Must See Hybrid Social Events of the Future
So, there you are at your front door. You have been vaccinated, your family has been vaccinated, your community has been vaccinated – In fact, much of your planet has been vaccinated. No, we...
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Where the Hell Have I Been?
I was looking at my last post and noted it was the 8th of February. That’s 3 and a half months ago. The image for that post was completely appropriate with the New Zealand...
All-Time Top 10: Xmas Treats
So it seems all my children do is ask for treats. Part of the problem with this time of year is that it seems like a very long session of treat giving which essentially...
Scotland the Bold
There is an important date coming up this month for all New Zealanders. No it’s not the date of the General Election. That’s the 20th of September. No, it’s sooner than that. The date...
The Year Punk Broke
I’ll get straight to the year in question. It was 1991 and according to the title above quoting a rockumentary film of the same name, this series of European concerts by a group of...
They’re Just Children’s Stories
After recently being asked “Do you read much?” my initial reaction was to take insult. In truth there has been little traditional reading lately. You know, the kind where a book lives on your...
The Death of an Airline
510 Passengers, 27 crew, 600 million worth of hardware and thousands of paying customers. That is what Malaysia Airlines have lost since March. In terms of losses for a single airline there is little...
The Power of the Picnic
This may be a weak excuse but I’m starting to believe that learning a second language makes you neglect your first. I have now memorised a couple of hundred German words but I still...
Moving Out
Well now, that move wasn’t as easy as I thought. I am now staying at the in-laws’ pad. And while this is a great place rest up while the kids finish their school year,...
Mayday Mayday Mayday
This is not a distress call. I am not in distress. I’ve been told that saying these words falsely over the airwaves is a federal crime in the U.S. and can result in a...
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