For those keeping track at home, I've been in Santa Monica since the 18th November or so, training up at a new job. I'll be here another couple months, assuming probation works out (pretty safe), based on what people have said - there's still some uncertainty as to how long it will take me to pick up on enough. Also on my part, so we'll see what ( Read more... )

So, I'm currently back in the old country (Aotearoa, for those keeping track) visiting with the folks down in Wellington, after spending the last week up in Auckland grading at Mau Taiaha at Hoani Waititi Marae, where the grading was held this year. Now, I've been doing this stuff for three years or so (I believe I first showed up around June of 08 ( Read more... )

Tornado's $$friend from school's parents invited us out to their cottage up in the Cotswalds - just near Kingham station, up near Chipping Norton. Just a little place. Nothing special, but we'd love to have you out there for a weekend. You know how it goes.

( So, this weekend, we did )

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So. I'll be AFK for a week, starting tomorrow. $wife, Tornado, and his nanny, are all wandering off to Alicante ( Read more... )

( Spent last weekend in Aberfoyle, at a mushroom festival. )

Isn't this the coolest thing you've seen in years?

... well.. except for notnotabouthim who obviously saw similarly sparky things at Burning Man 2005...

The Neverwas Haul Project, with, at the bottom of that page, a video of the test drive on youtube.

Isn't that just downright funky?

Steampunk, ahoy! :-)

(stolen from kajafoglio)

Hiya, hiya, hiya, it'sa wonderful to be here (good grief, the comedian's a bear ( Read more... )