sevens
the flash gordons (there were 50 of them) were amazed at the real life superman policeman (almost 7 feet tall). i like the photo of the flash gordons getting some first aid and withdrawing some cash from the atm. i…
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i blame george
less than 24 hours until george w is on his way back to a retirement filled with brush clearing, so i’m taking this last chance to blame him for an troubling miscarriage of justice. in our previous visits to new…
ohope to gisborne
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ohope beach
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no need to go to disney
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he who smelt it dealt it
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sleigh not available, resorted to car
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christmas in welly
christmas morning from our back deck. one of the simple pleasures of the holiday season is the blooming of the pohutokawa trees. some of the big old trees are quite spectacular. the jboss is standing in front of one on…
a new leader for the nation
[ed. new entries below] obama and the us elections are so two days ago – the nz elections are the big news of the day. new zealand grants voting right to permanent residents after their first year, so the jboss…
civics 101
since we’re 15 to 18 hours ahead of most of the us (i guess we have to acknowledge alaska and hawaii given their role in the current election), the results of the elections started flowing in at 1 in the…