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Open letter to the strangely angry girl at The Dresden Dolls gig.
Yes, seriously, standing within 3 metres of a huge set of speakers makes the music way too loud ( Read more... ) -
At the 68th World Science Fiction Convention.
I'm currently attending AussieCon4 in Melbourne. My first scifi con. The actual convention itself has been fine so far, but getting here has not been as good ( Read more... ) -
I'm (finally) in Spain
Despite a long string of delayed trains and missed connections, I'm now in Barcelona ( Read more... ) -
Cities I have stayed in so far this holiday
Paris
Geneva
Bern
Zurich
Interlaken
Zermatt **
Venice
Rome
Taking an overnight train to Amsterdam tomorrow evening.
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I'm going to Europe!
So the flights there and back are now booked ( Read more... ) -
Kittens!
Went to visit my sister on Saturday, and found that her cat had recently had kittens. She asked me to take a few pictures to show to some of the people who will be adopting them. Here (hopefully) is a selection of the cuter pics. Click through for the rest and to see them full size.
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Update
Jury duty was postponed twice, then cancelled.
So that is now a total of three times I've been summonsed and not had to attend.
Dad's surgery went well. They got both of the wires out completely without tearing the heart. So he should be coming home in a few days, instead of potentially spending weeks in hospital recovering. -
Family and stuff
The extended Hemingway family has grown again ( Read more... ) -
Off to New Zealand again
I'm flying out to Wellington on Sunday morning, joining discoverylover's road trip on the way to the 2009 Bookcrossing Anniversary Convention in Christchurch.
After the convention I'm flying up to the North Island and taking a bus tour down from Auckland. Then I'm taking the train from Wellington back to Auckland, and flying home on May 2nd.
Working all day ( Read more... ) -
Not a post for arachnophobes
Last night I found a big spider sitting on the garage roller door.
Grabbed the camera and took a few photos, which are now posted on flickr.
( Do not click if you're afraid of spiders! )