On the eve of my hearing tomorrow [finally!] against the Accident Compensation Corporation (“ACC”) this appeared in today’s New Zealand Herald: “An Auckland man has won his battle against ACC after a court found its specialist diagnosed degeneration without having looked at an MRI scan of the injury.” Guess who the specialist was? The SAME […]
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
ACC Wars: Deja Vu? (Tribunal Result Update)
April 20th, 2011 10 Comments
Tags: ACC · Brian Otto · Car Accident
Madeleine’s Birthday Today
April 2nd, 2011 4 Comments
Dear Madeleine, You are a wonderful life partner, a supportive colleague and my closest friend. Your commitment support and love these last 13 years has been truly a blessing from God. Have a wonderful birthday today, I and the kids love and adore you. lots of love, Matt
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Category 5 Cyclone Yasi About to Land in Queensland – My Parents are in Port Douglas UPDATE 2
February 2nd, 2011 2 Comments
Last night my mother contacted me to tell there was a cyclone warning in Port Douglas and she was doing the whole preparedness thing – checking food supplies, elevating important furniture and household documents and so on. At this time of the year in Port Douglas, where she and my stepfather live this is nothing […]
Tags: Cyclone Yasi · Port Douglas · Queensland
News Headlines about the Flight your Husband is on that you DO NOT want to see!
November 22nd, 2010 Comments Off on News Headlines about the Flight your Husband is on that you DO NOT want to see!
Matt and Rodney Lake of Thinking Matters Tauranga were both on the flight in this story tonight: “FAA: Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Atlanta.” Matt wrote on Facebook of the first plane being scrapped because it was “not safe”, a second plane being organised in its place. An hour after takeoff the pilot announced there […]
Tags: Atlanta · Delta Airlines · Georgia
Desperately Seeking Sid
October 24th, 2010 11 Comments
Does anyone have a Sid the Sloth toy from the Ice Age movie series? Sid is our son Noah’s favourite character and his McDonalds Sid toy is his favourite toy. Whilst away at Mt Maunganui this weekend, Sid has vanished. He was last seen flying off the top of the 6 storey apartment building we […]
Tags: Announcement · Family · Sid
Happy Birthday Madeleine
April 2nd, 2010 8 Comments
Today is Madeleine’s 37th birthday. I write this to say to Madeleine, from myself and the kids, that we love you, we are proud of you and we hope you have a great day. Matt
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Getting Back in the Saddle
December 16th, 2009 2 Comments
In March 2008 I was in a car accident that severely damaged my neck, saw me have disc replacement surgery and to this day sees me in pain and unable to work full-time. To say this has been life changing is an understatement. I have lost a lot, my family has lost a lot but […]
Tags: Car Accident · Disc Replacement Surgery · Equestrian · Horse Riding · Riding for the Disabled · TARPS
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
