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Author: Kris

  • Movember Mugshot

    Happy Movember!
    As you can see from the little animation I made, the Snook has recently gone from this to this (and probably lost about a pound in the process). He’ll be growing out his mo’ all month and I figured I might as well document it. I know they’re rather stark photos, but still… Doesn’t he look about ten years younger in the clean-shaven one? (Personally, I prefer him with a bit of scruff.)

    Later: Crap. I just discovered it doesn’t work in Safari. Will fix today.

    Much later: It does work! I just had a bad version cached.

    Edited 02/05/2025: Removed the Flash since nothing supports it anymore.

  • Lyra and Mrs Coulter

    Lyra and Mrs. Coulter. Sweet! I can’t wait to see Nicole Kidman give a generation of kids nightmares. Now I can’t wait to see the monkey… (Link courtesy of Kevin.)

  • Amused

    The things people wonder about, you know? Could a super strong person yank off his own head? That question cracks me up.

  • Funny Kittens

    Funny Kittens. (YouTube movie.) The Snook loves animals falling over. My favorite is the kitty playing ping-pong, and the one that pulls himself around under the dining room table. (Link courtesy of John.)

  • Blogging as Market Research

    Okay, Melbourne Knitters. It looks like Tapestry Craft is heading your way. We’re trying to decide what kinds of yarn to stock. So tell me – what do you want? Are there brands/fibres/thicknesses you just can’t get? We’re all Sydney folks so we’re not sure whether there’s any big difference between the two markets.

  • Last Race Results

    They’ve finally posted the official race results from the Gladesville 10K we did a few weeks ago… and woohoo! We both came in dead last in our age groups. Depressing.

    Edited 01/05/2025: Link is dead and not archived.

  • Rushmore

    Did anyone else in Australia watch Rushmore on TV this week? Either our TiFaux had a huge hiccup, or Channel 10 cut the hell out of it. There was the scene where the teacher tells him she’s too old for him and they shake hands, and then after a commercial they went directly to the part where Bill Murray apologizes for Max and says he shouldn’t have let him drink alcohol. It’s been a long time since I saw the movie originally, but wasn’t there a dinner scene with Luke Wilson somewhere in there? And wasn’t there another play by the Max Fischer Players? We only saw the one at the big finale. I was really confused. (Granted, I was in a candy coma…)

  • Halloween Pictures

    Halloween Meat CakeOur Halloween pictures are up!
    What’s that? Oh yeah, it’s a Halloween Meat Cake. Pretty sweet, huh? The Snook and I just finished off the rest of the leftovers today. Apologies to the guests that I didn’t get a good picture of…

  • Heroes of Australia

    Our 4th Annual Halloween Extravaganza went even better than I’d hoped! The creativity and fun of our friends never fails to astound me. I’ve got a lot more photos to upload – including some of the Snook’s greatest culinary creation to-date, the Meat Cake – but here’s one to tide you over:

    Jolly Swagman, Steve Irwin, and Ned Kelly

    The Snook and I had settled on a theme of “Heroes of Australia” for our costumes this year, and to our surprise Andrew‘s costume fit right in as well. I’m dressed as the Jolly Swagman from Waltzing Matilda. (Note my authentic cork hat, billy can, and the jumbuck in me tucker bag.) Andrew is, of course, dressed as Steve Irwin. Complete with a scary looking barb poking out of his chest. (When he came in the door I was like, “You DIDN’T!” And he was all, “BUT I DID!” Brilliant.) And last is the Snook, dressed as Australia’s most famous bushranger and outlaw: Ned Kelly. (You can admire the craftsmanship of his armour by comparing it to the originals.)

    Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some meat cake to eat for breakfast…

  • Gaming Addiction

    Mary-Helen pointed me to this excellent post on “gaming addiction.” The Snook is pretty good about regulating his game play, and he did make a sterling effort at getting me to play with him. I’m not too worried yet. (Though he’s only at level 47. What will happen when he gets to 60?)