Garden Room Completed!
After a full year of constant tweaking by The Duchess she is FINALLY satisfied her that her Garden Room is complete and we can actually relax and just use it! Through 2025 we : Now we have to wait for the odd day when it’s not blowing a gale and can sit outside and enjoy…
Explaining Art to Gen Alpha
Funny YouTube video of a museum curator explaining about an ancient Greek plate using Gen Alpha language. Reminds me of the Jive Brothers from Airplane, and how out of touch Gen X I am. For the Oldies benefit here are the birth years for each generation: Baby Boomers: 1946 – 1964 Generation X (Gen X):…
Passport Stupidity
Looks like I’ve missed an important passport change that’s coming into force at the end of February – if you’re a dual citizen and want to get into Britain you’re going to have to present a valid British passport. WTaF is that about?! Surely I can prove I was born in Britain some other way,…
RIP Scott Adams
As a professional geek I’ve long been a fan of Dilbert, so it’s sad to hear that cartoonist Scott Adams has passed away. His strips nailed the oddness of working in tech – or even just office culture – and have given me pleasure for decades.
Here We Go Again
Another new year, another gym membership doomed to be cancelled in 3 months … This one’s not as cheap and dingy as the previous one I tried, and this time I’m getting the Personal Trainers to set me up with a program so we’ll see how things go this time. My most immediate goal is…
Bye Bye 2025
Close the door on your way out. Well that’s now 10 dumpster-fire years in a row what with one thing and another. Let’s hope 2026 breaks the streak, though I suspect the Dystopian Nightmare Future promised by various sci-fi films and books have become a Dystopian Nightmare Present. Yay! At least we’re not yet at…
Christmas 2025
Bit of a Plan B Christmas this year thanks to a gastro virus knocking The Duchess out for a few days; our planned trip to visit Treats Lady and The Boy Genius at their new(ish) place on the South Island has been pushed out to late January and we’re having a quiet one at home…
Basin Reserve
I was able to get to Wellington’s original cricket stadium (it hosted its first match in 1868) to watch the Black Caps take on the West Indies. Thanks to a batting collapse by the visitors the 5 day test was wrapped up in less than 3 days and I was able to enjoy 90 minutes…
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