DeeKnow’s Grotto

I’ve just figuratively come back down to earth after what to me was the ultimate boys own adventure. A few weeks ago now I got to take a daytime jump-seat ride from Auckland to Queenstown return in an Air New Zealand 737. Yes, for those that know I’m a simmer, this time it was a [...]

Kym and I are on our winter break down at Ruapehu, have been here since the weekend, and now is the first time I’ve managed to escape the evil clutches of her-indoors to make a break for the nearest Internet terminal. I’ll have to make something up for my return, yes “I just went for [...]

Kym and I took her niece and nephew to the Loritz Circus visiting Hamilton at the moment, the show is like a mini cirque du soleil I guess on a much smaller scale and budget, some bloody impressive acrobatic performances, here’s a wee sample of video action:

Just now I was wandering back across campus to my office after another thrilling meeting and had one of those flashback moments. It’s a beautiful clear blue winters day in Hamilton today. It wasn’t quite a frost early on but its cold and still even now at midday. The suns shining and warming just enough [...]

For a good number of years now I’ve held off from buying myself a mobile phone. This has infuriated my friends and family, been the cause of many an argument with my wife, and apparently been generally disruptive to other peoples lives, without actually having a significant impact on my own. Its not that I’m [...]