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| Most of this journal is open and I'll add friends as long as I can tell that they're real people and not someone with whom I've previously had some kind of problem. If you add me and I don't add you back, send me a note to let me know who you are. Please don't friend me and assume I'll immediately have time to read your LJ all the time. I'm horrid at keeping up with flist. I do what I can but I'm very busy. NOTE: As of August 21 2008, this journal only accepts comments from friends. This is because of some jerks going around posting inappropriate stuff. I apologize for not allowing friends outside of LJ to comment any more, but they can always email me directly, or join and add me as a friend and I'll add them back. 2nd Note: Authors and author-wannabes: stop asking me to do fake interviews of you on my blog. I am not here to promote your book and the very idea of a cut-and-paste fake interview is offensive. Go away and stop bothering me! | ||||||
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December 3rd, 2009
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| Very nicely done... Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Lego | ||||||
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December 1st, 2009
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| I am now a woman with a blow torch. Muahahaha. (I must've looked like hardcore DYI plumbing lady at Home Depot today, buying flanges and PVC bits and a blow torch, and it's all for cake! Well okay one bit was actually for the shower hose...) | ||||||
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November 29th, 2009
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| I stopped knitting long enough to update my knitting gallery, since it's been almost a year and a half since I last did that. Whoops. Heh. Plus there are now so many things in there that I broke up the Quick Find at the top into categories, so it'd be more...um...quick. http://kimberlychapman.com/crafts/k I'm not going to list everything out individually but everything from Elephant Girl down is new. Enjoy. | ||||||
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November 28th, 2009
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| GIP. Sticker art by Peo. Corran and I are endlessly amused by this. | ||||||
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| Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson has confirmed the first script for the two films based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit has been completed. | ||||
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November 27th, 2009
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| Sick of BPA being in all of your food packaging and washable containers? Sign the petition to the FDA to ban it: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/fda | ||||||
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| Check out these funky knits...eyeballs and intestines! http://bencuevas.wordpress.com/ | ||||||
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November 26th, 2009
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| Hey Wolverine/Jackman fans, lookie what I found: http://xmenfilms.net/blog1/wp-content/u And more at: http://xmenfilms.net/blog1/?page_id=8 Happy Drooling. I still need a good Wolverine icon. | ||||||
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November 25th, 2009
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| Here's a quick frugal cake decorating tip: If you're making your own fondant and use up the standard 2lb bag of powdered sugar, you can store the fondant in that bag with the top twisted shut and held with a twist-tie. It's got a sugar-dusted lining so it won't stick too much, it's good thick plastic, and the perfect size. Then when you're done with that fondant, you can chuck the bag knowing that you got a second use out of it and didn't need to use virgin plastic. | ||||||
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| A holiday present from Muppet Studios: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7 Good thing it's kid-safe because Peo walked in just as I was starting it. Don't worry, the violent lyrics have been altered in amusing ways... | ||||||
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November 23rd, 2009
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| Want to know more about why fructose (and therefore high fructose corn syrup) is bad for you on a biological level? This is a really interesting lecture (it is about an hour and a half long but worth it, and it's mostly listening with only a few slides you really have to look at, so you can do other things while listening) that goes into depth about how the body deals with fructose and sucrose badly: One thing I didn't know: apparently some formulas now contain as much as 46% corn syrup solids, which is leading to an obesity epidemic in six-month-olds. I never bought formula so I've never looked at the ingredients so maybe it's not in all of them, but damn, even being in one...if that's not a good reason to breastfeed I don't know what is! | ||||||
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November 22nd, 2009
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| Wow, this is some impressive knitting: knitting from nothing, rug by WWII prisoner of war - "The former prisoner of war, who spent more than 19 months in Germany’s World War II prison camps, not only survived interrogations and torture but managed to knit arguably Australia’s most valuable war artefact, outside a museum." | ||||||
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November 20th, 2009
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| Whistleblower under attack - "Defence Minister Peter MacKay...attacked Colvin's credibility after the diplomat's testimony that suggested widespread Canadian knowledge and cover-up of the abuse of Afghan prisoners transferred by Canadians to local authorities..." I heard the basics of this story on NPR yesterday morning and was very ashamed. I suppose it was naive to imagine that the Canadian government and military were above this sort of thing, but I thought they'd learned something after Somalia. Apparently not. I'm unimpressed by the Tory attempt to discredit the whistleblower. In fact, I'm generally unimpressed by any attack on any whistleblower. The more anyone shouts and stomps about a whistleblower, the more likely I am to believe the whistleblower. Especially when it looks like they've been working to cover it up for some time. Bravo to Colvin for coming forward and here's to hoping it leads to a shakeup and gets the nasties out of there for good this time. *sigh* | ||||||
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November 19th, 2009
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| Remember the cupcake version of Kerry Vincent's surprise birthday cake from a Food Network Challenge I made for a Cake Wrecks event? I got email from Kerry Vincent today praising it and thanking me for it. How cool is that? You know, I've got pretty high exposure for a total amateur... | ||||||
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Hahahaha...we caught an ad for Planet 51 while watching The Daily Show, and while we don't watch many ads, we had to go back and watch the full ad after we saw this guy: It's an adorable puppy dog modelled after Alien. I TOTALLY WANT ONE. You have to understand, I rewatched Aliens a couple of weeks ago and Alien vs Predator just yesterday for the first time, so it's particularly funny for me to go from thinking of hissing and drooling to, well, yapping and drooling. If any of you see the movie and think it's Peo-appropriate, come back and let me know and I'll consider taking her to her first in-theatre movie because I'm keen for the excuse to see that alien dog some more. We have decided she's old enough to see Shrek and have put it on hold at the library. Star Wars is still a bit violent for her, though. Mind you she's been having sword fights with invisible dragons in the backyard lately and likes to growl, "I'm a dinosaur-pirate who eats dragons FOR BREAKFAST." I have video of that and will catch up with photos and video one of these years... | ||||||
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November 17th, 2009
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| Peo and I have finally gotten our H1N1 shots and Peo now has had a seasonal flu shot too. I got my seasonal one weeks ago but nobody, including my doctor's clinic, knew how to get me an H1N1. I got it today because Peo's doctor put her on a short list to get it because of my compromised immune system (no spleen). In particular, Peo has to have the killed virus because the live one is a danger to me, so that got her on the list. The pediatrician's office called yesterday about a shot clinic today, so I took Peo out of school early for it, which annoyed her but she was pretty brave about it, considering how sore she was after getting a bunch for her fourth birthday last month. I asked if they'd do me too and they seemed happy enough to do it, as long as I paid up...yes, the three shots today came to a total of $70. I know a LOT of people who can't afford $70 right now. Here's to hoping this keeps us healthy for the next few months! | ||||||
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November 16th, 2009
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| Peo espoused two pearls of wisdom during her lunch today: 1) I was cutting a pear up for her and a bit fell off of the plate. I said, "This piece is trying to get away! Better eat it and show it who's boss." Peo said, "You are?" I said, "Good answer." :D 2) Later she said, "The day before tomorrow has the same name as today!" And she's right. | ||||||
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| For those who aren't worried about BPA in plastics, here's more to consider: Study links BPA in plastics to erectile dysfunction
Now, most people reading this will never be working in a factory where they're exposed to high levels like that. However, it does mean that those of us who purchase products containing BPA are contributing to the health problems of the workers. In essence, our convenience is poisoning other people. It'd be nice if we had more choices to not have to purchase it at all, but since it's in almost all canned food, that's very hard. And it does make me wonder about the long-term safety of exposing kids to the stuff. | ||||||
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