In an earlier LJ post I said I dared to feel the rekindling of hope that I would be employed again soon. I kept my language circumspect because I know that pride comes before the fall, but I feel I'm entitled now. He also said I was the top candidate for the position. *preens and puffs out furry chest in pride* It's only a casual IT support ( Read more... )

I'm still flailing about, but now FurFright is looking like a go. Who wants to see a rat at FF?

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A coroner finds a dingo took Azaria Chamberlain. That's not exactly news. Other coronial inquiries have found her innocent too. This one was meant to settle the issue of how Azaria died once and for all. It won't of course. Even decades after Lindy (the mother) dies, ignorant people will still spew the same nonsense, like, "Why was baby blood found ( Read more... )

We're back and we're blown away! You need to attend this con! It was a well run con with a much more laid back feel than the other Australian con (though I'm glad we have the choice and I'll be attending both). It seems to have reached that con critical mass where you want to go because everyone else is going, thus making it a self-fulfilling ( Read more... )

You guys have been so very helpful to me culinary-wise that I it naturally occurred to me to turn to you for iPhone needs. Can any of you recommend a cooking app that will let me enter my own recipes and then create a combined shopping list if I select multiple recipes at once? Ideally it should also let me export the recipes as HTML or some other ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas all! For those of you who celebrate, I hope it will be a fulfilling and joyful festive season. But we should paws to consider the reason for our festivities.

On Christmas Eve evening, the Christmas Rat will scurry into your house and eat the crumbs you've left under your dinner table. If you've been good and leave nice crumbs ( ( Read more... )

I saw this plush in a coffee shop over the tip jar and it made me think of harvardheinous:

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Ick. I leave the country for six weeks and already it's going to the dogs? (No offence.) I've been seeing the sign below crop up on buses lately. Spitting has become such a problem on our buses that Brisbane Transport feels the need to remind passengers that it's not on?

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Were it to snow in Brisbane even during our deepest darkest winter, it would be a sure sign of the apocalypse. Not so in Denver. Even during summer you can find snow on the street.


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Typical Queensland weather--we get a rainwater tank to do our bit to help Brisbane through the drought. It's never emptied since we got it, but this is the first time I've seen it flood right up to the rim!


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