Reminscing
Nana was kung fu fighting
Nana passed away when I was a tween. She lived out of town and I never saw her all that much. She was an elderly, eccentric, half-Italian lady, who knew a lot of grief in her lifetime. One memory of her that always makes me smile is the time she stayed with us a few [...]
Surfing with jaws
It was the summer of 99… oooo yeah (in my best Bryan Adams voice). Me and my good buddy Les were surfing at Elliots’ beach, Far North, New Zealand. It was a brilliant summer’s day, the waves were small but clean, and I was out the back by myself waiting for the next set (Les [...]
The ‘Star Wars Musical’ mystery
Last night I solved a 30-year-old mystery that had haunted me all my life… subjected me to humiliation, and caused me to think I was either crazy, or that the whole world had been deceived. I was an absolute Star Wars fanatic from the summer of 77 (when I saw ‘A New Hope’ at 3 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I was hit by a grey van
It was a sunny Saturday morning in 1990. I was riding my bike home from the video shop when a little boy ran in front of my bike. I swerved and luckily only clipped him with my leg, unluckily though, I was on the footpath at the time. I stopped to check if the boy [...]
Burton… Symon Burton
For the first month of my life I was nameless. My brother (9 years old at the time) came home from school one day and suggested that I be called Simon. I was Simon from that day on. SimonWhen I was 9 years old I decided to change the ‘i’ to a ‘y’ (because Simon [...]
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