Archive for January, 2007

The world’s gone crazy.

I bought some walnuts today. Love love em. But I have to say that I was a tad alarmed by its packet and the warning on it.

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I am intelligent, really, I am.

As you may or may not be aware, a comet has been flying by earth. Jason called me out the other night to see it and I managed to take this shot:

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When we were looking at the photos, in all my infinite wisdom, I said “if only I could get closer to it…”

Jason: “Yeah, that extra couple of metres in comparison to the 100 million kilometres is going to make a real difference to your photo Téa”.

All the newfangled stuff…

Mina has pretty much unlimited access to the internet, where she plays on things like ABC Kids, Disney and EverythingGirl.com.

I was walking by her on the computer and she said”

“Mum, I am great at the DOT COMS”

heh.

Gee, you reckon?

Next up: Hitting your head with a hammer causes a sore head.

Read the article here

Extract:

CHICAGO – Magazine headlines entice teenage girls with promises: “Get the body you want” and “Hit your dream weight now!” But a new study suggests reading articles about diet and weight loss could have unhealthy consequences later.

Teenage girls who frequently read magazine articles about dieting were more likely five years later to practice extreme weight-loss measures such as vomiting than girls who never read such articles, the University of Minnesota study found.