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  • Macho Man

    Dead Wrestler Of The Week: “Macho Man” Randy Savage. An excellent overview of the Macho Man’s long career, with lots of YouTube clips. We were big WWF fans as kids. I remember watching that match where Macho Man was getting beat up by the Honky Tonk Man and the Hart Foundation, and Miss Elizabeth getting knocked down, and her then running back to the dressing room. And I got chills all over again when Hulk Hogan came running out to Macho Man’s rescue and Hulked out all over the place. Yeah, it was all a bit 80’s and silly, but that was some serious myth-making in action too.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Just realised I’ve been tweeting my runs with the WRONG @rajsingh! Sorry, other Raj! I run with @rajsingh2505. 🙂

    @mrs_sockvictim From previous tweet: http://twitpic.com/51frvv. No idea how the hell I did that.

    @makarakarn Hot. Water. Bottle.

    RT @Y7News: Strauss-Kahn DNA found on maid’s clothes: reports http://yhoo.it/m4Wb8b // GROSSSSSSSS.

    @gusseting @knitabulous Well, I have another pot of the dye. Would it do any good to try again in a bigger pot?

    @drkknits If people reckon it would improve it, I guess.

    @knitabulous You’re gonna have to send me another email with all the instructions for that. I like to follow directions.

    @mrs_sockvictim What? Is that yours??

    RT @mrs_sockvictim: ipad for sale http://alturl.com/jug5r // MINE MINE MINE! ALL MINE!

    @gusseting We didn’t bother with phones or sim cards when we were there last time; just used free WiFi when we could get it.

    @gusseting But we were only visiting fam, not doing business or anything…

    @knitabulous There appear to be some videos of people playing it on YouTube. I shall do my best.

    Finally, an AWESOME True Blood series 4 preview: http://on.io9.com/lzSjRP. VERY EXCITED.

    @kunaal84 I thought of you as soon as I got on the bus and it started pouring. I’M SORRY!

    Dear Gary Mehigan: This is how you make Shepherd’s Pie, you twit. Love, me and Saint Delia. http://twitpic.com/51vajr

    @wen1965 Exactly! Cottage Pie is a fine thing, but no need to go muddling the waters…

    I wonder if Mr Snook is having fun at #brewshare at @localtaphouseDL. IF ONLY HE USED TWITTER HE COULD TELL US ALL RIGHT NOW.

    Baked some special treats for tomorrow. It’s Tanvir’s last day and @rajsingh2505’s birthday! http://twitpic.com/51vjgm

    @chewxy Ack! What’d he have you to do a poor duck?

    Note to self: when you bake cookies and Snook isn’t around to police you, you will eat the cookies. The trick is to not eat ALL the cookies.

    @codepo8 He is the guardian of my nobler self… the one that doesn’t scarf down still-warm cookies in the kitchen in her sweatpants.

    @bowenvale321 But I tweeted them! Thwarted by my own social networking!

    @AusVintageGrrl These are practically compost cookies. I threw in everything: 4 packs of M&Ms (inc. coconut!), half a pack of Freckles…

    @gusseting Nope. I’m not nearly that cool.

    @altonbrown Well, I am *now*. Too bad I can’t get Vidalias in Australia, I think. 🙁

    RT @NereadersDigest: Welcome to 2005 RT @arionian: OMIGOD http://bom.gov.au/ FINALLY WORKS WITHOUT THE WWW!

    @devvyleys Awesome! Congrats to your big little girl! 🙂

    Good grief. Broadway was okay, but the William Street wind tunnel nearly knocked me over. Glad I wore my big coat.

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    Awesome 2:1 run with @kunaal84 and @rajsingh. Felt great. .

    Registered to run this as part of a team with @Kunaal, @Raj, and Paul “Chiefy” Jeronimo. We’re calling ourselves “The Indian Chiefs.”

    I’m starting to see what you guys are on about with this foam roller business. That was 10 minutes of hell… but right now my legs feel gooooooood.

    Dear Gary Mehigan: This is how you make Shepherd’s Pie, you twit. Love, me and Saint Delia.

    Baked some special treats for tomorrow. It’s Tanvir’s last day and @rajsingh2505’s birthday!

  • Scalloped Waist Skirt Tutorial

    Scalloped Waist Skirt Tutorial. Self: make this.

  • Chunky Knitted Homewares

    Chunky Knitted Homewares. Wow. Margarita is gonna LOVE that stuff. 🙂

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    @knitabulous Dye and acid in, quick stir, then jumper, IIRC. Maybe I didn’t dissolve it well enough?

    @knitabulous Sure. Not terribly worried; just wondering if that was expected behaviour or if I did something wrong. I’ve got more dye. 🙂

    @lahondaknitter Pre-soaked for about 6 hours, in fact.

