Archive for September, 2009
Behind The Shack
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 [...]
The Goonies and the illusive Giant Octopus
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) [...]
NZ’s very own giant man-eating bird
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 [...]
Narnia and Me
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 [...]
B1509: The Hand Of God
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, [...]
The mobile phone and the poo explosion
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 [...]
What’s really lurking down the plughole
I had to unblock the bathroom sink the other evening… joy. With the help of a crochet hook borrowed from PaisleyJade (yes, they really are good for something), I was able to pull out what I can only describe as a greeny, slimy, smelly, hairy, stringy goop that had to be seen to be believed. [...]
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