A life just as ordinary

Just like you, but different

The great banana drama

The corporate workplace has a pretty generous healthy outlook. We’re provided with breakfast cereals, jams, bread and fruit. The fruit monitor fell into the role by meer dint that they … Continue reading

July 3, 2011 · Leave a comment

Kathmandu how I’m annoyed at you

Daughter invested in a $450 khathmandu jacket, when I say she I mean “I”. It gets a lot of use on cold mornings, between games, and in the waiting around … Continue reading

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

The Simple Life

We have a simple house. We don’t have clutter, we have few trinkets and nick nacks. What we tend to have is less things that are slightly more expensive. Which … Continue reading

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

Numerology – buy the numbers

Numerology The idea that numbers, combinations of numbers, or letters converted to number equivalents somehow define a person, behaviour, future events , past problems or can be manipulated to change … Continue reading

June 23, 2011 · Leave a comment

Miffed – why I should stop reading the newspapers

1) Pike river mine goes into receivership. Seems that the Union and Labour expect there to be continuous and ongoing employment for those that are about to lose their jobs. … Continue reading

December 14, 2010 · Leave a comment

Food pretention

There is a new FARO store near me, it’s an up-market deli place, lots of imported stuff – not the usual imported stuff this is from exotic places and all … Continue reading

November 9, 2010 · Leave a comment

Catching up

There is a gap then between that one and this one (posts that is) for no reason other than I haven’t. Since then – 22nd September – and now seems … Continue reading

November 8, 2010 · Leave a comment

And in other news – Earthquakes

No one died, at least not as a direct result of the recent quake in Christchurch. That’s about it. Some building partially fel down, some old ones fell down a … Continue reading

September 8, 2010 · Leave a comment

Twitter for Whingers

OMG! It’s safe for me to say this here of course, but I thought twitter was a couple of things. One for me to ramble and possibly entertain the unwary, … Continue reading

August 27, 2010 · Leave a comment

Blogging in 50 words or less.

Is that a “blog” if it’s just 50 words on something that annoyed me? I thought that it had to be something else, better, more insightful, interactive and meaningful, something … Continue reading

August 25, 2010 · Leave a comment

Word War II wasn’t about Jews and 9/11 wasn’t about Firemen

In my opinion, the actions of School kids when confronted with Nazi Symbolism and images at a museum exhibition was totally predictable. The reaction of the Jewish council – again … Continue reading

October 20, 2009 · Leave a comment

I’m not famous I can make any statement I want

Two words yesterday on twitter “Free Polanski”. Not from a world recognised name, but a name known in New Zealand. Someone who commands an audience and imparts information, love, humor, … Continue reading

September 30, 2009 · Leave a comment

Roman Polanski arrested over underage sex

Swiss authorities have arrested film director Roman Polanski for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. yeah and? He’s been on the run since in France, scared to go … Continue reading

September 28, 2009 · Leave a comment

Restaurant Critic #1

A Special day out in Paeroa, Gateway to the Coromandel, at one end described as “Positive Paeroa – we still have the street races (Motorcycles) and at the other as … Continue reading

September 28, 2009 · Leave a comment

H for Harden Up

The reason to be miffed about this is the addition of an H to spell a word originating and only for an oral language astounds me. Not only that it’s … Continue reading

September 21, 2009 · Leave a comment

Customer Service

The Mantra for my staff, for my company, is “Legendary Customer Service”. That’s our mission. Not our 5 year mission, the whole mission, not going where people have never been, … Continue reading

September 15, 2009 · Leave a comment

Hurtfull Things

So I’m off to a friends house for to watch the Rugby, NZ v SA. Wife has kindly agreed that she’ll drop me off and pick me up. We stop … Continue reading

September 15, 2009 · Leave a comment

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