December 2011
Christmas words: Boxing day
superlinguo:
If there is one word in the Christmas vocabulary that divides people when discussing its origin it would have to be boxing day. Celebrated mostly in some countries of the Commonwealth, the 26th is a public holiday that in recent years has come to be associated with cut-throat bargain shopping for many, but in my family involves grazing on Christmas lunch left-overs and playing with...
Sorry, no photos.
Ladies, just in case you ever doubted that working your pectoral muscles gives you a boob-lift, I recently discovered that my right boob is significantly perkier than my left, due to the fact that my right arm is the one that weilds the callus-file on the heels of my pedicure clients day in and day out.
I’m either going to have to train myself to be ambidextrous or start busting out sets of...
roothakers asked: Just tell me where and when. I'll bring the purse vodka.
“I talk about ‘The Grandma Rule’ a lot. I try to behave when traveling like I’m...”
– Anthony Bourdain, speaking on WTF with Marc Maron, explaining how he can sit and share a meal with people who have opposite views and philosophies than
him. (via thisistheglamorous)
I love Anthony Bourdain because he loves Melbourne more than Sydney and he hates the same people I hate (Jamie...
The song that never ends and other Childrens...
claviusrobinsky:
I grew up in a small town in central California. We may not have snow, ice, tornadoes, hurricanes or floods to battle but the winter does bring very heavy fog that can last a few hours or a week. The fog can be so bad that at times school was delayed in it’s start and at time bus service was all together cancelled.
As a school age child I was more than happy to wake up early...
Can someone please remind me to stop raising one eyebrow in photos because it makes me look wonk-eyed. Thanks.
November 2011
