by Mel | Nov 7, 2008 | Life
Last election related post, I promise. But I’ve been reading about the reactions of various people I know and a lot of them seem to be having the “I can’t quite believe it’s real” kind. I’ll freely admit that I am a West Wing geek...
by Mel | Oct 7, 2008 | Life
Good stuff: Crockpot roast chicken (yum). Daylight savings meaning it is lighter in the evenings. Reading Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. My new camera. Look – pretty pictures (even one of grey cat who is notoriously hard to photograph due to being a wriggly...
by Mel | Sep 28, 2008 | Life
Paul Newman has left us at the age of 83. I remember seeing The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid when I was younger and being pretty taken with both Paul and Robert Redford. And I’ve liked them both ever since. Paul was a great actor, had gorgeous...
by Mel | Sep 12, 2008 | Friends who rock, Life
It’s birthday season here in Melbourne. Four out of six lulus have their birthdays in August or September and all four of my best friends have their birthdays in September or October. Leos and Virgos and Librans, oh my. This week it was the birthday of the...
by Mel | Sep 1, 2008 | Cool stuff, Life
One of my fellow Tassie travellers not only has a very covetable MacBook Air (pretty!) but she also types using the Dvorak keyboard layout. As someone who types a lot for work and obviously a lot writing and does get hand and wrist pain despite using an ergonomic...
by Mel | Jul 19, 2008 | Life
Well, I got through another chapter today. I wanted to do two but somehow the day got sucked up in collecting my tickets for SF (yay), running secret errands with the VT (yay) and then you know, watching Dr Horrible (yay), learning how to use garage band to make...
