When a was younger, I’d amuse myself by looking at a list of the top 10 singles and mentally singing the song title the way it was sung in the song. Occasionally there’d be a tune I didn’t know, but usually by the next week I’d know it. I was looking for some self-amusement tonight [...]
Today was Round The Bays day. The last time I did it, two years ago, I ran it, but this year, with diminished fitness, I decided to walk it instead. I got up early (or not, considering daylight saving had just ended) so I could catch the early bus. I waited at the bus stop, [...]
Mt Eden (the suburb, not the mountain) is allegedly the “home of arts”, though having lived here on and off since ’98, it seems to be more the home of lost tourists and wide-load vehicles. But to celebrate this artfulness, every year there is this Artists in Eden celebration. Various events happen, culminating in an [...]
I love the vileness of St Patrick’s Day. I like the wearing of green shirts, eating of green food, singing of Irish songs, donning of silly hats, and drinking of Guinness. I feel a bit guilty that I don’t do anything similar on St Andrew’s Day or St George’s Day, but there’s always time to [...]
Much merriment can be found over the the TradeMe community, where a discussion has been going about “unusal/cool names that youd name your kids“. Highlights include: Well these are my kid’s names – Shayd, Shaymin, Shaydin, Sheneen, Shevannah and Sheleeah…..guess they are unusal…. id this baby is a boy it will be dante chaos trent, [...]
The one thing I like about the weeks when I start work at 7am is being able to experience the sun rise on the way in. It’s very pretty. This morning on the way in, I’d taken my camera with me and stopped off at the Symonds Street overbridge to take some long-exposure photos of [...]
I went to Pasifika today. Walking to Western Springs, the weather had a bit of that autumn chill, but as soon as I got to Western Springs, it was hot, hot, hot – just like in the islands. As I wandered around, I learned the following things, which surely did enhance my life as a [...]
Um, yeah, so I just filled in my census form online, even though census night is tomorrow. I wasn’t expecting it to let me do it, but I appear to have successfully given them all the information about myself (Other; pakeha) and my dwelling (rented). I only hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow so I do [...]
My favourite webpage du jour is the police blotter of incidents attended by the Espanola city police and New Mexico state police, as published in the Rio Grande Sun. I have selected my favourites. It’s been an eventful week for the good folk of the Espanola police. Wednesday, February 8, 12.46 am. An Allsup’s clerk [...]
Ashura666 desired to go diving during his time in Aotearoa New Zealand, so me and Teh Matt decided to come along for the ride, so we turned it into a road trip. We hit State Highway One and headed up to scenic Tutukaka. (Ha! That sounds so easy, like we didn’t spend a good day [...]