Safely home again from Canterbury Faire, which was a lot of fun, tiring, more fun, and still one of my favourite things to do each year. Thanks to everyone involved in making all the good bits happen.

For those who remember my old (1964) Rover 95, it's gone. I gave it away to someone who's interested in restoring it. It was that or restore it myself (lack of time/motivation) or sell it for scrap, which would be a very sad thing to have done ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of stuff in the media recently which is annoying me, and I keep meaning to vent about it. So here goes :) Today's fun topic is the idea of reserved seats on the Auckland supercity council for Maori representatives ( Read more... )

So if you're not in the SCA, you probably won't care about this, but I've made it not friends only in case people not on my friends list find it interesting.

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So you know how the airlines have recently developed an annoying habit of changing flight times after you book them? We just got hit by that. Except that unlike most times, they failed to get in touch with me about it and even acknowledge so ( Read more... )

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So, yesterday was a little more interesting than I was expecting. Nothing too dramatic, but after 6 and a half hours of flying (Ottawa->Chicago, Chicago->San Francisco), and having previously corresponded with the contact at the vendor I'm visiting who said they'd have someone there to meet me... yeah. About that ( Read more... )

See, you can tell when I'm away - I start posting a lot more in my LJ than normal!

This is really quite funny (thanks Morbid for posting this to IRC :)

Part 4b

Oh, I almost forgot. We went to an ice hockey game last night. Am now addicted, want to go again. Muahaha :)

Last full day in Ottawa today, then it's off back to San Jose and San Francisco for the next 10 days. Today has been a day of playing tourist, which I think I could easily spend another week doing. Ah well, I might just have to come back some time (preferably with a vendor paying for the trip again, and V along as well ( Read more... )