Catching up on the new season in case anybody is interested.

First a couple of Brit series that are almost through their short runs. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is a pretty faithful telling of the novel of the same name. Like then novel, like the TV series ( Read more... )

The hot water pressure at my place has always been pretty poor. From time to time it would drop from poor down to pathetic or non-existent. At those times I'd call a plumber, they would expensively fiddle with (replace) valves and the pressure would return to its previous poor level ( Read more... )

It is a little breezy in the Wellington region today**. Here in the LH western hills, it is also rubbish collection/recycling day. That means locals get to pay recycling bin roulette. Bet your bin and after collection, watch the stream of empty bins slide, skip and skitter along the road. See if you can retain yours. See how many others turn ( Read more... )

Posting this really so as to keep a link to this article. Just to keep some ammunition ready in case I need it once I get back into the workforce ( Read more... )

Have you watched the new Netflix series Daredevil yet? Why not? Are you sick of all that superhero stuff? Do you think that they are all two dimensional characters? Perhaps, based on previous evidence, you think that they are a boys club that treats women as cyphers - victims or prizes ( Read more... )

Out by my mailbox and along comes a late model AMG Merc - heard it way before I saw it as it was being driven very hard. As it comes by my place, the driver is very conspicuously a young guy wearing a mechanics overalls. So many options ( Read more... )

I could probably fit this con report into a single tweet, except that I only keep my twitter account open these days for civil defence/disaster alerts ( Read more... )

Australia deservedly won the Cricket World Cup last night. A magnificent first innings bowling and fielding display was too much for New Zealand ( Read more... )

So, I have just watched the second episode of iZombie ( Read more... )

I have been trying to de-clutter my house a bit. Getting rid of stuff or organising things differently. One thing I looked at very hard was my old stereo system, including turntable and the associated vinyl record collection. It has all been sitting stored in a cupboard for some time now. The philosophy with de-cluttering is "use it or lose it ( Read more... )