My good college buddy Kelly McMahon is trying to win a contest to throw out the first pitch at a Cubs game. Seriously, Kel is the biggest Cubs fan I know and this is a lifelong dream. All you need to do is sign up to an email newsletter and put her as the referrer. (You can use an old crappy address if you want to.) Just go here and be sure to put kelly_mcmahon@yahoo.com as the referrer. Thanks!
Edited 27/03/2025: Link is long since dead!
Any Sydney knitters free on Friday morning? The Guild got contacted by a producer looking for 3-4 people to be knitting in the background for a segment on a new TV show. Contact me if you want the details.
I dreamt last night that my teeth were falling out. The feeling is still with me, so I looked it up this morning. There are numerous interpretations… none of them good.
Judging by @grantimahara’s tweets, Australia is getting new Mythbusters eps BEFORE the US! We saw exploding bumpers this past weekend!
I don’t drive so I never listen to current radio. Just discovered Eric Hutchinson’s “Rock and Roll” and LOVE IT. What else is like this?
@Bex_the_Femme I KNOW. As I always say, get me @grantimahara’s autograph on a picture of his robot and I will be forever grateful. 🙂
@Bex_the_Femme No stalking! Just nerd admiration from afar. I heart guys who carry scientific calculators.
@misswired Is s/he wearing a toque with a pompom on top? As a fellow N. American, I know they like it when you address them as “hoser.”
Writing a new spec. I love when I ask a dev how difficult something is and they surprise me with “Not very.”
@BostonSydney I’m a dualie. They don’t make you renounce anything anymore. Here’s a more extended version of my path: http://bit.ly/yEjZO
@sharre I’ll admit to feeling a little weird when I see people directly addressing celebs. I prefer to just follow and talk ABOUT them. 🙂
Chili basil chicken at Big Boy Thai on Stanley Street. Yum. http://yfrog.com/0lrs8gj
@BostonSydney I was in Oz for years before getting married. It’s not a requirement here. They have “defacto” which is like common-law.
@BostonSydney I’ve got you confused! PM your email address. I came in on defacto spouse visa, which doesn’t require actual marriage.
@Timmay83 NO WAY! CONGRATS! (When is the housewarming?)
@Steffi_83 Congratulations on the house!
@shanea Good luck! I want to hear all about it – the parts you can remember – afterwards.
Trying to decide whether to fight our way into a Star Trek screening on Tight Arse Tuesday…
Tickets booked! Star Trek tonight at 7:30 at George Street. (Who knew Greater Union had assigned seating?! Weird.)
I blow-dried my hair today w/ center part instead of side & got told I looked like Kaylee from Firefly! Yay, compliment. http://bit.ly/d3feD
Me: “I have a sudden urge to wear a minidress and boots.” Snook: “You’re allowed!”
Got email from web host warning that my blog exceeded monthly bandwidth limit by 2 MILLION MB. Uh, no. Server reporting fail. #fb
@michaelengle People in my ND class protested that our speaker wasn’t “important” enough. Now they’ve got the friggin’ President!
@imdominating @Leetha “Runs” is a strong word. More like “ran it ten years ago, but now just collects the Google checks every month.”
Any Sydney knitters free Friday morning? Channel 7 needs 3-4 people to be knitting in the background on a new show. Contact me for details.
I don’t drive so I never listen to current radio. Just discovered Eric Hutchinson’s “Rock and Roll” and LOVE IT. What else is like this?
Got email from web host warning that my blog exceeded monthly bandwidth limit by 2 MILLION MB. Uh, no. Server reporting fail.
Any Sydney knitters free Friday morning? Channel 7 needs 3-4 people to be knitting in the background on a new show. Contact me for details.
Carrot-Cake Cookies
I forgot to mention that I did, in fact, make Martha’s Carrot-Cake Cookies on Sunday. They’re really good, but they’re not very carrot-cakey. More like an oatmeal cookie with a bit of carrot in it. Actually, with the cream cheese filling they really remind me of Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies! That’s probably your closest analog.
Nice. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out is coming to the Wii, thus fulfilling the promise of the Power Glove twenty years ago. My brother got the Power Glove for Christmas and tried (mostly unsuccessfully) to get it to work with Punch-Out. The technology back then required you to always return your punching hand to the same position, which was pretty much beyond the grasp of three uncoordinated kids. The Wii MotionPlus should finally allow him to live out his Mike Tyson-ass-kicking dream.
Is The Elkhart Project making the city look too bleak? They’re going to start featuring more positive stories. Glad to hear it. The one about the abandoned meth lab houses depressed the hell out of me.
Take this essay about dating a foreigner and replace all the references to Frenchmen to Aussies. That’s pretty much my life ‘lo these nine years. (“What do you MEAN you’ve never heard of The Little Rascals? WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM??”)
@randomknits Hahaha, I wondered that that deleted post said.
@DDsD TweetDeck lets you filter. You can enter http as the filter text. Just tried it out and it seems to work.
I’ve volunteered to help plant a couple trees in Chippo Saturday morning. Anybody else want to help? Reward = good karma.
@kunaal84 Woooooo! Let me know if you want app recommendations. 🙂
Vladimir Putin is like the brooding hero of a Broadway musical, and we’re all just the chorus. http://bit.ly/AkiJU
Got a fake domain renewal bill from droa.com today. I love that they assume I’m stupid enough to pay them 3x what I pay joker.com. Idiots.
@BostonSydney Well, here’s one expat. I didn’t come in on WH visa tho, so no help there I’m afraid.
Just completed a 5.54 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/16mIdd #runkeeper
My aversion to leggings may be based on fact that I have never in my life had tights that fit. But cutting the feet off seems like cheating.
@BostonSydney I can tell you in 3 words: “married an Aussie.” 🙂
My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.
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Congrats and to many more 🙌🏽
My home economics teacher taught us to use “J cloths” as press cloths. (Cellulose cleaning cloths). The upside of using…
We have the Harold McGee book, v interesting and often useful. Right up his alley I reckon!
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