The previous haul of books I had checked out last time (see this entry for the synopsis of the stories):

"Blue Labyrinth" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Childs -- I really enjoy their books & this was no exception. I liked it because it seemed more 'real'. Sometimes Prendergast gets out of situations too easy I think (too much intrinsic knowlege ( Read more... )

Our level is having a shared lunch to go with the "Taste of Harmony" thing going on throughout the company.  There are about 70 people on our floor & we are all supposed to bring something that represents our culture (or another culture) to share.   I don't have to cook for 70 people, just bring a fair bit to share around.  The thing is on 18 March ( Read more... )

I have had some tabs open just about forever, either to share or to read. I wanted to pop them here for future info & to share with those of you who might be interested ( Read more... )

Putting this here for discussion, education & to remind myself to read it later ( Read more... )

I put together a surprise Moroccan date night for C last night. There is a Moroccan restaurant near work & I have been there a couple times. I have enjoyed the food but didn't know if C would. She doesn't like curries, onions, bell peppers or anything spicy so I figured it might be better to make stuff here at home and do a "date night ( Read more... )

I put part of this into a comment for BlueMerridian but also wanted to put this info here for general consumption & ease of finding later ( Read more... )

We went down to the library today to return some books & pick one up that I had ordered. I realise I hadn't done a brief round-up of my thoughts on the last books I checked out so will do that quick & then some info about the ones I will be reading next. Let me preface it by saying I had bought a couple books at the library & started reading one ( Read more... )

First, some photos. You are getting 2 photos of me in one of those things that you stick your face in from our trip. I thought they were really cool! They are of Department Of Conservation rangers holding native birds. They had these up at one of the Mt Taranaki ranger stations. The one holding the kiwi came out the best. The 2nd one with the ( Read more... )

Since we are coming to the end of our weekend (though it is a long one for us in Auckland --an extra day off for Auckland Anniversary Day), I thought I should probably go ahead and post most of the picts I have ready to go. That will let me concentrate on getting some stuff done around the house & let me process a few more in the mean time ( Read more... )

We took a short trip out to Mount Taranaki, along the West coast further down the North Island. We took a scenic route down. It added to our driving time but was beautiful. We made the trip down there in about 8 hours, the trip back (not so scenic but still a bit round-about to avoid traffic) took 7 hours of driving (it took a little longer in ( Read more... )