Archive for September, 2008
I like spiders
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 [...]
What to do if attacked by a giant snake
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. [...]
Shower power
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 [...]
I gave a girl head injuries
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 [...]
I’m an oxymoron
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 [...]
Matrix Ping Pong
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 [...]
Top children’s books of all time
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 [...]
Great Snakes!
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 [...]
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