Really?

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…

Not Very Good At Doing Things.

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…

Easter

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…

He Knows Kung-Fu

So, dropped my good friend Fitz at his Aikido class this morning, he’s been up for a few days learning Aikido from wizened asian guys. I saw one of them – he was old, wizened and smiling broadly. Even if didn’t KNOW he was a 6th or 7th dan…

Hack The Plant

Bah, James is playing the soundtrack to “Hackers”, here at work. Every time I hear this soundtrack, it makes me want to go rollerblading. ROLLERBLADING! I require to go and do this, sometime very soon. Oh yes. “No names, man! NO NAMES!”…