VEGETARIANS, LOOK AWAY! The rest of you, check out these Deep Fried Cheese-Filled Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs. Mmm, low carb.
Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…
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Me on the Chaser
Dude, that was so fun! Well, yeah, I kinda got stuck with a random co-host. I turned up and told the producer that I was the last minute fill-in for the 7 o’clock slot, and she was like, “Oh, so’s this guy. Do you guys each want to do half an hour or…” And I was like, “Whatever.” I realized pretty quickly that on my own, I wasn’t going to be doing much other than answering the phone. So I figured I’d have him to do that. (Unfortunately he apparently didn’t tell me about most of your messages! Sorry about that.) But in spite of it, I actually had a really great time. The producer chick was really nice and we sorta teamed up. (She’s a pretty good knitter, too.) I had been pretty anxious on the way over there – Would I look fat? Would people think I was boring? – but I found that I got comfortable really quickly. What did you guys think? I haven’t seen any of it yet, but it felt pretty good. All of the other people I’d seen kinda just sat there and did nothing, or else they wore wacky costumes and hula-hooped. I just wanted to be different without being too over-the-top. I hope at least it amused you.That said – I booked in for another slot! I’m going to be on Saturday morning from 8am-9am Sydney time. By my reckoning, that will be about 5:00pm on Friday Indiana time, so all the Americans should be able to tune in! The producer loved the idea of having a knit-in, so any knitters that want to come along, let me know.
PS – Did you guys see the Snook? He apparently walked behind as we were winding down. And then, of course, he and I pulled a total “bonehead” by sticking out our tongues as we left…
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Search with Kevin
Search the web… with Kevin Federline. No, really.
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TWoP sells out
Wow. Television Without Pity just got bought out… by a network. I’ve been reading that site for, like, ten years, back from when it was “Dawson’s Wrap.”
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Nerdy to the Max
I was helping customers in the shop today when a lady asked if she could order some knitting needles. As I wrote down the order, I asked her for her name and phone number. Her surname was Babbage, she said, “like cabbage with a ‘b’.” “And like Charles Babbage!” I added. She smiled. “Actually,” she said, “he was my husband’s great-great-great grandfather.” GET OUT. We chatted about it for a while and she explained how the descendants of the guy who basically INVENTED THE COMPUTER wound up in Australia. And then I had to call the Snook and geek out. Isn’t that neat?
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No Knit Sherlock!
Okay, I’d just like to say that No Knit Sherlock! is quite possibly the best knitting blog title I’ve ever seen.
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Shared today on Twitter
Frantically trying to finish knitting a puffy sleeve and recovering from my birthday party yesterday…
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Weekend Update
Well, that was fun. We didn’t get much trip preparation done, but thanks to the Snook my birthday weekend was one to remember. It started Saturday morning with a trip to Bills in Surry Hills for breakfast. We met up with Fiona (and her Mystery Visitor) for scrambled eggs and coffee in the sunshine. Afterwards I headed to Glebe for my first appointment with my new stylist, Desiree at Partners Hair Workshop. She was fantastic! I’m used to salon visits taking forever, but Desiree had me out the door in under ninety minutes. (And that’s including foils, cut, and blow dry!) Back at home, the Snook was preparing for my birthday barbecue… right before the heavens burst. So the festivities were all indoor. But no matter; we had Wii! Many, many games of tennis, fishing, cow racing, and boxing ensued. We also had a veritable cadre of bloggers amongst the guests, including Amy, Kenya, Bex, Helen, Andrew, and Major. We had salads, chicken, fish, SO. MUCH. CHEESE., chips, bread and truffle butter, and really just everything lovely. The Snook made a rich low-carb chocolate cake and Andrew countered with some decidedly high-carb (but sooo worth it!) fancy cupcakes. As you might imagine, the Snook and I spent most of Sunday just in recovery mode. We had lunch in Chinatown with his mother and sister, but otherwise I spent the day working on my cardy. The other puffy sleeve is now finished! I’ve moved on to the embroidery, as you can see here. I’ve got til Saturday to put it all together and finish it off. I think I’m actually gonna make it!Read and add comments: Weekend Update8 responses
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Hierarchy of Programmers
Hierarchy of Programmers. Hey, I’m higher than I thought I’d be! (Not that I’m the greatest at PHP or anything, but I don’t suck.)
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