I’m posting most of my “cool vid” stuff on the tumblr blog these days, but I had to post these here because my jaw literally dropped: A lion named Christian by the people who brought him up is reunited with them after a year in the wild, and his reaction is totally amazing. I had to watch it twice to believe it. (via)

Back in Oz from 26th August to 10th September. My birthday, Dad’s birthday, stuffness… wondering if I should pop down to Melbourne, too. ed: gah! I twittered! nooooooooooooo!

Dear Internet, I fear I must make a small confession. I left the house on Sunday afternoon, fully intending to take advantage of the sunny day by going to some tourist spot or another - perhaps Lord’s, perhaps Regent’s Park where they were holding a “village fair”. Oh and fake beach volleyball. But that was never a factor. On the way out, however, I thought up the bright idea of doing a quick bit of shopping while I was at it. I needed to buy: ...

I was just thinking while cooking lunch that I haven’t done one of my Sunday recipes in a while, and I’d promised my sister that I’d post our family pasta recipe so she could whip up one of her own in Adelaide. And at that exact moment, I happened to be in the process of cooking… Pasta a la Juneja. What’s so special about our pasta recipe? Not much, other than it’s got that Indian touch to it =) Yes, we can change even the venerable Italian culinary tradition to suit our tastes. If you are an Italian purist, look away now. ...

(It’s inevitable, isn’t it? As soon as I say “I’m on hiatus,” I think of something to write) I think what’s got me in a bit of a zone is the fact that suddenly, things are real. I don’t know why it hasn’t felt like that until just recently; maybe I’m finally getting out of that age range where you’re expected to goof off, and hitting 22 suddenly sounds very much like “Ok, you’re supposed to be grown up now. Get on with it.” ...