Stirred, not shaken
Went to the Nirvara Lounge last night, to listen to The Martinis. They are a local jazz group with two of my colleagues playing in it: Ian on the clarinet and Tony on the electric guitar. Was great fun. Nice,…
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News from the center of the world
Went to the Nirvara Lounge last night, to listen to The Martinis. They are a local jazz group with two of my colleagues playing in it: Ian on the clarinet and Tony on the electric guitar. Was great fun. Nice,…
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Or, what you will hear at a roller derby. Was quite a good event despite the seating arrangement being all on the same level. Hamilton’s Raggedy Angst managed to finally lead (and win!) after 55 min. The Rotorua team was…
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Well, with the last moving around of our wooden planter boxes, one of them needed a bit of stitching back together. So we decided to look for getting new ones, but in the end, didn’t really want to spend $150…
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Many weeks of taking Bella for walks and thinking up a design for a workbench in the shed, buying all the supplies and then finally getting around to assembling it today. Had two helpers, Bella and Jody. However, Bella licking…
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Thanks to the deep step at our garage door, our Bella stopped going outside during the day. Which was a shame, since she really loves lying in the sun. So I decided to build a landing for her her, just…
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Bella is slowly shedding her fear of water. Playing in the water where she can stand works already. At the moment, we’re trying to teach her to swim. She’s a natural, but isn’t yet totally comfortable. During those swimming lessons,…
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At least some times, the democratic process still works. When proposing to change the rating system from land value to capital value, the city council experienced a massive opposition. Why? Due to shifting the weight from businesses onto residential properties,…
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Man, that was nice surprise by my beautiful wife: going to the races! Never been to a horse race here in New Zealand in all those years. Considering that Te Rapa race course is actually located in Hamilton, quite sad……
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It is interesting to see that it doesn’t matter where in the world you live, but there always seems to be (at least) a two-class society: You — having to live within you budget, otherwise the banks kick you in…
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Yes! Finally, the weather was good enough again to try out my telescope. Was a bit chilly, but still good fun chasing the moon. The only problem was, that the moon was way to bright. Should probably try it again…
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