’t managed a Wallace yet, but I’ve definitely had to…

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  • Adventures in DyeingAfter I got home from cheese-making, it was time for more fun with giant pots. It was finally time to dye my February Lady Sweater. I always meant to dye it, but I was just too lazy. The cream did nothing for me though, and I never wore it. So I picked up…

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  • Blessed are the cheese-makers…A few weeks ago I booked us in for a cheese-making workshop with one of the local community colleges. You know we like our food, and we’ve been toying with the idea of making cheese for a couple years now. (As my friend Ailsa said, “Ah, the last Amish skill you don’t…

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  • “Secret to breaking glass ceiling? Go home for dinner.” I thought that title was weird at first, but upon reading the editorial I am in total agreement. I have worked in several places where there is a culture of working late into the night. You know who benefits in that environment? Single guys who are…

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: MasterChef Australia | A day in the pressure cooker – After reading this, you all can stop recommending the Snook to go on the show. THIS WOULD BE HIS HELL. The lost Indiana Jones-Star Wars crossover was really depressing [Comics] You can follow me on Reader here.

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  • Making the Sassy Pillowcase Dress: 20 Years Later. Oh wow. I remember seeing that dress when I was in high school (I had a Sassy subscription) and thinking even then that there’s no way I’d ever wear that. But Mena’s updated version looks great!

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  • Felted Ukulele Gig Bag. AWESOME!

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  • Chippendale Creative Precinct – “aims to promote the area as a creative, sustainable community and a diverse and unique cultural meeting place.” Nice! According to this story, they’re even planning a festival.

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  • Shared today on Google Reader: The Business Analyst´s “Other Customer” HARTTER: THE DARK TOWER part III: THE WASTELANDS – I can’t figure out who Jack Nicholson is meant to be. The voice of Blaine the Mono? Why the US doesn´t use the Metric System… Watch Chewbacca grind his furry pelvis to Guns N' Roses, while…

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