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This time, about Snapper
BTW Have I ever said how much I hate Snapper? I really hate it. If I never had to use it again, that would be too soon. -
Can't wait for Saturday and the DCM bookfair!
I don't really like this week much so far ( Read more... ) -
On the subject of buses (but not Snapper this time)
The new paint job on the Go Wellington buses features a strip along the top of the bus with various sentence of the 'Go (insert locally focused activity here)' e.g. Go surf Lyall Bay ( Read more... ) -
Apropos of Nothing
How is it that you can have a wonderful and relaxing weekend, and then wake up on Monday morning and spend most of the day feeling vague and tired ( Read more... ) -
Square
I was going to post about how old and boring I have become and how much I feel like I should be getting out my metaphorical pipe and slippers to sink into a comfortable middle age. But, upon further reflection I can't work out whether I *am* old and boring or whether 'society' is trying to convince me that I am so, to encourage me to rush out and ( Read more... ) -
There should be a word...
...for the feeling you get when you see a book that's part of a series, which you've been looking for for ages and you find it, and not only is it a matching edition to the ones you already have, it's either on special or you find it at a book fair for a really good price. -
Bus fares
Bus fares for 2 zones go up by 50c on 1 September so new 2-zone fare on a Snapper card (25% discount on $3) is $2.25, which is more than the current 2-zone fare on a ten-trip ticket (20% off $2.50 being $2) but 10 trips can only be used until the 1st December ( Read more... ) -
Should I stay or should I go?
Hmmm.... I have not written anything for a while. This is because I have absolutely no idea what to write. I suspect I am going to become more and more sporadic over time, as the maunderings of random book-reading home-owners with cats and no money to attend festival films can be found in many locations throughout the internet and don't ( Read more... ) -
Slithy Toves
I've had the first verse of the Jabberwocky stuck in my head for several days now. For some reason this made me look at the Wikipedia entry on Jabberwocky (as you do). I don't think I realised that 'chortled' and 'galumphing' were words that came from it. You learn something new every day ( Read more... ) -
Active Talking
So, I've been exposed to the concept of 'active listening' a lot lately (and indeed, over the last 5 or so years ( Read more... )