Month: November 2022
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The Best ALDI Wines for $10 or Less – As a connoisseur of supermarket wine, this is very relevant to my interests.
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The many lives of Angels on Horseback https://www.snackstack.net/p/the-many-lives-of-angels-on-horseback I enjoyed this little bit of investigation into the origins of the classic American campfire snack S’mores. Halfway through it turns into the much more interesting discussion of Angels on Horseback, a fancy hors d’oeuvre of bacon-wrapped oysters. I’ve never had those before, but I have eaten…
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No reason. It’s just ridiculously cool. Link courtesy of Boing Boing.
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It was still quite warm at the beginning of September, so we squeezed in a day trip to the Ammersee. This lake to the southwest of Munich is the sixth biggest in Germany, and it’s just a short 45min train ride to the end of the S-bahn line to Herrsching. As soon as we disembarked…
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We booked our plane tickets back to Sydney for next month. Now every time I do something in Munich, I think about the fact that it might be the last time. (I made the mistake of saying that to Rodd the other day. He pointed out that, you know, that’s true for everything all the…
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“How to Join Mastodon, the Ad-Free Social Network Billionaires Can’t Buy” I read that article earlier this week and it helped me finally understand how Mastodon’s decentralisation works. I’ve set up an account on @aus.social and I’m playing around with my profile and following folks. If you’re over there, please connect! I’m @web_goddess@aus.social. 🐘
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I felt like doing some knitting today so I decided to finally watch Austenland on Netflix. And you know what? It was charming! As a big fan of Jane Austen (and someone who can pretty much recite the entire script to the 1995 P&P miniseries), I really enjoyed all the nods and references to the…
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As with last year, we decided to celebrate the Snook’s birthday at the end of July by heading off on a big summer vacation. The only problem was that I had just arrived back from a work trip to the US, and while I made my short connection in DC, unfortunately my suitcase did not.…
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Why did images of early pregnancy cause such a social media firestorm? https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/3/23435111/early-pregnancy-abortion-tiktok-social-media-images Like many folks, I saw these images shared on social media in past few weeks. I never doubted their veracity though. I have a vivid memory as a kid of visiting the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and seeing their…
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We Baked Loads of Pies to Find the Best Pie Pans https://www.seriouseats.com/best-pie-pans-6752341 This is relevant to my interests. 🥧