Designer sunglasses by Jason Palmer
Author: Kris
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Why The Phantom Menace Sucked
The Snook and I just watched all seven parts of this massive review/commentary on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. The “serial killer” framing device is a little annoying, but the observations about the movie are SPOT ON. I can still remember how I felt driving home after the midnight showing, still dressed up in my ridiculous Amidala outfit, trying to talk myself into believing that it didn’t suck. But it sucked. And this guy explains exactly why. (Spoiler: Jar Jar is hardly even mentioned.)
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SPIDER!
When I got home tonight, I thought I’d check on my veggie patch. So I stepped out the backdoor and, la-di-da, nearly walked headfirst INTO THIS.
The massive web spans from the lilli pilli tree across the path, and Mr. Spider is sitting directly at face height. His body is over an inch long, easy. As I stood frozen and time slowed to a crawl, I was able to see that he was merrily cocooning some unfortunate insect (a bumblebee? a cockroach?) to save for dinner. I slowly backed into the house and grabbed my camera. I got as close as I dared to get the shot, then scampered back in to google spider identification charts. Mr. Spider looked kinda hairy, so my first guess was that he was a Huntsman. (They look evil but aren’t, really.) But I quickly discovered that HUNTSMAN SPIDERS DON’T MAKE WEBS! So I tweeted for help<, and luckily Issy came to my rescue. It's a Garden Orb Weaving Spider. Oh, and judging by the size he’s probably actually a she. I’m going to call her Shelob. She’ll be there until the Snook gets home and prods her with a stick, I imagine.
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Growing Up Heroes
Growing Up Heroes. I’ve submitted the photo of me as Wonder Woman from 1981. I’m just waiting for it to be published…
Update: There I am!
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Cranberry Pistachio Blondies
Cranberry Pistachio Blondies. If it’s not too hot, I think I might make those this weekend.
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Shared today on Twitter
@carbolicious Did you see him on 30 Rock? LOVE.
Hall & Oates sing “Jingle Bell Rock”. http://bit.ly/6cMped (This one’s for @carbolicious.)
@twelveeyes Oh man! The Tramcar is a dream of mine. We need a review afterwards…
@ozgamer Dude, does ‘New Toy Syndrome’ last for 2.5 years? Because that’s a long time for a gadget.
@DianneKing They’re uncommon here but not unknown. In fact, I got some in a gift swap two weeks ago from an Aussie!
Re-redding the hair. I sit in a funk of ammonia and hair dye.
Just completed a 8.18 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/52JyD8 #RunKeeper
Just completed a 5.88 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/8MP5fY #RunKeeper
Hey Twitter. If you have a cleaner, do you tip them for Christmas? And how much? (We want to know if we’re cheapskates.)
@toastman W00t. Hahahaha… Okay, so I feel better now. Especially considering we have the SAME CLEANER.
@VenessaHunt See, my red hair makes me look much more interesting than I actually am. Opposite of your classy bob! 😛
Cleaner responses ranged from nothing to two weeks full pay + gift! Feeling better about my $20 and homemade cookies. Thanks everybody…
@bellsknits I got a thank you plus an SMS later saying how much her son was enjoying the cookies. Very sweet! Love our cleaner.
@VenessaHunt More like a bob CAN be boring, if the wearer needs camoflage. The red is harder to disguise.
Just completed a 5.22 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/8pZYdm #RunKeeper
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Shared today on Facebook
Just completed a 8.18 km run with RunKeeper
Good grief. Looks like the RunKeeper-to-Facebook posts are AGAIN happening all at once.
Just completed a 5.22 km run with RunKeeper
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Cherpumple
The Snook walked in while I was watching the How to Make a Cherpumple Pie-Cake video. He watched it with me. “No,” he said. “Just… NO.”
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Old-school Snoopy!
Note to self: Buy these Peanuts figurines for the Snook next year.
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Unnecessary Dairy Overlap
I really like the phrase “Unnecessary Dairy Overlap”. That is all.
