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For stupid forgetful people just like me.
Daylight saving re-commences THIS Sunday 5 October 2008, at 2am when clocks are put forward one hour. This means we LOSE an hour's sleep this Saturday night/ Sunday morning. So if you need beauty sleep then go sleepies one hour earlier AFTER you put your clock forward.
Daylight saving ends Sunday 5 April 2009, at 3am summer time when clocks are put back one hour.
Daylight Saving Summary - Australia
Daylight Saving Time is observed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory and has been synchronised across these states. Western Australia began a three year trial of daylight saving on 3 December 2006. Queensland and the Northern Territory do not observe daylight saving.
Across the south-eastern states and the ACT, daylight saving for future summers begins at 2am Eastern Standard Time on the first Sunday in October and ends at 2am Eastern Standard Time (3am summer time) on the first Sunday in April.
For Western Australia, daylight saving in 2008 will begin at 2am Western Standard Time on the last Sunday in October and end at 2am Western Standard Time (3am summer time) on the last Sunday in March 2009.
Last year I put all my clocks forward one hour on computer and phones and then little did I realise that they do it automatically and then got up as per normal and turned up to work 2 BLOODY HOURS early. So check if your computer and/ or phones will do it automatically.
BY JOSE MARTINEZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
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Tuesday, September 30th 2008, 12:08 AM
Stick to the Raisinets.
That's the advice of a Manhattan judge to an insurance broker who sued a theatre chain after he busted a tooth when he bit into a popcorn kernel during a screening of "Superbad."
"So what is the popcorn-craving moviegoer to do to guard against dental damage, short of bringing a flashlight into the theatre to inspect each kernel for possible hazards?" Civil Court Judge Matthew Cooper wrote.
Cooper tossed Steve Kaplan's small-claims suit - which sought to stick AMC Theatres with his $1,250 dental bill - and advised moviegoers to consider nibbling one piece of popcorn at a time.
"The other thing may be to simply say no to popcorn, with its tooth-fracturing potential, and settle for something else from the concession stands, like those giant-sized boxes of Raisinets or Milk Duds," Cooper wrote. "But then again, aren't Milk Duds known to pull out your fillings?"
Kaplan, 46, hurt his tooth last year when he bit into an unpopped kernel while watching the raunchy comedy "Superbad" at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13. Twenty minutes later, he bailed out in pain - and because he found the movie to be "terrible."
But Cooper said Kaplan doesn't have a case.
"Until such time as the same bioengineers who brought us seedless watermelon are able to develop a new strain of popping corn where every kernel is guaranteed to pop, we will just have to accept partially popped popcorn as part and parcel of the popcorn-popping process," the judge wrote.
Kaplan did not return calls, and an AMC spokeswoman declined to comment.
My Comments:
I would suggest that we irradiate all popcorn butter Simpson's style so then popcorn can glow flouro green and then if it ain't glowing don't be a eatin'. Problem solved. I am a true genius! Seriously, what's next, suing because the soft drink (soda) creates plaque and cavities, or better still let's sue McDonalds for making me less slim!!
September 26th 2008 23:25
I totally HATE bananas. I try every year to eat one more banana thinking it maybe like coffee, avocados and other developed taste foods. It never works! But I do love bananas in other things and preferably sweet things. Maybe it's a texture thing as to why I don't like them. So mum, in her infinite wisdom provided me with a few awesome banana recipes. Listed below care of mum. ENJOY!
HIGH ENERGY, LOW FAT BANANA MUFFINS
Grease muffin tray butter and flour / or just spray with olive oil
2 ripe bananas
300g ( 2 cups ) SR Flour
Pinch salt
1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp ground cinnamon
200g ( 1 cup brown sugar )
185 mls (3/4 cup ) skim milk
1/4 cup plain low fat yoghurt
2 eggs lightly whisked
You can add some ginger or even dates chopped if you like
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C . Mash bananas in medium bowl with fork. Add SR Flour, salt, bi-carb of soda, cinnamon, brown sugar, milk, youghurt and eggs and stir UNTIL just combined Spoon into 12 ( I spread it out into around 18 - using 2 trays ) Bake for 15 - 20 minutes. Stand in pan for a minute or so, then take out. Yum. Can freeze and put into micro for a warm up when required.
MOIST BANANA CAKE
250g butter
1 cup castor sugar
3 eggs
3 very ripe bananas - mashed
2 cups SR flour
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in bananas, then sifted flour. Bake in lightly greased loaf pan at 180 degree oven for 40 - 45 minutes.
WALNUT AND BANANA CAKE
125g butter
2 eggs
pinch salt
1/2 cup walnuts pieces - crushed slightly - any nut will do
1 1/2 cups SR flour
1 cup mashed bananas
1/2 tspn bi-carb soda
4 Tablespn milk
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and beat well. Add bananas and walnuts, then sifted flour and salt. Dissolve soda in milk, add to mixture. Bake 1 - 1 1/2 hours in 180 degree. Cook in a loaf tin (lightly greased). Ice cake after or have with butter and jam.
September 26th 2008 23:13
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September 24th 2008 23:12
Yummy!! I do love a good laksa but had never made one in my life. Until last week when in the Sunday paper was a basic "low fat" salmon laksa recipe. My second passion after film is food. If I didn't go into the film industry I would now be twice the size and cheffing somewhere. I have now cooked this recipe twice and the second time I substituted the salmon for chicken thigh fillets. It is so easy and last night was the chicken version and my step dad (once a chef), who also considers himself a bit of a laksa connoisseur, gave it a two thumbs up.
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September 24th 2008 07:01
Eagle Eye ($14-)
So three films went into a bar. One was 2001, the others were The Game and Arlington Rd. They all got a little tipsy and eventually decided on a threesome. Anyways they had a great night and nine months (or closer to years) later out popped a little film that has a part of each of its parents in it and totally kicks ass. I introduce Eagle Eye starring the up and nearly-overtaking-everyone as the Hollywood yes man (boy) Shia LaBeouf and the delectable Michelle Monaghan
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September 21st 2008 08:04
I had read a few articles about this role went to so and so because so and so turned it down and thought - CRAP - what a stupid mistake that was. Some of these roles turned down by one actor have been the career roles of others and sky rocketed them into the acting stratosphere. So I did some research and thought I would list the ones that made my jaw drop open.
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September 17th 2008 11:15
OK, so I was on the bus heading in to watch a screening of Eagle Eye this afternoon, AWESOME action film - will write about it tomorrow on Salty Popcorn, when I started thinking about what to write for my first proper article on Total Randomness
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