Pudding: Upside down lemon good wif’ coffee cake. Polenta and lemon. Apparently its good with Coffee (now he tells us) Movie: The Island – with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johanneson
Review: Proof that genetic engineering is not such a bad thing. We think it was ‘alright’. Reminds us a bit of Gattaca (Uma would’ve probably [...]
pudding updates
November 22nd, 2008 · 14 Comments
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Recollections on Phil Goff
November 11th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Looking more and more like Goff will be picked as leader of the opposition. UPDATE: (Confirmed)
Thought I’d share some of my personal recollections on the subject of Phil Goff. I remember, it was Goff who was head of Education when they got *rid* of the (general) student allowance and introduced unversity fees – yes that’s [...]
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Pudding update
November 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Been a while but this is the pudding log after all, so here goes with a quick update
Pudding: Meringotang -Orange, Chocolate, and Pavsplosion. Louises’ creation courtesy of Ms Red Shoes Tessa Kiros..
Movie: Wanted -
Review: Thank god we didn’t pay money for this sorry ass piece of shit. So sad to see a great director, that [...]
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Letters to Santa
October 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Not sure if Santa reads the internets but just in case he does:
From Baxter (6)
Dear Kris Kringel (aka Santa),
Hello how are you. I’m Baxter Gray do you remember me?
For Christmas I would like a tape player if you can still make them, or a computer and a flash electric keyboard with a plug on it, [...]
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flowers in a pot
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Very impressed by the flowers at our front door..
I mean seriously, look at these freaky looking things. You just plant them in a box, wait a few months and..
..wow.
Small pleasures eh.
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Yeah, it ain’t so great ..
August 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Dad would’ve been sad to go and yeah, we loved him dearly…
So..
..well here’s my speech from the funeral anyway..
My most vivid memory of Dad is high in the mountains. We are near temple basin where we had come to do some work on the ski tows in the summer. I am about ten [...]
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Made It!
January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Manhattan from the plane… After many hours and a 13hr flight delay I’ve finally made it back to the big apple.
UPDATE: Back in God’szown since ages ago now, but way too busy to update the blog. Sorry ’bout that.
UPDATE August 2008: Since the above I’ve returned to NZ, gone back to NYC again, returned to [...]
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