NZ Black Tunnelweb Spider
I moved an old railway sleeper yesterday and found (to my delight) a Brown Vagrant Spider. I was rather enjoying handling it when I realised that I’m not that scared of spiders anymore. Actually, it is almost a miracle, becasue I am becoming rather fond of them now.
NZ Brown Vagrant Spider
Three months ago, I had a deep [...]
On Friday night I had never been on a snowboard. On Saturday morning I found myself at the very top of the slope with only one way down. On Saturday afternoon I was ‘pulling off some sweet jumps’ and riding over Herbie. On Sunday morning I had the sorest muscles I’ve ever had.
It was Lesmond J’s birthday treat and I [...]
As a follow up to my Great Snakes post, here is an excerpt (in italics) from the US Government Peace Corps Manual for volunteers working in the Amazon Jungle. It details what to do if an anaconda attacks you. Please keep in mind that a mature anaconda can easily swallow an adult human whole…
1. If you are attacked by an [...]
We have low shower pressure. It’s very annoying, but at least it saves us on power.
The in-laws have high shower pressure. I had a shower at their house tonight, and was blown away by the strength of the water (almost literally).
It reminded me of an Seinfield episode I once saw, where Kramer desperately wanted more water pressure, and would [...]
Now that I have your attention with the dramatic post title…
Wesley Intermediate School, 1985, Form 2. There was a girl my my class called Sarah. One day after lunch (I remember it as though it were yesterday), she was about to sit down at her desk. I saw my window of opportunity and didn’t hesistate to make the most of [...]
A few months ago I wrote a very brief post about adulthood here. Today is the continuing bittersweet story of my internal struggle with being an oxymoron (please note the ‘oxy’ in front of ‘moron’). What is an oxymoron you ask? Wikipedia’s definition below…
“An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms terms.”
My oxymoronism has a [...]
Was vaguely watching the Fair Go ad awards, and saw the excellent State Insurance ad (the one with the guy with the fake legs). It reminded me of a clip I saw on ‘the youtube’ (as some people call it), a couple of years ago…
Double click the clip below to be entertained, amazed and inspired to play ping pong!
Just to surprise you all, tonight’s post is my pick on the top seven children’s books of all time. Having once been a kid myself, and now having four (which we take to the library weekly), I think my opinion is qualified
So for those of you with nieces/nephews between the ages of 2 to 6, or who are [...]
As many of you would know, I am quite fascinated by cryptozoology, not that I’m weird mind you (although I’m sure some of you would debate that), it’s just that there is overwhelming evidence that suggest there are animals out there that we haven’t discovered yet.
Which brings me to tonight’s post… giant snakes.
Giant snakes frequent world mythology, and they say [...]
Are there real booby traps protecting the long deceased occupants of ancient tombs thousands of years old? Most scholars would say no, that there is no evidence to suggest there were any such traps, and if there were, they would long have become useless through time and dust. Imagine the Indiana Jones movies with no booby traps… boring. Is everything [...]
