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I don’t care what anybody else thinks… I think the Jedi Wedding idea rocks! I especially like the bit where the priest asks if anybody has any objections to the marriage, and “Duel of the Fates” kicks in while Darth Vader stands up and is repelled by lightsabre-wielding groomsmen. If you’re gonna get married, do it in style.

The Five Most Profitable Companies in the Star Wars Galaxy. Heh. (Link courtesy of John.)

Calling all grammar Nazis and pedants! Check out Yet Another English Language FAQ. It track current news stories of relevance to English and English usage. I tried to skim through the home page but found myself getting engrossed in articles about spelling bees, politically-correct words, and Scottish rhyming slang. If you’re interested in language at all, this is a great rainy day site. You could get lost for days in here.

I’m using Google to find all the sites that link to me to let them know about the URL change. And lo and behold, there are some new ones I didn’t even know about! Born Squishy is going straight onto my list of daily reads. eremophobia has a really cool design that I’m still trying to figure out. Froot is from South Africa – finally another blogger in the Southern Hemisphere! Trevor is yet another brilliant Canadian weblogger. (You’re all so snarky!) And I’m lovin’ rosie’s bloated blog. If you’ve got some free time, check ’em out.

Important note: There is now a new domain pointing to this website! web-goddess.org should work identically to the .co.uk version. If you’ve linked me somewhere, please update it to reflect the .org. I’m hoping to eventually phase out the .co.uk down the line (since I’m not in the UK anymore, of course).

Edited to add: Oh, and if you use the new domain, you’ll probably find that your cookies (for the poll and commenting) have disappeared. You’ll have to reset them but they should be okay after that.

Roger Ebert answers one of Life’s Great Questions: “Who would win in a fight – William Wallace (from Braveheart) or Maximus (from Gladiator)?” I totally agree with his answer. Kinda funny that they’re both fake Australians, though. 🙂

Haha! Apparently three people broke into the Big Brother house this morning and videotaped themselves cavorting in the garden. I wonder if they’ll mention it on the show tonight?

I was disappointed with the big double eviction show yesterday. The “surprise” ouster of Nathan and Alex seemed a little engineered. I mean, Alex has been flying under the radar quite successfully in the last few weeks. The producers just haven’t been showing him at all. Nathan, on the other hand, got lots of screen time for his jokes. I personally thought he was hilarious. Both of them seemed pretty secure on the show. The “singles” were picking off the couples each week with ease. Then suddenly it’s like the producers got annoyed and decided to reassert some control over the show. So they nominated everyone and then spent a week showing footage that made Nathan and Alex look incredibly bitchy. One week later, they’re both gone. And I’ll have to spend the next month watching Australia’s own lobotomized version of Romeo and Juliet, Marty and Jess. Ugh. (Hmm, I suppose I could turn off the television… Naaaahhhh.)

The Spider-Man game promotion website the Snook’s been working on has just launched. Check it out! You won’t be able to register unless you’ve got a pack of Maggi Noodles lying around though. (It’s basically Ramen.) That excludes just about everybody other than the Kiwis and the Aussies, then!

I had the weirdest dream this morning. It involved characters from Sex and the City, Days of Our Lives, and Buffy. I watch way too much television.

Snookums and I headed to the Good Food Show out at the Olympic Park. It was the first time either of us had been out there. It was really cool to see Stadium Australia and try to picture what it must’ve been like full of people during the Games. The Show itself was packed. We wandered through the aisles tasting olive oils and wines and chocolates and watching demonstrations of nifty kitchen gadgets. I had wanted to attend Ansley Harriott‘s cooking demonstration, but Rodd thinks he’s a wanker and couldn’t be trusted to behave himself. (We did see Ainsley doing a book signing, though. Man, the old women just love him.) We also took in a wine tasting and I got more than a little pissed sampling the fine Australian Shirazes. We left loaded down with two new cookbooks, a packet of olives, and several jars of dried tomatoes, capsicums, and jalepenos. A very good day.