Lord of the Rings bridge destroyed in storm.

I'm such a sucker for NZ Post's movie-related stamp issues ...

Their Prince Caspian issue is due out next month!

:D

Didn't make it to the pools to go swimming tonight as planned. Watched TV for an hour and a half instead. But it was time well spent, belive me.
The state funeral for Sir Edmund Hillary was held in Auckland today and there was extensive television coverage of it thoughout the day. Since I was at work today I just got to see the good portion of the ( Read more... )

So, every LotR fan worth their salt -is that the expression?… I can’t quite remember- has heard of Figwit*, but have you guys been following the rise of Flight of the Conchords**? They have been around for a number of years, slogging away, doing the hard graft, ... as you do when you are aiming for the lofty heights of NZ’s fourth most poplular ( Read more... )

RIP Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - 2007


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Here's a little clipping from the local newspaper that might be of interest to LEAFers of the 2003 tour in particular, or Ringers in general:


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I owe you guys some serious updates* --and, believe me, I have plenty I want to write about. But I keep putting it off because it always takes me so long to write anything. I'm gonna have to get organised and do it in bite-sized pieces (plus, I'm waiting for a photo or two to be sent to me to illustrate a particular tale ...), and eventually I'll ( Read more... )

(Sorry about the gimmicky wedding-rhyme usage that follows. That's all it is - a gimmick, and sometimes I just can't resist.)

Something old:
Got a blast from the past tonight when I saw Jim Hickey presenting the TV1 News weather. Gosh it's good to see old Jim-boy! And funny how I could be so pleased to see a man who stands in front of a screen of ( Read more... )

Second race of the America's Cup tonight. (Alinghi bested us in race one last night.)
The NZers are hoping for light winds.
So annoying it's on the other side of the world and the TV coverage starts at one in the morning. Makes it hard to be so ...

loyal.

A collection of stamps from the NZ Post stamp issues archive which I just discovered today. How nifty that they have such a thing! These are all stamps I own, but I just wanted to bookmark the pages here.
LoTR: FoTR, LoTR: TTT, LoTR: RoTK, Home of Middle-Earth, Wearable Art, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, King ( Read more... )