Month: September 2011
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Weeks 35-37I’ve been a bit slack about updating my distance numbers lately, mostly because they’ve been so disappointing. I ended August with a week’s vacation, and while I got a lot done, I didn’t do much running. Then on August 4th, we went for our last long run of HM training: 20km. And 10km into…
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Does anybody have experience returning defective shoes to Amazon? I ordered another pair of Mizuno Wave Rider 14s back in July and they got here in August. I haven’t worn them much due to injuries and illness in the past weeks. I noticed recently though that the right shoe makes a loud squeaking noise whenever…
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Knitting buddies: These were the “cigarette” pants I was talking about at the bar. Would you call them cigarette pants? Do you think they’d be flattering on people who don’t look like Audrey Hepburn?
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Shared today on Google Reader: Boys Life – Here you go, Snookums. A New Approach to Document Version Numbers American Apparel Doesn't Appreciate Plus-Size Model's Attempt To Become "Next Big Thing" Homemade Graham Crackers « bakerella.com – INSTAGRAHAMS. I love that. Everything-but-the-Kitchen-Sink Cookies – Ooh. These are pretty much David Chang’s Compost Cookies, yeah? Bookmarking…
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“Tipping the Balance for Kitchen Scales.” Nice little article there in favour of recipes using weights instead of volume measures. We’ve had a digital scale in the kitchen for years (the Snook needs one for homebrewing), but the one we had was small and the button was fiddly. I bought a new one at Costco…
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Shared today on Google Reader: IKEA´s Billy Bookcase: The Real Story New Breaking Dawn trailer shows the horrors of vampire birth [Video] Homemade Celery Salt – Brilliant! She neglects to mention the best use ever: sprinkling it on an authentic Chicago-style hot dog. Subversive Finds: Stitching Up Some Manliness – Money quote: “…We even had…
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My cats already disturb my sleep. I would not like them to glow in the dark.
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Shared today on Google Reader: Twenty-Five Pieces of Basic Sartorial Knowledge So You Don’t Look Dumb Moleskine launches its Star Wars notebook, with one badass origami TIE fighter space battle [Video] Handmade Mr. T Doll Replica of Presidential Seal Stitched by Nixon's Daughter The 2011 Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge Begins Now You can follow me…
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Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #29: Catherine Wheel SausageThis is our 29th cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. Sorry for missing the past two weeks! We were in Melbourne for one of them. We actually did cook a Jamie meal last weekend, but we had visitors and got too distracted to properly document the meal.…
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Shared today on Google Reader: Cats Play Pattycake “We become like gods to those who come after us.” BLS Outlook for BA and PMs You can follow me on Reader here.