Fortnight and a bit, redux

Administrator — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:39:33 +0000

It seems I haven’t posted a redux-ion in some time. Since last:

Went postal (voting, that is).
Greeted the new arrival
Fathers’ Day
Discovered a rust spot under the weather seal on the door of the new car. Missed by the RAC. Not mentioned by the dealer (if they noticed it). Bugger.
Visited a few car shops to get anti-rust stuff.
Therapeutic shopping at NetPlus (need more storage), OfficeWorks (noticed they now have magnetic print-yourself car signage) and Zytech.
Want one of the new iPod Touches with a speaker!
Was not destroyed by Large Hadron Collider. Nor was world. At least not that I could tell.
Made a lot of some assortment of toast, boiled eggs, baked beans and Weet-Bix every morning.
Many stories were read.
Drove the battlewagon some more.
Attended surprise birthday for MikeyOb.
Showed Puggle how to solder. Badly. But at least good enough to fix the cordless phones. Discovered you can answer the landline while the voip line is still ringing. Then pick up the voip line and get a dialtone even though the landline is in use
…darling, names, names names…
Walked to the shops with the kids. Had coffee. Waitron brought water with plastic cups for the kids unbidden, and my cappuccino plus two ‘cups of froth’ for the kids totalled $3.65 (cheaper than I pay for just a coffee many places). Hats off to Bada Bing.
Discovered the evil credit card company (ANZ) will ring you to tell you you’re overlimit, but not before they’ve charged you $35 for the privilege. It also seems easier to cancel and apply for a new card than to get a limit increase (even if it’s to a lower limit than you were on before!). Getting a decrease is much easier. They did at least have a callback number when I didn’t believe they were the bank and resisted my social engineering attempt when I hadn’t identified myself.
Helped the kids make vege kebabs with pesto. Yummy!
Took the opportunity to indulge in pate, soft, hard and (soon) blue cheeses.
Roasted a chook.

All the salt liquorice you can eat

Administrator — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:44:36 +0000

If you’re an expat or just hankering for a taste of the Netherlands, check out www.dutchfood.com.au. Also some Indonesian sauces there as well.

Cool food site

Administrator — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:47:34 +0000

Check out lunchinabox.net for cool food storage ideas. via BoingBoing.

Food blog: Slashfood

Administrator — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:27:58 +0000

Randomly discovered the Slashfood food blog today, worth a visit.

Cool food site

Administrator — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:41:13 +0000

This one doesn’t look too bad, Chow and Chowhound.com

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Fortnight and a bit, redux

All the salt liquorice you can eat

Cool food site

Food blog: Slashfood

Cool food site