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For the marsupial fans out there
Daily Mail: Orphaned kangaroo and wombat are inseparable friends
Opposites can attract and Anzac a doe-eyed baby kangaroo has become best friends with Peggy, a tiny squint-eyed wombat.
Their unlikely union developed after the pair - both orphans - shared a pouch at the Wildlife Kilmore Rescue Centre in Victoria, Australia.
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Movies I can't get on Netflix instant streaming video
Slumdog Millionaire
anything from Pixar
The King's Speech
The Pursuit of Happyness (about Chris Gardner, not about Frank and John Navin with an act called "The Aluminum Group")
Milo & Otis
Benji
Intolerable Cruelty
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Junior
Bend It Like Beckham
The Great Raid
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O Internets, what is your opinion
Should I create a new G00gle account for the sole purpose of putting kiddie photos on Picasa anonymously? Is it worth all the additional G00gle baggage? This entry was originally posted at http://serenissima.dreamwidth.org/276381.html. -
In the middle of the night
Sometimes I have insomnia, and instead of trying to sleep, I decide to get up and work out all the thoughts in my head... but somehow I don't really feel like writing in the middle of the night. Even though it seems to be the only time I have available to blog.
For a while I've been feeling better about living here, but I still get very frustrated ( Read more... ) -
Two implementations of the same concept
I was going to write a post about how The Hunger Games (book, film) is a ripoff of Battle Royale (book, film). But plenty of people have gotten there before me, and as one critic points out, the quality of the later work is a different topic than whether or not it was influenced by the earlier work. This entry was originally posted at http:// ( Read more... ) -
Password management?
I'm thinking it's time for me to record my passwords in some safe place, so I don't have to keep resetting the ones I don't use very often. Does anyone out there use password management software? KeePass, anyone? Or maybe some paid software? What are the advantages over an encrypted spreadsheet file? This entry was originally posted at http:// ( Read more... ) -
Three generations under one roof
So. Today was Groundhog Day, and we've been here at my parents' house for something like six weeks ( Read more... )
