Author: Kris
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Iron Chef!
Looks like the Iron Chefs are back in town! I love these guys. We attended their dinner in 2007, and it was such a fun night. If you’ve got a silly amount of money to spend on a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I highly recommend it.
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Shared today on Twitter
@venks79 Way to go! At a 6:50/km pace? You’re on fire!
@misswired Not coming? Damn!
Skirt fabric procured, thanks to my stylist @mrs_sockvictim! Now off for a quick visit to SSK. 🙂
NO ONE at SSK besides me, @mrs_sockvictim, @dancingman, and @misswired! Where are all the knitters today?
@crumpet Nah, it has good settings that let you say what, if anything, gets posted to Twitter.
My score from Tessuti’s: adorable red Japanese skirt fabric, matching thread & zip, & dedicated fabric scissors. http://twitpic.com/1u3js2
We’re having a very British day of eating. Ploughman’s Lunch (with homemade beer bread) and now Shepherd’s Pie for dinner.
A massive, yummy Shepherd’s Pie: http://twitpic.com/1u3s2i. Recipe courtesy of St. Delia, as the Hairy Bikers call her. 🙂
Nom nom nom! http://twitpic.com/1u3zey So yum on a cold icky night.
@drkknits Knit one round. Purl one round. Repeat. 🙂
@knitterjp Fiona and the shop assistant beat that into my head. Repeatedly. NO PAPER. NO YARN. ONLY FABRIC. I PROMISE!
@witty_knitter Hooray! Many happy returns of the day. 🙂
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Shared today on Google Reader
- How to Take a Screenshot – “That’s it!” snort
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Shared today on Twitter
@witty_knitter I wouldn’t say “huge.” I was a big fan of her bands in the 90’s; haven’t kept up much these days. But she’s cool!
@gilmae Hahahahah… Same here. I was singing it ALL MORNING yesterday. In fact, I’d forgotten it til you just mentioned. THANKS.
@drkknits OOH! I have to re-read that. We’re going to The House on the Rock on our trip to the US. (You’ll see when you get to that part.)
@redambition @kat13v @ausvintagegrrl Yep, brilliant! Thanks Kate! (@kunaal84 had a great time too…)
Tuvan throat singing, Tai Chi, pregnant chanteuses, Blind Boys of Alabama, piano prodigies… and Lou Reed. GREAT night at Syd Opera House!
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Shared today on Facebook
Tuvan throat singing, Tai Chi, pregnant chanteuses, Blind Boys of Alabama, piano prodigies… and Lou Reed. GREAT night at Syd Opera House!
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Shared today on Google Reader
- How to Be Awesome At Being A BA
- The Burger Lab: How to Make Perfect Thin and Crisp French Fries | A Hamburger Today – The dude actually went to great lengths to procure a bag of frozen McDonald’s fries and reverse-engineer them. Awesome. (Snook: Read this.)
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RunningBlog: Week 22
Another light week of running, mostly because the weather has been so completely miserable. It’s rainy and horrible and I just haven’t been able to drag myself out of bed in the morning. I did manage two workouts at Spudds though, where I am still kicking some major ass. (I’ve had double 100’s on the rower at my last four sessions now.) I also went for two easy runs around the neighbourhood on the weekend. The really amazing part is that the Snook came with me for Sunday’s run! He’s agreed to run the Elkhart 5K Race with me and Mom in July, so he needs to train a bit. It was so fun being out there with him.
May 29: 5.36km
May 30: 5.36km
Total this week: 10.72km (6.7mi)
Total in 2010: 437.84km (273.65mi)To meet my goal of running 1000km in 2010, I should be at 423km. So I’m still ahead. I’ll ramp it back up slowly.
The other amazing news of the week is that @AirForceTed (of You Don’t Have to Run Alone) and @Passinthrough are both going to be running the Elkhart 5K too! It’ll be an International Running Buddy Meet-up of Epic Proportions. 🙂
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Domain name woes
Domain name woes: I had some problems with my domain name not auto-renewing this week, so apologies if the site was down for you at all. If you’re reading this, then goodness and light have been restored to the world.
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Zipper Bag
Zipper Bag
Tonight was my second sewing class over at The Sewing Room. It was great! Zippers are kind of my nemesis, so it was good to get to focus on them. We started by doing a sample piece on calico showing how to place a trouser zipper (like for jeans). Then we started in on our project for the night: this handy bag/pencil case. It’s got a front zipper with a pouch inside, and a size zipper for the main pouch. Once again I was the Hermione of the bunch, zooming ahead and finishing early. It turned out pretty well! My sewing is a little wobbling around the zips, but good for a first attempt. And hey, I only managed to shatter one sewing needle! (I ran over the metal stop at the top of the zipper.) Good times.
