Month: November 2010
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Shared today on Twitter
@carbolicious I am currently reading “Storyteller”, the authorised bio of Roald Dahl. The print version weighs like 10 pounds. 🙁
@carbolicious Serious recommendation: “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell. I gave my copy to @eileenDCoE. It was awesome.
@SallyPompom I clicked agree, of course. I was going to make the same point myself but I’m a broken record on that topic. 🙂
@SallyPompom Nope. Either nobody told me or I forgot, which is unlikely since I’ve been asking for that for years! I made a big reply. 🙂
@99Games Thank you! That explains it. Didn’t realise WordsWorth Clubs fed into the same ranking system. Will do that instead. 🙂
@gilmae White ones with red wheels? I’ve got a pair in my closet right now. 🙂
I am thankful we were able to chase Petey into a bathroom last night at 3:30am and lock him in so we could salvage a few hours sleep. *yawn*
Had to dart into traffic between stopped buses to flag down a 480 at Broadway. Risked my life and I’m STILL going to be late. (@131500buses)
I was okay missing Thanksgiving til my Mom just IMed me with the menu for their feast. Damn.
@drkknits We’ve done it twice in Australia, but it’s just too darn hot here to roast a turkey. Maybe turkey sandwiches tonight? 🙂
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Shared today on Twitter
Three meetings up, three meetings down.
This downward spiral feels familiar.
Thanks friends. No, not sick in any definable way. Just… off my game.
@99games I can rarely ever get GC automatch to work on Wordsworth. I’m
losing ranking! What’s the problem? Is there a fix?
Amazing what a good night’s sleep will do for you!
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Shared today on Facebook
It’s just awful. It makes me feel sick.
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Happy birthday, Penn!
Happy birthday to my amazing nephew Penn! Well, really it was yesterday but it’s today where he is. He’s 4-years-old now! How can this nummy baby be a grown-up little boy already?
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iOS 4.2 available today
Apple’s iOS 4.2 is available today, and it includes free “Find my iPhone” service. Huh. That would have been useful two months ago.
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Shared today on Twitter
This day is giving me whiplash.
RT @mobileembrace: 5 Gmail features that we found both useful and amusing http://t.co/xDLVHaT
@sharre I’ve read maybe half a dozen.. Not a big fan though, much to @redambition & @kunaal84 & Snook’s chagrin. Just couldn’t get into it.
I told the Snook I was feeling blue today. He sent me this: http://bit.ly/9TXsFD
The mailman cheered me up by delivering my NEW SHOES!! http://twitpic.com/3926of Thanks @carbolicious for playing courier!!
The shoes are Dansko Marcelles, which I fell in love with last year from this Knitty pattern: http://bit.ly/eRyVE
@Opheli8 Mexican food and Halloween are my gift to the Australian people. (Yep, I’m totes taking credit.)
@madradish Yep, earlier this year! 🙂 https://web-goddess.org/archive/9137
@carbolicious Actually not holiday blues; bright sunny summer weather kills that! Just stress, I think. Shoes made it better. 🙂
We gave Petey his first dose of antibiotics tonight. I now have two long scratches down my right arm. We’ll call it a draw.
@miftik It’s catching him that’s hard. Finally had to corner him in a closet.
@devvyleys Top down is much easier for beginners. Toe up is better once you know what you’re doing.
@devvyleys Ah, just realised you’re doing a Christmas stocking! Definitely go top down then. Toe up is better for WEARING only. 🙂
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Shared today on Facebook
Just completed a 5.01 km run with RunKeeper – 1st half was absolute crap, so I cut it short. Pace in 2nd half much better.
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Happy Anniversary, Snookums
Saturday was our sixth wedding anniversary, so as usual we planned a special dinner to celebrate. And where better to celebrate than a “subterranean Italian seafood restaurant”?!
A couple months ago Eva forwarded me one of those “deal of the day” links where the offer was a 4-course dinner at Grotta Capri. I freaked out. Grotta Capri was in Muriel’s Wedding! It’s the crazy restaurant/bar where Sophie Lee (and the other mean girls) told Muriel that they didn’t want her hanging out with them anymore. It actually exists, and it’s here in Sydney. (It’s also famously crawling with actual mobsters.) So that’s where we went! The food was alright, nothing too special really. The main draw was sitting in an insane restaurant covered in blue stalactites and assorted nautical flotsam. There was a DJ on playing a truly demented mix of holiday, mafia, and party classics. (I’m not joking. We went from “Blue Christmas” to the theme from The Godfather to “Y.M.C.A.”) The cocktails were awful, but the tiramisu was pretty good. It was just so cheesy and fun. We had a nice time.
I’m lucky to have somebody willing to indulge these whims!