Month: January 2012

  • Stuffed Hobbes (with pattern) – I need to make this for all my nieces and nephews, and for the Snook, and for myself.

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  • Crocheted Cyclops Costume

    Crocheted Cyclops Costume – That. Is. Awesome.

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  • Rainbow eucalyptus

    Rainbow eucalyptus – Wow, pretty!

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  • The Friday Podcast: Who Killed Lard? : Planet Money : NPR – I definitely remember reading that passage from “The Jungle” and being grossed out.

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  • The Dresden Dolls, Enmore Theater, SydneyOn Saturday we went to see The Dresden Dolls at the Enmore Theater. We’d seen Amanda play solo last year at the Opera House, but this was our first introduction to the Dolls. I have to say, I think I prefer the solo stuff. I can appreciate the Dolls in…

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  • MONA Museum, Hobart

    Spotted this little write-up about the MONA Museum in Hobart. I definitely want to visit sometime. This bit raised my eyebrows though: Tattoo Tim, as he is called, sits on a pedestal throughout the day so museum visitors can view the tattoos on his back. He will be at the museum daily for at least…

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  • Monorail: build it and they will come, except they didn’t – For the record, I think a “Lazertube-Skywalk” would be AWESOME. (And there I go using that word again…)

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  • Behind Every Great Woman – BusinessWeek – Need to double my salary before I can afford to keep Snook on as a househusband…

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  • RunningBlog: Week 1

    Week 1: And back to the beginning I go for the third year in a row! The first week of 2012 was an interesting one. I did my first “long” run of marathon training – 7 miles. It was on a very hot day, so I took it nice and slow. I missed my mid-week…

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  • Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #37: Broccoli OrecchietteThis was our 37th cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. I’m still catching up on the backlog! For this one, we made “Broccoli Orecchiette, Courgette & Bocconcini Salad, Prosciutto & Melon Salad.” We picked it because we knew we were getting rockmelon (cantaloupe) in our weekly veggie box,…

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