Okay, is anyone else both completely horrified yet somehow also fascinated by the Poop Ice Cream story? IT’S SO GROSS. And what the hell does Kevin Bacon have to do with it? (Is the lawyer going for some sort of Chewbacca defense?)
Cookies. I’m looking for a PLAIN crispy chocolate cookie, similar to the crunchy bit inside a Tim Tam. Anybody know of a storebought brand that can be found in Sydney? (G/Polliwogs were the closest thing we could find, but I’d rather not have pictures on them if I can.) Or I’ll even take a recipe if that’s all I can get. Any ideas?
Here’s a little Halloween teaser for those you coming to the party next weekend…
Some of you will probably guess what’s in the jar. And yes, I did manage to dye my fingertips red while making it.
FLUFF. That’s pretty much exactly what I imagine the cupboard over at Eileen‘s and Erin Fair’s apartment looks like.
Wassup 2008. Okay, sorry Ron Howard, but I think this one just stole your thunder! The original “Wassssuuupp?” guys from the Budweiser ad reunite for a new one. I thought it was just funny at first… but the last ten seconds genuinely made me choke up. (Link courtesy of Waxy.org: Links.)
Time Off to Vote for Employees — A State by State Survey. My Australian co-workers could not BELIEVE that the US holds elections on a Tuesday. “What if your boss doesn’t let you out to vote?!” I really like having them on a Saturday here.
How to make Star Wars Halloween costumes for dogs. BRILLIANT! The Pomeranian-as-Ewok is my favorite.
I discovered earlier this week that Peter Sagal has a blog! I love him on Wait Wait…. The only weird thing is finally seeing what he looks like. Somehow, in my head, I pictured him as looking just like Alton Brown. (I think it’s because they have similar accents.) Needless to say, he doesn’t.
I was feeling a little depressed and alienated this morning, wondering if all my Indiana relatives are resentful of my interest in the election. Then I called my Grandma. Holy crap! If Indiana goes Democrat this year, you have my Grandma Veva to thank for it. “George Bush has RUINED THIS COUNTRY over the past 8 years,” she told me. “I wouldn’t vote for John McCain if he was all there was!” We talked about how she’d been a big Hilary supporter and she was disappointed that Hilary didn’t get the VP nod, but the fact that HRC was campaigning for Obama convinced her to get behind him. We talked about how if he did win, the Republicans would probably try to get votes invalidated. (“Dirty tricks!” she called it.) We talked about people we knew who’d been swayed by emails calling Obama the Antichrist. (She tells them that if it’s God’s will that Obama gets elected, “nothing can stop it!” I thought that was neat way of turning the evangelical argument on its head.)
Anyway, yeah, you may well be tired of hearing me bang on this particular drum. I’d ask you to please just respect that some of us are genuinely optimistic about this election, and we genuinely believe we stand at a huge crossroads. After eight years of feeling let down by the electorate, I actually feel hopeful. And if you feel like my posting about Obama is somehow a personal attack on you, well, I’d suggest you just take this site off your bookmarks for the next couple of weeks. I’ll understand.
I’m just happy to be reminded that I’m not an outlier, that my liberalism and passion do run in the family. I come by it honest.
Hooray! I just got an email telling me to check the Race Photos from the Melbourne Half-Marathon again. I looked before but there weren’t any of me, but now there are THREE! I’ll saved them here for posterity.
Here I am just after passing the starting line. I feel like it should be captioned, “SERIOUS RUNNER IS FEELING SERIOUS.” It was just starting to hit me that I was going to have to run 21km without my iPod.
The crowd around me has really thinned out here, so it must be on the second half. I must have also been feeling kooky, as evidenced by the thumbs and the wacky grin.
And here’s me and Pinky/Donna running up to the finish line!
My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.
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