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Whew. It’s been quite hectic around here. For Christmas, I baked a caramel flan (an egg custard with a built-in caramel sauce, yummy), which isn’t difficult, but it is time consuming and a little fiddly. Christmas Day, of course, the kids were up early and then we went to Nanna and Grandpop’s house for the Continue reading →

Image by Dixie_Native. Yes, it’s summer solstice here in Land Down Under. I celebrated by planting some flowers (alstromeria lilies, my favourite flower) and some herbs (catnip, rosemary, parsley, and coriander, all of which are for the kitchen except for the catnip, which is for the cat), and repotting a few things (one of my Continue reading →

Majel Barret-Roddenberry, wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and an integral part of the Star Trek universe, has died. She was really great to the fans, and, personally, I absolutely loved Lwaxana Troi. Majel will surely be missed by Trek fans everywhere.

Okay, maybe the newly remodelled Westfield Doncaster Shoppingtown (you can Google it if you care; I’m not going to give them a link) is cool inside. I wouldn’t have any way of knowing. I lost an hour of my life and a fair amount of petrol there and never even got close to going inside. Continue reading →

Okay, it’s not the entire Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but it’s quite amusing. I particularly enjoyed the very Pythonesque credits at the end.