Month: February 2012
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In Search of the Perfect Human Diet – Sounds like a very interesting documentary…
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The Star Wars Saga: Suggested Viewing Order – I’d seen this linked a few places, but like John, I didn’t get around to reading it until today. It’s brilliant. If I ever get the privilege of introducing someone to Star Wars, it will be according to that plan.
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Favorited today on Twitter: thedailymeal: Set It and Forget It: 6 Crock-Pot Recipes: 6 recipes for those who say, ‘I don’t have enough time to cook’ http://t.co/gBBPI5De runnersworld: These limited-edition tees celebrate 40 years of Title IX. Check ’em out: http://t.co/xAHfUDA3 ABCPolitics: Homecoming Photo of Gay Marine Kissing Boyfriend Goes Viral http://t.co/fHWBNBSF yokoono: When you…
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MetaQuilterLast year I decided to try something different so I signed up for a quilting club with some of the fine folks from MeFi. It’s called MetaQuilter, and I’m in the “adventurous” group. Each month a different member (the “designer”) sends out fabric and instructions for making blocks. The rest of us all sew the…
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PIGEON – A cute knitted pigeon. I was going to leave it at that, but – $64?!!! Knitted out of baby alpaca in Bolivia by a self-managed community of indigenous women?!!! This is Portlandia in real life.
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Favorited today on Twitter: Richard_Florida: "Walmart threatens the town R.E.M. made famous" – Will Doig in @Salon – http://t.co/FJoJWWup You can follow me here.
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living doingMiss our Jamie Oliver posts? Victoria over at the living doing blog is working her way through the recipes as well. (She’s using the TV series rather than the book though.) She’s got some lovely photographs too. I have a feeling it’ll be a while before the Snook and I get around to finishing…
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Oscar Contest Results: Wow, we had some upsets! Those last few awards really made the difference. I thought that Glenn Scribner had it in the bag… right up until Meryl claimed her first Oscar in decades. MERYL?! That left me with a five-way tie between: Glenn, Jennifer Mullowney, Blaz, reed hilton-eddy, and Allen Dickerson. All…
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Oscar Rule Clarification: Just to reiterate, you only get one entry per person. If you put in multiple entries, I’ll delete the later ones. I’ve found a couple people who put in entries a few weeks apart, and only the first entry per person will be counted.
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Oscar Night is here! Less than four hours to get your predictions in if you haven’t already. So far we’re at 352 entries with clear favourites in every single category. (Yikes. Cross fingers for an upset!) You’ll be able to check your scores here. Unfortunately I’ve got some meetings at work today, so I’m not…