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Disaster readiness – US vs Pakistan

I'm curious. With all of America's security and rescue preparations over the past 4 years, how is it that Pakistan was able to get military and civilian personnel on the ground, and rescue operations well underway, within 24 hours of … Read more …

Top 1000 Songs Of The Last 30 Years

Ok, I found the most awesomely wonderful site that I could ever find – The Top 1000 Songs Of The Last 30 Years. I'm in heaven! Most of the list are songs I've never heard of, and I'm really, really … Read more …

It’s not worth being honest

A man went to a bad taste party in Christchurch the other day, dressed as a suicide bomber. When trying to go to nightclubs afterwards, he was denied entry while carrying a pretend bomb that looked like dynamite taped together … Read more …

Jury duty

I've been summonsed to be a juror on the 7th November, just 4 weeks from now, at the Wellington High Court. This should be fun, as I've always wondered when it would be my time as a juror. I've been … Read more …

Photos – 10 October

Here's a couple of photos of the sunrise this morning that I took from the lounge room window again: And here's Deidre and I from a Murder Mystery party we went to on Saturday night. It had a 1920's theme, … Read more …

Walking the cat – again

It's starting to become a habit now. When Deidre and I go for a walk, if we let Eve out at the same time, she'll follow us, join us on the walk.The second time it happened was 3 nights ago. … Read more …

The photographer’s dilemma

In my internet travels this morning, I found these pictures (click on them to enlarge them): From my research it's unknown what happened to the girl in the first photo, as the photographer didn't stay around to find out. He … Read more …

Bouncin’ Around

A friend of mine, who's a bouncer, has his own website which I've linked to on the left here. I just wanted to give him a plug, as he's looking for new visitors to his site, Bouncin' Around. For a … Read more …

Photos – 4th October

Ok, here's the latest bunch of photos for you. That's the view from the lounge room window recently, when there was a bit of a storm. The wind was blowing (you can tell from the whitecaps on the waves), the … Read more …

Sleep paralysis

Over here, The Scribe talks about her experiences with 'sleeping paralysis', and also over here she talks about her experience seeing a ghost, or something like it. Welcome, Scribe, to my reality. *grin* However, her sleep paralysis reminded me of … Read more …

Drugs are bad, mmkay?

Drugs are bad, mmkay? When I was around 18, I started mixing with people who became my friends or associates, but who partook liberally of that wacky weed called marriage-ooh-ana (marijhuana). I constantly resisted their efforts to indoctrinate me into … Read more …

Man, the killer of all things

I found this, thought it was excellent. What do you think? Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to … Read more …