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Links that I’m reading/watching/listening to/thinking about

  • 50 Things to Eat Before You Die

    50 Things to Eat Before You Die – I’ve had nearly everything on the list with the exception of some of the fish/seafood. I’m still working on that. (Link courtesy of Kristen, who is much more adventurous than me.)

    2. Lobster – My one and only lobster experience was on Spring Break 1997 when I visited my roommate Eileen’s family in Boston. We had lobster with loads of butter. I found the texture to be really gross. And then I spent the next 24 hours on the train home puking my guts out. But that could’ve been from the alcohol, I suppose…
    3. Steak – Mmm, yes please. I don’t like it as rare as the Snook (who’s been known to eat carpaccio and steak tartare), but as long as the inside isn’t too bloody, I’ll happily eat it.
    4. Thai food – I’ve been told that Sydney has more Thai restaurants than anywhere else outside of Thailand. And damn, they’re all good.
    5. Chinese food – A Chinese co-worker took me for some authentic dim sum at the North Ryde RSL. It was fantastic. Much better than the crap we used to get delivered in college.
    6. Ice cream – Who hasn’t? I mean, honestly.
    7. Pizza – I love pizza. I’ve even eat it at Da Michele’s in Naples, the restaurant mentioned here. Best pizza I ever had in my life.
    8. Crab – Do crab cakes count?
    9. Curry – My current favorite is the Snook’s secret recipe for homemade mango chicken curry.
    10. Prawns – Currently the only seafood I can definitely say I like. Mmm, prawns on the barbie dipped straight into garlic butter…
    12. Clam chowder – It’s CHOWDA! Tried it in Boston once and thought it was pretty good.
    13. Barbecue – Oh, yeah. It tastes best on our very own new barbie!
    14. Pancakes – I’m guilty of introducing thick American-style pancakes to the Snook, who is now obsessed with them. So I know pancakes.
    15. Pasta – We don’t eat it so much these days – damn carbs – but I still love it. The more garlic the better.
    17. Cheesecake – *drool*
    18. Lamb – I’d never eaten lamb before moving overseas, but now it’s my favorite meat ever. Too bad the drought has made it prohibitively expensive right now.
    19. Cream tea – My favorite was at the Orangery in Kensington Gardens. Lovely.
    21. Oysters – The Snook finally convinced me to try one – raw with squeezed lime – last Valentine’s Day. I didn’t mind it, actually!
    22. Kangaroo – Yum. Ma Snook brought us some fillets last year that were superb.
    23. Chocolate – The Snook prefers his darker and less sweet than I do, but we’re both chocoholics.
    24. Sandwiches – I’m ashamed to admit that my favorite is the Chicken Caesar from Pret a Manger in London.
    25. Greek food – I make a mean moussaka.
    26. Burgers – I’ve come to love the Aussie version with fried egg and barbecue sauce. I’ll still pass on the beetroot, though.
    27. Mexican food – This is the one thing I really miss living in Sydney.
    28. Squid – I’ve tried deep fried calamari. That counts, right?
    29. American diner breakfast – Again, I converted the Snook. He’s now a big Denny’s fan.
    30. Salmon – I don’t eat fish, but last year I was so drunk at a wedding that I happily ate the smoked salmon appetizer. And it was pretty good!
    31. Venison – My childhood aversion to deer hunting pretty much vanished once I realized that venison tasted good.
    34. Sushi – I tried it a couple times to appease the Snook. Not a huge fan.
    38. Kebabs – The best kebab in the world comes from a little shop on Fulham Palace Road in London, near the Hammersmith Broadway pedestrian underpass. Get it with garlic and chili. *drool*
    40. Australian meat pie – I’ve decided that they’re a more-then-acceptable hot dog substitute at the cricket. I still haven’t been to Harry’s Cafe de Wheels, though.
    41. Mango – I’m not a huge fan of it raw, but in chutney or curry it’s sublime.
    43. Octopus – I’ve had deep-fried baby octopus a couple times in Australia. Mostly rubbery, I thought.
    45. Roast beef – Yum. I even ate it in England, which probably means I’ve got BSE now.
    46. Tapas – There used to be a great tapas place near our house in Newtown. Sadly, our patronage wasn’t enough to keep it afloat!
    50. Cornish pasty – Scarfed a few while travelling in England. Wonderful.

  • Indiana goes to Bush.

    Indiana goes to Bush. Yeah, I saw that one coming a mile away. Huh, I wonder what I have to do as an absentee voter to change my address to a state where my vote might make more of a difference…

  • A Month of Softies

    A Month of Softies is a new group craft project started by loobylu. Basically, she provides a theme each month and everybody crafts something that uses it. At the end of the month, everybody sends her a picture of what they made. Neat, huh? The theme for November is “The Accessorized Elephant.” I’ve already got lots of ideas for it… but I probably won’t have any chance to make anything, since we leave for the States in, like, two weeks. ACK. (Link courtesy of Kirsty.)

  • My Gay Agenda

    Oh, man! I really, really want a Gay Agenda. (Link courtesy of Awful Cufflinks.)

  • Carve a jack-o-lantern

    Carve a jack-o-lantern! As I haven’t been able to locate any orange pumpkins in the city this year – David Jones has them but only for decoration, not for sale – this is as close as I’m going to get! (Link courtesy of Parker.)

  • Not that I care.

    Another brilliant example of why most of the the world wants Bush out of office: He’s blocked his website to anybody outside the U.S. Seriously. I just tried it myself and I get “Access Denied.” The man just doesn’t care at all about what anybody outside his circle thinks. And no, I’m not arguing anything silly like that “furriners” should have votes or anything, but would it kill us to at least pretend that we give a shit what our neighbours think? I mean, Australia’s an ally! They’re in the Coalition of the Willing! Yet… “Access denied.” Political friendship with George Bush doesn’t seem to get you very much these days, does it? (Link courtesy of slashdot.)

  • New word

    New word! I am definitely an infracaninophile. (Link courtesy of Casey.)

  • Catkins Diet

    Even though I’ve pretty much given up on the diet right now (she says while munching Golden Grahams), the Snook and I still are having endless fun threatening to put Dr. Amy Jones on the Catkins Diet. It makes us laugh. In reality, she eats mostly dry food with the occasional supplement of Fancy Feast, a raw chicken wing, or if she’s really good, a bit of fat from a chicken breast. She loves that. (Link courtesy of miftik.)

  • Especially Bad Passwords

    Especially Bad Passwords. Yowch. How many of yours are on the list? One of the fairly regular ones I use is smack dab in the middle. Guess it’s time to think up some new ones, huh?

  • Red Sox win the pennant!

    The Red Sox win the pennant! Oh, man! What a fantastic series. I’m not even a huge Sox fan – any team that employed Roger Clemens will be forever tainted in my books – but you gotta love an underdog, especially one that beats the odious Yankees. And good grief, when did Boston last win the World Series? It’s been, like, a century, hasn’t it?