Last weekend a bunch of loonies ran around Kelburn Mud Park hitting each other with (soft) sticks and generally trying to kill each other. Republicans vs. Monarchists, though there was some side-swapping to even the numbers (there were only two Republicans). As I am full of arthritis I decided to stay on the sidelines taking photos with my big lens ( Read more... )

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It seems whenever I try to do the right things, I get sick. When I do the wrong things, or simply don't care, I get better. Go figure. On Monday night I went for a jog for the first time in ages, sometime Tuesday night I woke up with a sore throat which has by now developed into one of those irritating tube-clogging headcolds that has me feeling ( Read more... )

Meet Fenway, also known as undisputed evidence that otters are the cutest thing ever:


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Flogging off some stuff on TradeMe because I'm broke and have too much crap. All auctions close tomorrow afternoon. GIR patch, some badges, Terry Pratchett and Bill Bryson books , Nyarlethotep plushie and more. All listings here. I have other things to list, but mostly clothes which are not that exciting ( Read more... )

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Sea Otter Enrichment at the Shedd Aquarium:



Otters have fun and eat tasty snacks in return for having blood samples drawn for research (not shown in video). They apparently also get a cheesy soundtrack.

Leucistic otters born at Blue Planet Aquarium. Like any other otter, minus pigment ( Read more... )

Of course this is intentional.


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Warning: contains fluffy animals and cuteness. Plus one pelican. Yeah, I went to the zoo.


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For those who are on Facebook I'm repeating myself as I've already linked to the album from Saturday's Operation Leviathan there. But I thought I'd post some of my favourites here, mostly for my own reference. And maybe people who otherwise wouldn't know about naval pacifist warfare will enjoy them, and also wonder wtf we are doing. It's simple: ( Read more... )