• Shared today on Facebook

    Bionic Kris – better, stronger, faster… (hopefully). http://instagr.am/p/PxlSKwRJJ0/



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    @imdominating @Justacogitating Well, I haven’t made it yet. Mine might come out all wonky.


    @drkknits I didn’t know it had a name. I just knew it’s the reason why SOME OF US wear shorts under skirts, and others don’t have to. *sigh*


    @gusseting The phrase “digital diva” makes me wince.


    @drkknits Meh. Can’t get too worked up. We should start a FB page for women who appreciate that line along a dude’s groin. You know the one.


    @drkknits If you can’t objectify the occasional hot Swedish vampire, then teh terrorists have truly won.


    @VenessaHunt As long as you’re not working for the Navy or Coast Guard, you should be okay I think. 🙂


    Second time this week the Google Sydney chef has cooked from my weekly meal plan. Reading my emails? This is getting spooky & annoying.


    Great night catching up with @venks79! Just wish @kunaal84 could have joined us. 🙂


    @kunaal84 @venks79 Poo. Sorry about that. 🙁 Hopefully another meet up soon… *fingers crossed*


    RT @ScottRhodie: Ben Folds Five (not bad) with FRAGGLES (AMAZEBALLS!!!) http://t.co/jdqh6Q3Y


    @drkknits Rodd pointed out that I don’t pay US tax (since I’m under reciprocal threshold here). I am the 47%! Where’s my handout, huh?


    Just passed the people camping outside Apple Store. I love my iPhone and will probably upgrade eventually, and even I think they’re idiots.



  • Next Restaurant

    Life is good. Last year we got to eat at Momofuku Seiobo, and this year we’re trying out another of the world’s best: Grant Achatz’s Next Restaurant in Chicago. My friend Kel tipped me off on Saturday that tickets were on sale for the next menu, “Keiseki”. (Achatz has pioneered theater-style ticketing where you pre-pay a set fee and everything is included. Each “menu” is specific to a particular time and place. Keiseki, as you might guess, is Japanese.) As we’re going to be there around New Year’s, it was an opportunity I couldn’t refuse. I bit the bullet and bought us two tickets for December 29th at 10pm.


  • Ho-Hum to Wow! in Gimp

    Ho-Hum to Wow! in Gimp – Ahhh, I wondered if the Gimp had access to the LAB color space. Very cool.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @drkknits @imdominating Okay, the baby skeleton tank top is kinda cool in a creepy way.


    @drkknits @imdominating And if I wore such things, I’d totally get that bedazzled G-string just to freak the shit out of the Snook. HA!


    @drkknits @imdominating But really, I’d totes just instagram some a little tweed hat and some sneakers. #hipsterbaby #theworldwantstoknow


    @imdominating @drkknits Probably also be a comet in the sky, all Danaerys-style too.


    Looking at Bohus sweater kits from Sweden… but I strongly suspect they do not look good on women with biggish boobs.


    You know, if I wanted to be a total blogging sellout, I could. My PageRank lures in the marketroids like you wouldn’t believe.


    Well, the microwave works again. So today’s not a total loss. http://t.co/VmGSkf3g


    @redambition When I did my first run a week ago, it kicked in DURING THE RUN.


    Wait. The Mythbusters theme song is arranged by the Dandy Warhols? How did I miss that before?! Is it new? (cc @voicework)


    @voicework Very cool. And since they did the Veronica Mars soundtrack, they’ve done 2 of my favourite shows!


    RT @grantimahara: In which I welcome @Revision3 to our @Discovery family… GANGNAM STYLE. VIDEO http://t.co/8zamDupU


    So proud: my nephew Penn discovered Calvin & Hobbes. I know a little boy who’s getting his own Hobbes for Christmas! http://t.co/izYOI8Dy


    @sydneyflaneur @witty_knitter @the_snook 500 QUID?! I’m in the wrong line of work. 🙂



  • Wreck-It Ralph

    Totally agree with io9 on this one: the trailer for Wreck-It Ralph looks great! There better be a Ms. Pac-Man cameo in there somewhere…


  • The pandas are coming!

    WoW: Mists of Pandaria
    The big news around these parts, of course, is that the pandas are coming. You know, I have to say, this trailer makes it look awesome. Two races that hate each other land in a strange place, start up their fight, and then discover the locals can kick their butt? It looks cool. I would play that game. Unfortunately though, I’ve played WoW and I know that instead it’s more like, “Kill 47 rats and then take this message somewhere” over and over until I get bored. The Snook is looking forward to it though…


  • “Elegant and Fine”

    “Elegant and Fine” – another short story written from the point of Susan from the Narnia books. Lots of people have trouble with Susan, myself included. And I don’t think it’s Susan’s fault. I can’t find it in the archives, but I’m sure I’ve talked about Neil Gaiman’s “The Problem of Susan” before as well… (Link courtesy of John.)


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @knitabulous What?! Oh no! Very sorry to have you in the Injured Club. 🙁


    Just learned you aren’t allowed to donate if you’ve had reflux in the past week, and especially not if it kept you aw http://t.co/frSuz6yL


    …kept you awake all last night. That sucks.


    @randomknits Snook sometimes finds he is wearing an Invisible Jumper of Egregious Approachability. Perhaps you are today too?


    @rachievaichie Acid in digestive tract can damage it and make more susceptible for bacteria. Fine for me, not for sick folks. 🙁


    Trying to soothe my thwarted sense of volunteerism with a bacon & egg roll. (@ Swagman’s Post Courtyard Cafe) http://t.co/QYY3EO90


    Actually just tried to win radio contest for 1st time since high school. That was TOTES Islands in the Stream!



  • Shared today on Twitter

    WOO. Thank you @kellymcmahon! Managed to score reservations at https://t.co/9Ydczkl4 in Chicago for Dec. 29. CANNOT WAIT.


    I need, like, a Bat-signal of some sort for @drkknits and @imdominating. This is for you: http://t.co/xEKZZFGb


    FFFFUUUUUUU. Hermione misread the goddamn pattern again, didn’t she.


    @knitterjp @drkknits @randomknits Knitted like 75 rows looking at wrong pattern. Not very different, but aim is perfection so I frogged.




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