Reckon.

I would like to apologise to anyone I gabbled at incoherently. In a bid to reconnect with my Hamiltonian roots, I was drinking by the jug. (The Standard commentariat would approve.) Also, in 41 years, I had never ever won a?

And Jackie C, if you are reading, there was a magnificent Crown Lynn swan there, which was a bit like you being?

Spill :)

Keir Leslie does not look at all like you think he does.

I can vouch for that. I can also vouch he is brilliant company. Such a shame I couldn't make this...work commitments proved too difficult to get out of. Maybe next time.

Or a few experiences, beer was by the jug, after all.

In a bid to reconnect with my Hamiltonian roots, I was drinking by the jug.

Stephen: From my observations, it seems more like bulk RTDs these day. Except for rugby days at the Waikato Stadium (go The Chiefs tomorrow night)

And, apparently, neither do I. I get that quite a bit...

That sounds like a great idea, except for one thing — would I have to actually be able to play? I think I've rolled a real full size lawn bowl maybe once in my life... as long as?

And I?m back in Auckland, tired but happy at the end of a long month of talking and organising?

I so wanted to steal that.

What?s that? Oh ? I appear to have invited a whole lot of people around for a barbecue tomorrow.?

Hah! I had forgotten that. Hehehehehe.

as long as I can do this without the scorn of the competent,

All you have to remember is which is the weighted side, and never roll up with the weighted side out, unless you are betting on the game next to you and want to spoil an end.

It doesn't matter if we have all have our little disagreements from time to time.

Yes it does!!

............Hitler.....Islam......911.....

Now lets see how long THIS post will run!!!

You are right though. Faces to the names was the winner.

I'm pretty sure that you and Steven were standing next to each other at some point.

I found myself in complete agreement with the most vituperative ones.

You were there? Damnit. Love your work.

Seconded.

Oh, I don't know about that....

Yes. Yes, he is.

I?m pretty sure that you and Steven were standing next to each other at some point.

I was hassling Stephen about his including his last name on his nametag, but if we had a wall o' Ste(ph|v)e going on, then I can see how it would have been useful.

A?

You and me: outside.

Really, though, we should catch up, since I didn't get to talk to you.

It won't happen overnight, but it will happen.

Ditto (though I don?t even have the excuse of drinking by the jug).
Especially Steven Price who I think I held up for ages with my opinions about legal stuff – he must never tire of that...

Indeed. It was a strikingly handsome panel overall.
I must say, when I first saw Graeme, I thought ?how did Russell get the guy from Harry Potter on the panel??

It was nice having proper soap. The hotel was not so generous.

Speaking of atmosphere, here's the recording of New Order at BDO 2002 as described.
Hope?

Found it is.
Can't play it too loud though, head hurts ;-)

I just found this on Soundcloud
This I can play LOUD
Dark Star ( Closing Winterland)- The Grateful Dead

...but the event was the right thing at the right time.

There was no chaos. We simply became more articulate.

Russell, I will try to remember to click on the ads on this website, since someone is counting, rather than just note them ephemerally.

I got the impression that that may not be what Russell wants. Since he would be forced to to take "performance pay". I also got?

We don't have anything to do with "performance-based" advertising (ie: cost-per-click) any more, fortunately. But clickthrough rates are still regarded as a relevant metric.

Thanks for the reminder that I've got to slot in a more leisurely (and note-taking) second pass. IIRC, the show runs until the end of next month but if?

You get that when you invite philosophers to your parties.

It was great to meet you. And now that we have accepted the official advice?

Thanks again. Certainly makes a difference leaving machine on, but I've had to remember to clean it regularly, as the filters can get pretty clogged.

Wish I'd stuck?

I have a degree in philosophy and every time I turn to Saturday's job section I never see ads for philosophers (I also have a degree in Political Science, another rare job opportunity!), how does one become a philosopher? And?

Is that the art of finding openings?

I ended up doing comms for the man. Go figure.

if you want to drink together and talk philosophy, what you want is a SYMPOSIUM

Is that a symposium on philosophy or do all symposiums lead to bullshit?

Is that the art of finding openings?

No, that's a cat burgler, or a spelunker.

I think Stephen's point is that all symposiums are about drinking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7iYtxlConU

For some reason I can see that as a line in Dr Haywood's next book.

Was the advice:

? Useful
? Not useful

Tick one.

ETA: As advised, turn on Closed Captions (never seen that before). It laughed out loud, it did I tells ya.

Would you recommend this service to others? ;-)

I'll cop to that. I kinda forgot that part of going to?

Dr Elder, as a philosopher, do you think a new programme of research is warranted?

I vote for the Kiwi As range of potato chips (the sour cream/onion dip or tomato sauce flavour)

Nay.

? insert witty meditation on Baudrillard, simulacra and authenticity here

In the meatspace, you?

The falafel fell apart a bit but turned out to be ideal snack food?

+1.

And pleasingly thick. My favourite.

I believe it's fair to say that some would have needed no such excuse..

This is decidedly so. You realise you're just digging a bigger hole with the Wellington crowd, who will now expect you to take the BBQ down with you for subsequent OGBs.

Where's?

Nosh is the only place I've seen them.

Bring the PSA salon ? or OGB- to CHCH, and?

Lol.

Not for nothing are they also known as creamfish ? and on -the-bone, in parchment in the oven (with a leetle salted evo) or on the barbie(ditto), they are delicious?never tried them marinated Russell, but?

– yes, yum!

Member of whanau has just said "That's what you've used with whole baked kahawai with ginger juice and coconut cream."

Pleads guilty.

T-shirt. And permission to scribble this sentence in phone booths around the country, possibly.

Hey, I read somewhere that "people who don't have houses aren't allowed to?

Mmmm

Actually, yes. Now you mention it, that was an actual rule.

How could I not?

I picture millions of Japanese laying siege to the New Zealand embassy just before cocktail hour?

And @Russell – unfilleted fish can taste so very very good. That's mainly how we deal to yellowbellied flounders here – gut (a very simple job): remove head (cook seperately for the afficionados): scale well, wipe with cloth, dip in lightly-salted flour, dip again in egg...cook in medium?

(recommences running towards the food I'm supposed to be cooking!)

I really... goodness.

It would be churlish to dispute this ambiguous encomium.

Also, just tried one of the Scotch bonnet chillies my friend Richard brought from his garden.

OMFG. And, ow.

Ae. Talented lass

You have to have intensely-hot oil for that to occur. I agree they are delicious, but without larger cooking facilities than we have (e.g yer average cast-iron frying pan)
you cant have a perfectly-cooked yellowbelly (one, beheaded &de-finned)fills the pan) *and* crispy fin?

mwahahah!

A female friend of mine has a story about a boyfriend who leapt out of bed on a Sunday morning to make cheese on toast sprinkled with freshly-chopped chilli ...?

Immediately had me singing a song from Oliver but they do say "An Army marches on its stomach". I have always thought this a little odd as I would have thought?

EEEEK!
runs for cover...
;-)

Good grief.

;-)

I really want to see this collection, and even more so now. How awesome is your mum?

What? I don't even... umm, thanks.

[Practising taking compliments. How was that?]

A male acquaintance of mine once went to the toilet shortly after making curry with extra-hot chilli powder from Moshim's, without washing his hands first. The other big mistake, which I have made, is taking?

Me neither.

It was delightful to meet so many of you in person. What?

I find that everything proves a point I made at some time or other.

Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis.