ferret bite all cleared up now. goes-9 is a naughty satellite.
my ferret bite is becoming infected.
coolest thing ever (category: edible)
bah! not having new shiny things to post pictures of makes this all much less exciting. if i could find a picture of the new peppermint cream drumstick then i’d post that, as it’s the latest coolest thing ever (category: edible). however, there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of pictures of icecreams on the internet. shame on you google image search.
meanwhile, i went out for a wander through the CBD after lunch, and saw trainee policemen practising their traffic controlling skills. which involved standing in the middle of an intersection and waving their arms and blowing whistlees a lot, while the traffic happily ignored them and just paid attention to the traffic lights, which were working just fine.
hoorah! it looks like we’re going to be hosting the australian uni rockclimbing championships down here in melbourne. now we just have to arrange a budget… and organise everything… and get sponsors… and blah, lots of work to do. but yay.
i discover iron chef
hmm… for the first time i’m watching the iron chef. so this is where elzar comes from in futurama! the voice-over and the voices of the chefs are dubbed, but the voice of the host is subtitled, which is odd. if you haven’t seen it, there are a number of “iron chefs”, each specialties in a different field “the invincible men of culinary skills”. in each episode, one of the iron chefs is challenged by another chef, with a cooking duel involving a surprise ingredient. this show’s battle involves… corn. sweetcorn… “the chef who offers a dish that best articulates the weeks theme will be the winner”