I was reading this article about Joss Whedon's "disturbed brunettes who wander around barefoot".And while the point of the essay doesn't really depend at all on the "barefoot" thing, it became obvious to me while reading: in US culture, being barefoot is symbolic of fragility, poverty, and abjectness. And being barefoot in Australia doesn't mean ( Read more... )

Saturday: went over to dinner at Sarah and Chris', partly so I could sleep there (while sending jamver0 home ( Read more... )

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A conversation today with pleonastic has reminded me I've never really posted about my Garmin Forerunner 305. It's an exercise GPS, and would have to be the most expensive/outrageous gadget that I was initially somewhat dubious about (it was a wedding present from jamver0) that I have since become a big fan of. If you like getting exercise the way I do, by ( Read more... )

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From Ingridients, 15th September

( Only if you can get excited about deer as exotic creatures in comparison to rainbow lorikeets )