30th
June
2011
The country is all aflutter. Royals in the territory, and all that. Newspapers, TV, people on the street (not all of them, but one or two); ready to trade any semblance of sanity for a chance to see, to glimpse. Enough to drive the rest of us to distraction.
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posted in humour |
29th
June
2011
The first barbecue of the season. A baptism of fire. Tonight I limited the sacrifice to the deities (by leaving my bottles of cheap sauce in the refrigerator). After all, as I’ve always explained to the family, the meat isn’t burned… it’s the sauce.
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posted in food |
28th
June
2011
Note to self: stop dreaming. You can’t afford to buy a new camera, even if it does rate as significantly better than what you have, according to Snapsort.com (my new favourite site for photo geekiness). There.
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posted in humour, media |
27th
June
2011
Too bad that I hadn’t skipped over the choice, when it was offered on Netflix. But the elements were there: a train, Danny Glover and Leelee Sobieski. Mainly the train.
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posted in technology |
26th
June
2011
Due to my pragmatic view of things, I’m not going to miss any sleep over the near approach of an asteroid tomorrow afternoon. Little matter that it’s the size of a city bus, and scheduled to pass withing 8 kilo-miles (pardon the attempted mix of units). Let’s face it; if it hits it doesn’t matter, and if it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter.
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posted in environment, science |
25th
June
2011
A tip of my (virtual) hat to the current Parliament. They stayed up through another night and day, debating in that odd “dialogue of the men without ears” that is used in the constitutional monarchy. That is, each side repeats its mantra, and the other pays no attention. Finally, at supper time today, a vote was held.
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posted in ham radio, politics |
24th
June
2011
Entertainment, political style. While the House sits through a national holiday, in order to allow a debate on proposed legislation to end the lockout at the post office. Let’s examine the collected oddities.
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posted in economy, music |
23rd
June
2011
And now we wait. Will the new face of law and order prevail, or will the traditional face of the holiday persist? A heady show, to watch from a distance.
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posted in politics |
22nd
June
2011
A change in routine, today. Instead of the ordinary bus ride to the office, I was squeezed into a seat on a Beech King 100 and flown 980 km NNE, followed by a 980 km return along the same track. In between, other stuff.
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posted in travel |
21st
June
2011
While perusing the Creuset catalog, I had wondered about the purpose of some of the items on offer. This evening, during a rare moment of community, I learned part of the answer.
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posted in food |