Month: May 2011
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Unsung Heroes: Wilma Rudolph. Awesome blog post about a female runner I’d never heard of.
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GripeOh good grief. The goddamn New York Times has an article about “yarn-bombing,” aka “graffiti knitting,” aka that annoying “movement” I ranted about two years ago. I thought it had jumped the shark back then, but here we are still taking about it in the most famous newspaper in the world. VOMIT. I also like…
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Shared today on Google Reader: The most awesome, the most incredible marriage proposal EVAR! Video goes viral – Awww. Yeah, I feel like this has been done before, but it was still very sweet. Hamburger battle: Five Guys v Shake Shack v In-N-Out You can follow me on Reader here.
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Shared today on Google Reader: Android Leaking Authentication Tokens in Clear Text All Plastics Are Bad for Your Body, New Study Finds | Rodale News – The Snook already hassles me for microwaving things in plastic. I guess we’ll be on the lookout for glass containers now… You can follow me on Reader here.
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Well, this sucks. Just saw on Michael’s blog that the Duck & Swan is closing. That’s our favourite local pub. That’s where we went to celebrate moving into our house. The new owners are English and – reading between the lines – they sound like jerks.
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Shared today on Google Reader: Transplant Recipients of Julio Garcia´s Organs Gather in Thanks – NYTimes.com – Lovely story about the lives saved through organ donation. How-To: Easy Knit Clock Frame You can follow me on Reader here.
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Shared today on Google Reader: The Lazarus File | MetaFilter – Fascinating story. How good are your requirements specifications? Self-flagellation geek style You can follow me on Reader here.
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Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #15: Kinda Sausage CassouletThis is our 15th cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals… and the FIRST ONE we actually managed in UNDER 30 MINUTES! It’s “Kinda Sausage Cassoulet, Warm Broccoli Salad, and Meringues.” We picked it because we had the episode; it seemed like a good wintery choice; and we…
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I ran a marathon today.Seriously. I DID IT. This was my last training run before next month’s Macleay River Marathon. I don’t think it’s quite sunk in yet. I did 1:1 intervals the whole way. And I did this one all on my own, without any running partners (other than the Snook for the last…
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Shared today on Google Reader: Deciding about fertility Inigo Montoya Card by rakkadeer on Etsy – This is pretty brilliant. The original design of Mount Rushmore 3D ASCII Animated GIF You can follow me on Reader here.