Popped out to chat with Linstar over dinner and wound up at my favourite cocktail bar tonight, where they were holding the Bartender Speed Competition ( Read more... )

Happy Year of the Water Dragon!

May all your scaly endeavours be successful and fruitful, may all your eggs hatch, and may none of your progeny attempt to scorch prey that can bite back. :)

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Things are moderately okay right now, and I am alive ( Read more... )

Wedding bells, that is ( Read more... )

Never thought I'd ever get to say that. But it's true. They only last so long. So last night's dinner was a Trufflegasm. Let's just say I finally have a partner I love cooking with; I don't even mind being sous-and-plongeur!

Seared wild venison rump from Onkaparinga Valley (headshot-culled feral Sika deer for human consumption), served medium-rare ( Read more... )

I remember reading waaay back when about behavioural experiments in Siberia, where researchers sought to find if canids other than garden-variety dogs could be domesticated.

And that they found not only that the answer was yes, but also that the resulting tamed silver foxes were friendly and affectionate! Footage of them playing made me waaaaant ( Read more... )

So I've finally done it. Not ten minutes ago, I pressed 'Send' on an email accepting an offer of employment. I will be starting a new path at a small, yet clearly overbusy software (et al.) company ( Read more... )

...while I let my neurons recharge for the next section of my essay writing. Blech.

Thanks to my lovely TigerEyes, I have taken my Essence to new heights depths. I've been using the magstirrer and the 5-litre Erlenmeyer to make large batches of the Essence, to make a lovely brew that wakes me up and keeps me going for a nice six hours at a time. ( Read more... )

How one knows that one is completely and utterly smitten:

When one realises that one's celebrity crushes are attractive primarily because they remind one of one's partner.

*sheepish grin*

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Sometimes I fucking love living in an age of Science ( Read more... )