The Shack was a story written for my six children, with no thought or intention to publish. It is as much a surprise to me as to anyone else that I am now an ‘author’. (William P. Young)
Last night I finished reading The Shack (You can read my review over at flannelgraph).
Currently (September 2009), The Shack is #2 on [...]
In relation to a recent Facebook thread, I couldn’t help but take 5 minutes out of my afternoon to write a quick post about the mysterious Goonies Octopus scene.
Back in the day (1985 to be precise), Goonies paraphernalia came out months before the release date here in NZ. The ever popular (at the time) Goonies Bubblegum Cards contained a couple [...]
Those of us with a fascination for cryptozoology will be familiar with Americas ‘Thunderbird’ (giant man-eating) bird legend. Well, wouldn’t you know… I Came across an extremely interesting article in this week’s NZ Herald about New Zealand’s very own man-eating bird with a 3-meter wingspan and talons as big as tiger’s claws that terrorised the early Maori.
Now if that’s not [...]
As I look at sleeping beauty in her favourite (and prohibited) napping spot, I can’t help but forgive her for all the shenanigans she puts me through.
Yep. Whoever it was that coined the phrase “Dogs are a man’s best friend’ must have owned a Whippet.
Check out the clip below… it was one of the contributing factors in our decision to [...]
It is 11:52pm and I’m sitting at the computer half asleep. A couple of minutes ago I was snuggled up in bed and Paisleyjade asked me if I had written a blog-post today. I hadn’t, so here I am. Sleepy, cold and half-naked. The things we do for fame.
Anyway. The above pic was taken in early-mid 80s. and there are [...]
One of my heroes once said… “Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills… You know, like nunchuck skills, bow-hunting skills, computer hacking skills…”
Let me present you with before and after shots of our humble but happy bathroom…
BEFORE
AFTERBEFORE AFTER
Honey, does old-dunga-house-doer-upper-skills count?
Welcome to my new and improved blog. You like? I tend to grow tired of my blog layout at least once a year, and on a whim today I changed it.
My wife says I change my mind like I change my underwear. I disagree… I change my undies everyday (sometimes twice). She wonders why I keep changing a perfectly good-looking [...]
Our Whippet puppy, Narnia, is 7 months old. Although I love her to bits, sometimes I really do wonder if it’s worth it. Let me give you a run down on the finer points of life with a Whippet…
1. Narnia was created by God to bring embarrassment to an otherwise happy life.
2. Narnia has almost an acre to herself but [...]
The ‘Hand of God’ taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Satellite.
A 13 mile wide pulsar known as PSR B1509-58 (B1509) is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years.
B1509 makes one full rotation every 1/7 of a second. Think about that for a second. An immensely heavy star neutron star, 15 miles wide, spinning [...]
Yesterday’s post reminded me of a fateful day in 2006 while living in our very first house.
Prologue
Daddy’s little princess decided to send daddy’s phone on a marvelous adventure into the wonderful world of waterland.
Chapter 1: What if?
It all started a couple of days before when, one moment I had my mobile phone, and the next minute I didn’t. That, in [...]
