Google says it's 94F and I can't disagree. Remember, no fans or aircon!

Thanks to the seemingly neverending heat there were problems with the electrical products. Our modem and router sputtered and died within minutes of each other as I was doing
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Last week Anu Garg's monstrously popular A Word A Day daily e-mail mailing list was guest-hosted by a veg advocate. In response to the very first word of the week vegan, Garg received a large volume of e-mails regarding the use of the mailing list as a platform for veganism/vegetarianism.

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Ah.... something about watching the BBC 1995 adaptation of Pride Prejudice (yes, that one with Colin Firth in a wet shirt) that gets me all fluttery and giggly. While reading these cookbooks don't exactly do the same thing, I'm still excited. Here's what I've bought from Amazon recently:


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Our orange/lemon tree is absolutely hanging with fruit, and I just had to pick the beauties. There's a limited number of uses for the oranges though, as I'm allergic. I'm thinking of gifting a few to the neighbours and maybe making marmalade with the rest to give away.


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Cripes, it's the end of January and I still hadn't even started on the Janovel. Ugh. Not even sure if I can get it restarted with life being what it is.

As for the bad news, work is still waffling whether to rehire me. True, they made an offer, but it's actually not set in stone. It really stings to know you're practically disposable. As if all that ( Read more... )