Conventions - should I go to any this year given my lack of income? The answer it turns out is yes. I have been persuaded to attend the NZ Natcon at Easter. At worst it will still be a holiday in Rotorua with friends. A pretty nice prospect in any circumstance. See you there?

There was a house fire just across the valley from my place today - there is a report here.

I could see the smoke but not the fire itself so I didn't know at the time whether it was a house or a bonfire/rubbish fire. There is farmland over there and they do sometimes burn off rubbish.

What I did find interesting was this bit of the report "It's ( Read more... )

I've just been binge watching The Last Detective. I didn't know it existed until a couple of weeks ago - even though it was made/screened from '03 to '07. As far as I can tell, it was never shown on local TV until it turned up recently on UKTV. Thing is, it is really rather good. Peter Davison as the rather shabby middle aged detective who sits ( Read more... )

Today marked the official end of the xmas holiday period. So what is the bakery department at the local supermarket selling - yep it is hot cross buns.

Hmm - Easter means natcons - I suppose I should begin to think about potentially contemplating preparing to decide which one to go to.

Since this is the time of year when family congregate in the same area, I went down to Timaru for a few days. The family stuff was cool, but a few other notes on the experience ( Read more... )

Pass it on - the FFANZ race has started for an Aussie to attend the 2015 NZ natcon. All the details are here.

So the Labour Leadership vote is in - The Herald has a breakdown of the voting. Andrew Little is the new leader ( Read more... )

I was updating the emergency numbers in my phone today - specifically the numbers relating to electricity supply, in case of a power outage.

On the web site for the retail electricity supply company it says:
...please call your network company to report your fault or outage.

On the network company web site, it says:
For any matters regarding your ( Read more... )

Must be a week out from the 5th of November. I spotted two pop-up fireworks sales places in Lower Hutt today. One of them advertised "Annoy your neighbours - buy our fireworks". They sure know their market ( Read more... )

So the Replacements are back touring and have been for a year. I don't know how I missed that. Well yes I do but lets not go into that. But there is a little bit inside me that is more excited than a Jack Russell at a bouncing festival.

But what I want to draw you attention to is this concert review of their first show back by singer Patrick ( Read more... )