Category Archives: Daily Awesomeness

My blender hates me. It’s sad, when I love my blender so much. But it’s true. It’s skulking in the corner of the kitchen bench right now, glaring at the wall. It won’t even look at me in case I get ideas. He’s overworked, I know. Hummus was the third thing I made him makeContinue reading “#122: Hummus Hat Trick”

I made a wonderful thing today. (Once again, it’s a serve of fruit, cunningly disguised as junk food due to the obscene sugar content.) I squeezed one and a half oranges, two lemons, and three limes. That made about a cup and a half of juice. I added a cup of sugar and a cupContinue reading “#119: Cook with home-grown herbs”

1 A tentacle circled my neck, squeezing the life out of me with agonizing skill. “Steve!” came Terry’s voice. “Steve! Wake up!” * I opened my eyes to Terry, leaning over me. He looked scruffy without his mind-mage robes on. “Your cthulhu nightmares suck.” “Sorry.” * We got up for breakfast. As the mind-mage, TerryContinue reading ““When Good Libraries Go Bad” so far”

Does the existence of fruit make a dessert healthy? You decide. 1. Peel and core the apple. 2. Block one end of the hole with butter and put a whole lot of sugar and a bit of cinnamon inside before blocking the other end with more butter. 3. Cook on high in the microwave aboutContinue reading “Three-Ingredient Thursday: Baked Apple”

Today is Friendsday Wednesday – a day to celebrate friends (either by a DIY public holiday, by meeting someone at their work cafe for lunch, or just calling someone you love to like). http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=348494771209&index=1  I celebrated by buying a ridiculous amount of fruit and vegetables to feed my impoverished associates. It’s always good being asContinue reading “S#71: Fruit and Veg”

I hate and fear Winter. More than you’d think. It’s July now, and I’m already dreading Winter next year. I usually get depressed in March, by horrified anticipation. My face peels off, my skin burns (dermatitis – I’m literally allergic to clothing), and the core of me stays cold until October. So I’m going toContinue reading “S#27: Love Your Fear”

How to get published: 1. Write a good book (which should take about 10,000 hours – the “write a book” part only takes 100-500 hours). Enter competitions and submit short stories to magazines in the meantime. Make writer friends and get actual critiques (the ones with real criticism, which should include “start over” at leastContinue reading “#164: Schmoozefest”

CJ and I just arrived home from an epic sixteen hour journey. We left Canberra when it was sunless and shrouded in mist, and returned when it was. . . sunless and shrouded in mist. First, the dress-up dress report: The Dress started conversation, reignited flagging conversation, made friends for me (kudos to Sarah for realising itContinue reading “S#6: Dress Up (part two)”

So today I’m heading off to the NSW Writers’ Centre, schmoozing in a manner that could potentially change my fortunes. So what’s a girl to wear? How about this (minus the snow and with an infinitely more dignified hat): They may think I’m a refugee from the middle ages, but they’re reasonably likely to remember me (“LouiseContinue reading “S#6: Dress Up”

Wearing sexy clothes is hazardous stuff. Steff Metal technically advised readers to wear a suspender belt with stockings, but: 1. Ew 2. Ow I therefore chose instead to wear sexy boots to work. These sexy boots (bought for me by a sexy bridesmaid when I was engaged): The cat comes separately. I wore the bootsContinue reading “S#18: Hot stuff”

And. . . action! For today’s awesomeness I used tasty cheese, fetta, and cream cheese (bought another delicious block yesterday). This first scene is, OBVIOUSLY, the opening drama of the recent “Sherlock Holmes” adventure. My own small tribute to a great work. As you can CLEARLY see, there’s a drugged young lass writhing picturesquely onContinue reading “#158: Cheesy Scenes”

I’ve written letters. I’ve written love letters. But I’ve never written a love letter in chalk on the side of my house – until today. This was Secret # 3, for those attempting to keep count. A few days ago, I bought chalk. Today, CJ went out during the day. This was one of theContinue reading “S#90: Love Letter”

The stars aligned for this one. I have several friends who are serious about their historical dancing (AND their historical costume) and in fact I first met CJ at a ball (which had a theme of “pirates” – the photo of me on the right was taken that very night*). Swimming is one of myContinue reading “S#83: Community Classes”