Look up “bad idea” in the dictionary, and you’ll find a photo of me, a big bag of chocolate covered coffee beans washed down with a large coffee in a timespan of about 10 minutes. I think I’ve had so much coffee today, I’m unbelievably wired and I think my hands and my eyeballs are [...]
The Chav Nativity
To go with the seasonal spirit and all that… That Canadian Girl proudly presents: The Chav Nativity. Best read by an Essex girl. There’s this bird called Mary, yeah? She’s a virgin (wossat then?) She’s not married or nuffink, but she’s got this boyfriend, Joe, innit? He does joinery an’ that. Mary lives with him [...]
Funky latte
Neat Dutch competition on “latte art”. While I may be a bit surprised to come across the Loch Ness Monster in my latte, the competition is original and unusual!
Calvin does it again
Just for my dad, a now-retired high school teacher… Calvin & Hobbes hope for a snow day. The wishful thinking of any good Canadian student between December and March. (Borrowed from uComics.) As a note to all Mac OS X users, there’s this fantastic Dashboard Widget called “Say Cheese!”, which allows you to read about [...]
And into December we go…
Wow, nearly a week since I blogged… Geez, I didn’t think having a social life and a busy job would affect my blogging that much! Thursday night, we had some friends over for one of their birthdays and had raclette (which consisted of about 3 tons of cheese each) and birthday cake. Friday, while we [...]
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