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7 August – Wanganui

I decided to do the photos the ‘normal way’. Even though the previous post presented the photos in a way that’s ‘agreeable’, I don’t like the fact that viewing the photos actually takes you away from this blog. So I’ll … Read more …

Photos – Wanganui, day one

I’m trying a new way of showing photo albums… I use Picasa to work with my photos, and there’s a new version that’s come out recently that allows you to work with Picasa Web Albums. Part of the web album … Read more …

Going on a mini holiday

Deidre and I are off on a small holiday today, coming back in 2 days time.  I’ll have details later, along with photos.  🙂

Top 10 reader’s cities

1. Auckland, New Zealand2. London, United Kingdom3. South Portland, United States4. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam5. Sydney, Australia6. Toronto, Canada7. Vancouver, Canada8. Perth, Australia9. Melbourne, Australia10. Canberra, Australia 13. Wellington, New Zealand Thank you to all of you in those … Read more …

When will the war on terror end?

Jake turned away from the news on TV and said to Alan, “This war on terror they keep talking about. When do you think it’ll end?” “Not in our lifetime,” Alan replied, looking up from the writing he was doing. … Read more …

New writing style

I’m practicing a new writing style – conversational. My opinions and any articles I want to write will now be presented in a conversational style, with a fictional person called Jake. Any feedback you have on what you think of … Read more …

How do you find what you love to do?

“You know, you’ve been talking a lot about doing what you love doing, but what if someone doesn’t know what they love doing? What do they do then?” Alan looked at Jake for a few seconds, thinking about what the … Read more …

10 reasons you should never have a job

(You can download article as PDF by clicking here.) When people reach adulthood, everyone and everything tells them they need to go out and get a job. Everyone else does it, so they should too. I guess if everyone else … Read more …

Middle East – the war begins

I get breaking intelligence reports relating to conflict around the world, via stratfor.com, most of which is very interesting. Not all of it is new though, or interesting enough for me to write about. The other times I did was … Read more …

Reasonable action?

Imagine a group of civilians calling themselves the Canadian Liberation Front. Imagine that they resented the actions of the US so much that they would kidnap two US soldiers. Would it then be reasonable for the US to engage in … Read more …