Monday September 14, 2009
» #25(2) 101 6-word novels [21-40]

6wordnovels02

It took me a while to write the next 20 6-word novels, but here they are. A varied bunch, I think. My favourites: #21 for its cheekiness and #33 cos I have a specific idea for that storyline.

Sunday September 13, 2009
» sugar resistance

icecream

So I’ve been sitting here for an hour contemplating. Nothing deep, just trying to decide between Mrs Fields chocolate chip cookie and ice cream. Hobson’s choice. The easy answer is: have both,…

» moments

Around the office today were copies of a memory book produced in honour of the 69 staff who were lost. That was a significant % of total US staff at that time, when they were based at 92/F on Tower…

Friday September 11, 2009
» a little bit of a miss

5.01km 33.17min 6.37min/km.

You just know. Within the first paragraph/verse/bite, it’s already enough to tell if the book/song/meal is going to be good or bad.

Today was one of those days. I took…

Thursday September 10, 2009
» food tolerance scale

foodthreshold

Spotted via accidental hedonist, a chart that rates our food threshold. The idea is that people generally have limits to what they are willing to eat. The higher the tolerance for…

Wednesday September 9, 2009
» #63 panna cotta with strawberry coulis

pannacottastraw

For some reason I was under the impression that panna cotta is difficult to make. Perhaps it’s because it tastes so decadent and creamy that it must be hard to make, right?

Oh my, how…

Tuesday September 8, 2009
» #59(6) new pasta: chicken cacciatore pasta

chickencacciatore02

This recipe is from a book that is not a cookbook. It’s unusual to find recipes in hidden inside fiction, but that’s what Karin did with Making up for Lost Time, one of my favourite…

Monday September 7, 2009
» service loaner

car40loaner car42loaner

I took my new car back to the dealer to get a sealant coating on the paint job. Yes I know I can T-cut it once in a while to get it to showroom shiny condition, but well, I’m…

Sunday September 6, 2009
» #21(4) reading: the marketmaker

marketmaker

I read Michael Ridpath’s first book, Free to Trade, when it came out in 1996. It coincided with the beginning of my career in financial services, and it was unspoken required reading. It…

Saturday September 5, 2009
» TDP challenge September

    exercise
  • run a full 10k
  • nrolw complete stage 1
  • deadlift half my body weight
  • full pushup

    • food
  • vegetarian day x4
  • quinoa recipe x1

    • other
  • sort gcls videos
  • 6-word novels x20

Friday September 4, 2009
» getting to know me, again

My cousin tagged me for this.

  1. What time did you get up this morning? 6.30am, had an early conference call

  2. How do you like your steak? rare

  3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?…
Thursday September 3, 2009
» leviathian trailer


youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiw5vkQFPw

I’ve only recently come across the use of trailers to promote books. Seems a little disjointed to me, books are text…

» pret rules

Pret-a-Manger actually paid a guy who sent them an invoice for his time spent queuing and in their shops. The reply from Pret founder Julian Metcalfe was awesome.

Wednesday September 2, 2009
» home gym

homegym01

I’ve set up my home gym for a couple of weeks now, and I’m pretty happy with it. Initially the debate was: weights or machine, like a bowflex. Weights won out, cos I’m used to using free…

Tuesday September 1, 2009
» TDP challenge August final

Final August TDP challenge results — all done.

    exercise
  • run 50km // 50.11km
  • 5k race in under 36mins // 33mins
  • weights x8 // 8 of 8 
  • 1000 squats, lunges, abs // 1034 — since I started NROL…
« Previous    Next »