Album – 3 of 10 – Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
ColdPlay – A Rush of Blood to the Head. It’s just a good album. Although from memory this is an album that didn’t initially ‘grab’ me, but ended up as one … Continue reading
The Obligatory 2017 year in review post that you’ve been looking forward to
I made reviews on 105 beers in 2017, a bit of a drop from the 169 the year before, as I got closer to 4 digits I began to panic … Continue reading
The one with the end of year story.
It’s true, the end of a year, and what a year, just like all the others but different. I’m away on holiday writing this, and the beer offering is green … Continue reading
The one with the ‘award’
Award, pronounced awkward. – Welcome to the the “Very inspiring Blogger Award” I’m pleased people visit my musings and ramblings, and I enjoy the feedback and interactions I have on … Continue reading
The Less of Me, December 2012 edition
13 runs for exactly 69 kilometres, I have no idea how it got the be an exact number but the OCD in me thinks this is a great success. Weight … Continue reading
Beach Life – Summer 2013 – #9
I write this the day after the day before. Yesterday, the weather was average, cold and a bit showery. But I was made to go for some exercise with MrsPdubyah, … Continue reading
Beach Life – Summer 2013 – #8
The New Years Eve edition, that was. The new thing is fireworks we discovered at variously 11:58, 11:59, midnight, 12:01 and all the way through to 12:20. Extremely loud fireworks. … Continue reading
Restaurant Critic #4 – Flavours of India – Browns Bay
Well what an eye opener this was when we first came here. We’d been used to having Indian food take-away and Dine-in from Chand in Mairangi Bay , where the service … Continue reading
Bit of a mistake – Shopping at Farro
I don’t know what came over me, but I went to Farro Fresh, for no reason other than that they do have the Over the Moon – Triple Cream Brie … Continue reading
A Commercial venture and the public purse. #4 Bridge sentries cost $80,000
This is just a vile use of mitigate and safety planning in a grand cover-your-arse gesture for some jobsworth in an office. We didn’t have this when we had the America’s cup in town for instance, and that really was a global event.
A Commercial venture and the public purse. #3
It’s only a bailout if it involves popularist content – It’s funding if you have an obstinate refusal to put on any commercially viable event prefering locally crafted works of dubious merit and popularity.
Not a good day to be a minor league tall poppy. #1 in a series.
Today we bring you Rabon Khan and Rachel Smalley (1) Raybon Khan. Who seems to set himself as Mr.People, some brainpower gifted individual who urbane toss-offs speak to and for … Continue reading
Build it and they will come.
Or Not. I’m talking about “Party Central” on the wharves in Auckland. A structure designed to hold 12,000 people with an invited audience of the whole city. And what happens when … Continue reading
In an instant…
And we accept that without question that we’re giving up something for something. We just don’t seem to care about what it is we’re giving up, which in two words is privacy and ownership. Of our identity and our intellectual property
Driving Entertainment
Sometimes my journey to work or home from work can take an hour or more. And filling that time can be a chore. It took me a while to cotton … Continue reading
