Posts by recordari
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 1: Beach…, in reply to Jacqui Dunn,
I think that was just nerves.
Certainly. He doesn't strike me as the kind of person who seeks, or feeds off, excessive public exposure, and during the campaign he couldn't really avoid it. Much more comfortable getting things done, which is surely what we want in a mayor. Makes a pleasant change.
Sincerely hope he doesn't buy a Harley.
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Time
Famine
Pestilence
DeathAnd home in time for tea...
Reading The Guardian of the Dead. It's all a bit real,
Falling from Ranginui in his wrath,
the fish, fowl and flood,
with hollow eyes come dancing,
and boiling in my blood....or something.
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Heavy Metal you say?
The Four Horsemen (of the apocalypse?)
As a sign the world is truly ending, they also did an acoustic version.
[#Rehash_tag]
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Nice photo , Ross. Love that place. A trip there 20 years ago, sitting under the light house at night while the beam tracked across the brooding sea has resonated ever since. Enough to make you believe in magic.
Len Brown
Yes, he's come a long way from his slap happy campaign in a relatively short period of time.
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to giovanni tiso,
What about the long-term sustainability of branding the country as a Middle Earth knock-off, a derivative, tacky remake of old England?
Bend and streeeeeeetch, just a little bit, maybe? Culture is only visible if you're looking for it. Middle Earth is everywhere.
<sarc>
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 1: Beach…, in reply to Sam F,
"We want to gauge the public's appetite for this form of transport."
Oh, this could be good. This could be really, really good.
I keep hearing good things about some aspects of the new council, including local body chairpersons who consider the needs of 'residents' at least as equal to, if not greater than, the agendas of the wider Council. There's no story to link to here, but happened to be in a local community meeting where this was discussed, and was quite (pleasantly) surprised.
Early daze, but credit where due, etc.
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 2:…, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
The new head of the House Subcommittee on domestic monetary affairs would be thrilled with that. (No, really. Thrilled.)
But that would intimate that they had any gold, which they don't, rumour has it.
Wait, it's way too early in the year for either Ron Paul or Gold Conspiracies. I've already been sent to the Naughty Chair once today. Back I go.
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 2:…, in reply to BenWilson,
Squeezing money out of people in North America is taking longer and longer.
Ask them to pay you in gold.
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 1: Beach…, in reply to Islander,
(I will not make you drool with what we had, but it did include wild pork & venison, 2 titi, and a freshly-caught searun trout -)
Yes, I am wondering how this constitutes 'not making as drool'?
Sam, sorry for your loss. Christmas often reminds me of the ones who are no longer around to share the generous spirit, and good cheer that comes with this time of year. And the Kai.
We have tended to spend a lot of time in multi-purpose garages at Christmas, ever since I was a child, and now open our own double garage to the extended, blended, whanau to come and go as they please. Still learning how to balance the open hospitality with the need for space and time, but it's a small price to pay for a little shared happiness.
Can always go read a book, or watch the tennis, or cricket, after all. Incidentally, having not watched the so called 'draw card' yet, finding the other woman's tennis to be of a very high standard. Wickmayer seems to be able to step up her game at the drop of a hat.
Whoops, I mentioned sport...
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Hard News: Do you like what we've done…, in reply to matthewbuchanan,
I’ll investigate.
Thanks for that.