Wow, Xander’s in rehab. Best of luck, Nicky.
Edited 29/04/2025: Link is dead and not archived.
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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The 50 Best Restaurants in the World
The 50 Best Restaurants in the World. Sydney made the list twice! Rockpool’s at #29 and Tetsuya’s at #13. We dined at Rockpool two years ago and it was the best meal of my life. Now I’m thinking Tetsuya’s might be in order for the Snook’s birthday in June…
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Box Set DVD Sale
Attention Aussies: EzyDVD is having a “boxset bonanza”. Buffy DVDs are half-price! Lots more too, like Simpsons, Angel, and 24. Free delivery within Australia. Forgive me if I sound like a paid shill here. I used EzyDVD a couple Christmases ago to order Snookums the entire James Bond DVD library. The order never arrived but their customer service was great and they dispatched another one right away. (We think somebody at Maine Logistics lifted it.) So I’m fairly comfortable recommending them. Now I just can’t decide whether to get Buffy Season 6 now or wait til we hit the States in November…
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SMH redesigns
The Sydney Morning Herald website has a new design… and I’m not sure I like it. It’s just way too wide, and there just seems to be too much going on horizontally with all those columns. I like the addition of the search box though, and the navigation redesign makes much more sense. (Though it doesn’t seem to be completely finished. I was happy to see that Column 8 and Spike have been moved out from under the National section – which never made any sense to me – but if you go to either section, the breadcrumb trail on top still thinks that’s where they are. Weird.)
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Words Related to Stress and Anxiety
Words related to stress and anxiety. I’d completely forgotten about the undertoad. I also like hathos, testosteronic, and caving. The Snook and I cave a lot.
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So close!
It’s not enough that I plaster the Snook all over my website… Now I’m getting him into print as well! Last week my coworker Mardi told me about a photo contest the Sydney Morning Herald Radar section was running. You were supposed to send in a “quintessential Sydney moment”, and the winner won a $900 camera phone. I forgot about it until right before the deadline so I decided to just send in a photo from my site. I went with Rodd and Amy eating cheese-on-a-stick at the Easter Show. To my surprise, the editor e-mailed me yesterday to let me know that I was a finalist. I ran to the newsagent this morning to buy the paper and check the results. Unfortunately, I didn’t win. They picked the “serious” picture of the homeless guy instead. Whatever. I still got the Snook in the paper!
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RDF Contest Winners
I finally got around to selecting the winning entries in my Roald Dahl Sequel Contest. You should go read them; they’re pretty funny. I especially like the bit in the second one where an Iraqi uses George’s Marvelous Medicine to get rid of Saddam Hussein.
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UnJustified
I was all excited to see Justin Timberlake at his “intimate” show at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney in June… until I went to buy tickets and saw the price. $180 each! Good grief. Sorry, JT, but I wouldn’t pay $180 to see anybody.
Update: Hmmm, it looks like the $180 is only if you miss out on the regular $130 ones that go on sale tomorrow. But jeez, even $130 is still too much for Justin.
Edited 26/04/2025: Removed links to buy tickets.
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The countdown begins…
It’s officially 54 days til the Nike Women’s Classic. I’ve added a training log down there on the right to add a sense of accountability to my preparations. (Feel free to kick my ass if you think I’m slacking.) I’ve scheduled a session with a personal trainer on Monday. He’s supposed to be a running specialist so hopefully he’ll get me on track.
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