My parents are visiting until next week. They’re here to help renovate the house, and when I say “help renovate” I mean, of course, “renovate”. Dad used to be a painter and decorator by trade, so Annette and I have done the tricky bits of the renovation, like choosing…
Annette was telling me recently about Americans attempting to describe or use common (or in the example I am about to give, slightly archaic) English colloquialisms. Here’s the one she described that I plan to use for the next few weeks – in response to a statement, in an effort…
I won an auction for a digital camera! I am so happy. I haven’t ever had a real one before. Only lame little low-res crappy ones. Also, I left my cellphone at home today, for the first time in a long time. It’s a very curious sensation. I…
Well, after DAYS of juggling disks around, I have FINALLY got the new disk subsystem completed for jsr.com. It now has a nice fast one terabyte raid, and I shall use the old few hundred gig (Pish! What can you store on _that_, so small!) one for a home…
Earlier tonight, Annette said the following: “I say George, if you must be a cauliflower, be it gently!” That’s all.…
I found out today that a friend of mine has given the following names to her three kids, over the last few years: Chelsea Usvi?i Jesgwa Misty Elle-Mae Sha’awee Celtic and Quantum Einstein Xanadu (Note: The ? in Chelsea’s middle name is a glottal stop) I .. have nothing…
Okay, I really have a find a new job. I am, amazingly, actually getting slightly bored with just sitting around the house playing video games all day. Time to start searching for real. I was in Wellington this last weekend, for InternetNZ business. I presented a small proposal at the…
I was about 40km north of Masterton when the caffeine kicked in. Annette was asleep beside me, and face drifted in and out of focus. I wanted to stop, and kiss her…. but this was bat country…. Of our trip down, I will only mention the detour off State Highway…