Happy Train Day 2009!

10:16 am, September 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in girlthings, internets, photography, traaiiiiin by Liz

We don’t actually know when Train was born, but we picked her up on 30 September, 2007. That makes today Annual Train Day – the day we celebrate all things Train!

From this…

To this…

To this…

(Giving me warning signs about interrupting her morning sun time.)

It’s been a busy 2 years. She’s *almost* stopped biting us. She’s getting better around strangers – people and cats alike. And she still has moments where all she wants to do is have her head and chin rubbed. But don’t go near the belly. Ever.

Happy Birthday Trainface! You can have some ‘alone time’ now.

[Train Day 2008 - proving she really is getting better]
[Crossposted]

I have two questions.

7:41 am, September 23rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted in girlthings, local, photography by Liz

(Taken at 6.17am)

1. Why am I awake this early?
2. Why is the sky orange?

Broken Spoke

11:06 am, September 19th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Posted in bikes, boythings, photography by Jarod

After 20 years of riding my bike, I’ve finally broken a spoke.

Bestest Brownie Ever.

10:04 pm, September 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Recipe, girlthings, liz cooks sometimes, local, photography by Liz

It’s a big statement, but I’m willing to put it out there. Especially for this brownie. I followed the recipe exactly, to ensure I didn’t end up with another tasty disaster.

Hilariously though, I still made it a disaster. While tipping it out of the pan to cool I dropped some brownie on my foot. Not ANY part of the brownie, but specifically a bit which had caramel in it. The caramel stuck to my foot and IT HURT FOR A LONG TIME.

250g butter
1 ½ cups of sugar
¾ cup cocoa
3 eggs
1 ¼ cups plain flour
½ tsp vanilla (optional)
a handful of Rolos – a chocolate-coated caramel awesome thing.

Preheat oven to 180 C.
Slowly melt butter and sugar in a saucepan on low heat, until sugar is dissolved.
Stir in cocoa, flour, eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
Pour into well greased pan. Throw in the rolos. It may also be worth eating one or two. Y’know, just to make sure the packet you bought isn’t dodgy.
Put into preheated oven for 25 minutes.
Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Cut up brownie while warm.
Dust with icing sugar (if you could be bothered). Serve while warm, with thickened cream.

Recipe originally seen on Karen Cheng’s blog.

Motor Driven

12:44 pm, September 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in boythings, photography by Jarod

Just a heads up that the talented Matt Mead has “decided to setup a car blog”.

It’s called Motor Driven and if you’re inclined to ogling nice cars captured by even nicer photography, I’d advise you to check it out.

Traaaiiiiinnnn….

11:23 pm, September 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in girlthings, idiotbox, internets by Liz

That bit at the end where Glenn’s voice breaks? (4:10) That’s exactly how I yell it when she bites me.

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Tasty disaster muffins!

9:48 pm, September 11th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Posted in Recipe, girlthings, liz cooks sometimes, photography by Liz

Original recipe from Fig & Cherry… the below is a slightly altered version, probably leading the the issue seen below.

1 cup self raising flour
1 cup caster sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
100g melted milk chocolate (nestle melts style)
1 egg, lightly beaten
125g butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
2-3 medium very ripe bananas, thoroughly mashed

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.

2. Sift the flour, sugar, bicarbonate soda, salt and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl.

3. Make a well in the centre and add the chocolate, beaten egg, butter, vanilla and bananas. Fold until all ingredients are just combined, taking care not to over mix.

4. Spoon mixture evenly into the 12 muffin holes and bake for 20mins.

Eat the tasty mess!

Ramona Was A Waitress

8:59 am, September 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in geekery, internets, mooosic by Jarod

For the past few days I’ve had Paul Dempsey’s Ramona Was A Waitress in my head. It’s a cracker of a song and fully deserves all the airplay it’s getting on Triple J of late.

Pleasantly, the video clip is well above average too.

A Very Interesting Read on Bicycle Infrastructure

9:30 am, September 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in bikes, boythings, local by Jarod

Why We Can’t Resist Bicycle Infrastructure.

I quite like the analogy towards the end of the article comparing traffic congestion to liquids and gases.

A part of this problem has been an assumption that traffic behaves like a liquid. A new paradigm has now emerged in which planners see the traffic as more like a gas. The difference is that liquids typically hold their volume, regardless of the space provided. Thus, the transport planner’s job has been seen as simply to provide the necessary volume of road space to achieve an “efficient” flow of traffic. Thinking of traffic as a gas recognises the way traffic works in reality, since neither is absolute — both expand and contract depending on the space provided.

Welcome to jarodandliz.com v6

8:56 pm, September 8th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, geekery, internets by Jarod

If you’re reading this in your RSS Reader, get over to http://jarodandliz.com/ and see the redesign. If you’re already viewing it, welcome!!

It’s the same thing as it’s been for a while. I’m here on the left, Liz is talking on the right. Just a nice fresh new theme to keep it real.

Let us know of any bugs or anything in the comments.

Q&A: September 2009.

10:04 am, September 8th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in girlthings, photography by Liz

1. What is the first thing you see in the morning?

That scene exactly. With the blur.

2. The biggest thing to happen to you recently/soon?

A new job, and much more ice cream and sorbet in the freezer.

3. Your best mirror shot

By ‘best’, I mean ‘best without having to do anything to prepare other than grab the camera’.

4. The person that you see the most in a week

But I’m not allowed to take a photo of him. So it’s a photo of a photo. And he always looks that classy.

5. Your favourite shoes

Shoes are seen as a necessity, so I don’t play favourites. But I really like cat paws. And Train has my favourite paws. That counts, right?

6. Your favourite meal

More of a snack than a meal, but haighs is pretty good.

7. The colour of your eyes

Blue!

8. Your favourite place to be on a Friday night

On the couch. That’s a cat tunnel running along the top.