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Monthly Archives for May 2005

It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.

Surviving a tragedy

Firstly, looked at Cam’s blog yet? He’s slowly meandering his way home now (via beautiful scenic ocean and mountain roads - bastard) and should be back by the end of the week.
Watching the trip from this end has been a pretty humblimg experience. When he first got there, the majority of the photos were of [...]

Just like something out of Grimm

So I think something got slipped in the water this week. Everyone’s gone mental.
Firstly Maurice Williamson answered the mystery as to how the Nat’s are planning on paying for all these roads, with magic! Cause, like, you know, motorists pay all this money into roading and it all mysteriously vanishes. Never [...]

I’m not a prohibitionist but…

If there’s going to be a law against anything it should be against BOTH of your heaters crapping out at the beginning of winter. (It was fun, there was sparks!)
No, can’t ban that, it would be silly.
So instead let’s take a harm reduction approach to keeping kakariki warm.
I need a new heater, but I [...]

Scuse me while I indulge

I must have picked up some new readers recently as the stats are picking up nicely. So for you newbies, read WorldChanging now and every day from now on. If you’re a greeny hippy you’ll love it and if you’re not you might be able to pull your head out your ass for [...]

What a weekend - really!

OK so I didn’t jinx the weekend by hyping it up before it started, yay!
Dragged myself out on Friday night to see Straight Jacket Fits and it was AMAZING! The audience was a good mix too, old and young. What impressed me was the number of people who I spoke to who hadn’t [...]