18 Wish You Were Here (1987) In an austere, post-war seaside town, flighty teenager Lynda (Emily Lloyd) slinks along the promenade, flashing a saucy smile - and her knickers - at all the Brylcreemed boys. While in her dreams she's Betty Grable, in reality she sells chips from a van on the sea front,...
Sympathy & Memorial Memorial designs are often taken to the graveside at Christmas and other times of the year to express love and respect, and to offer comfort to the bereaved. The use of evergreens for Christmas decorations is a traditional practice that dates back to ancient times, and from the...
Just after I commented on another blog that Republicans were generally more civilized when arguing for their candidate, I hear that some have chanted death threats against Sen. Obama. Way to go. (I am being sarcastic.) And now, there’s news from The Times—from the same owner as Fox News—that...
Tagged by disgusting shimei!!! Three names you go by: 1. Yi Mei 2. ah mei 3. meimei Three things you like about yourself: 1. Weight 2. Hair 3. Finger Three things you DON'T LIKE about yourself: 1. my skin 2. my temper(cant seems to change) 3. my height Three parts of your heritage: 1. Temper 2. Heig...
Finished up in Sydney about a week and a half ago. The last few days were pretty low key-hanging out with Ayley's brothers. Really enjoyed my time with these guys. I was made to feel welcome and enjoyed the nights out and the bar-b-cue party at Gregor's house. I got to join them at a beach volley...
So... it's been awhile since I've written. As I said in the last post, I arrived in Dharamsala (well... actually, it's McLeod Ganj which is 4 km north of Dharamsala) safe and sound a few days ago. I then managed to get sick the next day. I had a fever of about 102, had stomach squigglies (that's an...
Last night as I was trying to fall asleep (you can't blame me, I just had my first Etsy sale), a sudden memory came rushing forward. A memory of the house we stayed in when we first arrived in New Zealand in 1989, the year we immigrated there. We lived in Aunty Rosie's house, she was a good family...
With any election campaign, and now being involved as a political candidate myself for the New Zealand Parliament, my observations stem from the point of view of ‘Would I do this?’ For example, I wouldn’t have tried making fun of Sen. Barack Obama for wearing traditional African costume, as...
After reading that the Progressive Party is engaging in historical revisionism—by taking credit for policies it was not even around to make—we’ve made a couple of interesting advertisements for the Alliance Party, which did come up with Kiwibank and paid parental leave. Actually, the latest...
I was totally stoked when Dan Gordon took a comment I made and turned it into a fictional election billboard on his blog. (Dan, please let me know if you prefer just the link and not the image.) Maybe I should note ‘Authorized by Tom Dowie, 18 Walton Street, Christchurch’ even though it’s not...
A woman who is celebrating her 105th birthday is attributing her long life to remaining celibate. Clara Meadmore, a resident at Perran Bay nursing home in Truro, Cornwall, only moved in to care in January. The retired secretary said sex meant marriage when she was young and she never wanted to...
I am really proud of all the boys I have coached this year, and am now excited to be introducing 6 new boys into competition gymnastics ready for the 2009 season. The boys programme at our gym is getting stronger and stronger. Last year when I started with the boys I had about 5 boys, now we have 13...
This didn’t work: I was trying to show that the Ford Mondeo is bigger than the Ford Falcon but I really should have wandered across the road. (I didn’t have time: this was a “walk-by” photograph.) Still, it’s a good photograph of the nice weather we have been getting (hence a mystery why I...
I believe I am right when I say that the sending of junk faxes is illegal in New Zealand. Living HQ, you have been publicly dissed for sending me one through your FaxAd contractor. Here’s hoping this post comes up in Google for people searching on whether they should deal with this company....
I took this photograph of an old world globe at my brother's on the weekend. I think it used to belong to my grandfather and dates back to the time when all the countries were coloured according to which colonial power they "belonged to" (British ones all pink). PS. Diamond has created a new object...
Just as New Yorkers and Californians have their own regional identities, so too are their wines. European wines – for example, Bordeaux in France or Chianti in Italy – are frequently classified by their place of origin. This wine hometown conveys a wine identity with a distinct image, quality...
16:09 Went to a brewpub for the AOIR meetup. Talked about New Zealand exodus to Beebo, SF breweries, Copenhagen food, and SL art & artists. # 16:10 @MrsFonix Happy Birthday my love! # 02:25 internet connection keeps cutting out. figures there'd be no connection at an internet conference # 02:44...
So a week-and-a-half has passed since I last wrote about my adventures in Switzerland. When I last wrote, I didn't know much about what to expect with a typical week, and I quickly realized my weekend in France was not typical in the slightest. Last week, I began an "intensive" French language...
Last week. My first Snowy village was Khancoban where two power stations were being built on the headwaters of the Murray River. For the first time in my life I was in a minority in my own country. Workers came from all over the world to build the Snowy Scheme. Some Brits who had fought against...
If you’ve ever watched rugby, you’d know that New Zealand’s team, the All Blacks, are a powerful presence in the sport.And the fans run far and wide throughout the country down under. Scott Donaldson, a Kiwi living in Wellington, New Zealand, dedicated his entire blog to rugby, in homage to...
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