    @henrytapia Good, up until the point where the cheese baby we ate started getting revenge in our bellies. Bleccchhhhh.

    Just registered for City2Surf – and to my surprise, Snook and I qualified for green start group! GO US!

    @AusVintageGrrl I still haven’t finished the damn Nutkins.

    @jenbishopsydney RICE: rest ice compression elevation. Was it you? Hope it’s not too painful!

    @Ezzles Yikes! iPhone or android? Delete and reinstall fixed RK when I had issues.

    @kunaal84 @AusVintageGrrl If you’re lucky, she’ll hold up a sign for you: “KUNAAL – DON’T POOP YOUR PANTS!”

    Hm. Cardy has been rinsed… and results are odd. How in the world did I do THAT? Colour is (mostly) good tho. http://twitpic.com/51frvv

    @knitabulous @mrs_sockvictim @gusseting Just posted photo. It’s odd. I think I invented knitted tie-dye. How the eff did I get that square??

    @drkknits @knitabulous I think perhaps my pot was a bit small. It didn’t have a lot of room to expand in there…

    @chrisgander Hey, I think Spudds is supposed to be on this TV show thursday: http://bit.ly/myWy4f. He was filming in Melbs yesterday!

    @randomknits CARDIES ARE COOL, DONNA.

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    Cheese is happening! http://twitpic.com/50tqqc

    We made a mozzarella cheese baby! http://twitpic.com/50v75g

    @FlavourCrusader Mozzarella, then ricotta!

    @Lauren_lolly_ We’re in a class, so yep.

    Eagerly awaiting our lunch of homemade pizza with from-scratch mozzarella! http://twitpic.com/50w6qc http://twitpic.com/50w6xe

    Uccccchhhh. The cheesemaking class was great, but now I have a garlic cheese baby punching me in the guts…

    Home again, and now to dyeing. There’s a cardigan in there! http://twitpic.com/50xibt

    RT @mayorofnewtown: “@brishmoe: @mayorofnewtown bob gould died 🙁 http://t.co/JrWFFM0” sad news re Newtown identity and bookshop owner

    Nearly there. Does “exhausting” the dye mean the water is totally, crystal clear? (cc @knitabulous @gusseting) http://twitpic.com/50y0pn

    @Lauren_lolly_ Cream. Blecccch!

    @knitabulous Ha! Actually, I went for an evening run too. Great minds think alike. 🙂

    @gusseting All good. It’s pretty darn clear! @knitabulous said to leave it in the pot overnight; I’m in no hurry so I’m doing that. 🙂

    I finally got around to properly documenting the Snook’s Hipster Cardy: http://bit.ly/jo9Mov.

    Jamie’s 30 Min Meal #16: Tasty Crusted Cod, Mashy Peas, Warm Salad, & Tartare Sauce. 10/10 and only 32 minutes!! http://bit.ly/k5cENZ

    Very busy weekend. Pretty much got everything done I wanted to… except for sleep. Off to rectify that now.

    The cardy seems to have taken up the dye very unevenly. I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing yet. Was my pot too small, @knitabulous?

    @indefensible Eh. I passed one of those women tottering up Broadway like a dainty pony this morning. Blew past her in my sensible shoes. 🙂

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    Cheese is happening!

    We made a mozzarella cheese baby!

    Night run! 3:1 intervals. Foot hurting a bit. .

  • Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #16: Tasty Crusted Cod

    This is our 16th cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. We selected “Tasty Crusted Cod, My Mashy Peas, Tartare Sauce, and Warm Garden Salad” because it seemed vaguely wintery and we had the episode recorded. We also decided to switch up the format of our experiment a bit. Rather than both of us cooking, we decided to play it like a rally car team. Snookums was the cook/driver, while I was the one shouting out instructions (and taking photos). We figured that was the most fair way to test the “30 minute” claim, and it avoided the usual chaos of both of us trying to read from the same recipe. To our surprise, this system worked out amazingly well!

    Tasty Crusted Cod

    Substitutions: Our fish was “Blue-Eyed Cod,” which is an Australian fish that we figured was close enough to what Jamie used. (North Atlantic cod and haddock aren’t easy to come by Down Under.) Our pancetta was round and had less fat than Jamie’s, which was more like a very thin bacon. The only other substitution was using a mix of rocket and spinach for the salad (rather than rocket and watercress). Everything else was as-written.

    Quick verdict: This was FANTASTIC! Neither of us was expecting much, given that Jamie bills it as a grown-up version of fish fingers and mash. But the fish was cooked perfectly, and the herb paste and breadcrumbs were a welcome addition. The tartare sauce was a great accompaniment too. The mashy peas were rustic and comforting (and the recipe made HEAPS). I’d feared the simple salad would be bland, but the warm dressing was a knock-out. We both rated this meal a 10 out of 10. And what’s more: the Snook finished it off in 31:58! RIPPER.

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