After writing that Troggy bit me today, a commentor asked me what a Troggy is; Troggy is Sherry’s horse, Trogdor the Burninator, check out his teeth! Troggy is named after this YouTube video: UPDATE: I feel mean for putting such an unflattering picture of Troggy up so here are some nice ones of Sherry riding […]
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Look Something Blue!
November 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Look Something Blue!
Te Atatu Pony Club’s grounds share a boundary with Auckland’s busy North Western Motorway. Last night Matt and Sheridan were up at the Pony Club helping to set up jumps for this weekend’s One Day Event (ODE). As Matt was one of the few parents who had turned up to help the club president asked […]
Tags: Elections · Humour · National Party
Exams Over – Back Again!
November 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Exams Over – Back Again!
Not that I completely stayed away… My last exam was Wednesday. Studies over for the year! The exams were awful from a sitting them with an injury perspective but good from a content perspective as the questions were not scary and on reading them I immediately began formulating the answers which is how you want […]
Tags: Career · Law Studies
On Going Blonde for a Date
October 20th, 2008 5 Comments
I finally got a date for my impending cervical disc replacement surgery: 9 December 2008. I promptly changed my hair and went blonde – its one thing I get to control I guess. And no, I won’t be arguing the case for the rationality of changing one’s hair when faced with life changing events!
Tags: Car Accident · Disc Replacement Surgery
Back in the Land of Blogging
October 16th, 2008 Comments Off on Back in the Land of Blogging
I missed the ACT and National party launches. I missed the leaders debate and with no TV, radio or internet – save only Tuesday’s herald the old guy in the bed next to mine gave me – I have no clue whats new with the election and current events. Frantically trying to catch up, thank […]
Tags: Car Accident
Did Not Make It
October 13th, 2008 Comments Off on Did Not Make It
In the last post I noted our intention to attend the ACT party launch on Sunday. We would love to have posted a review of what we saw today, however, unfortunately we never made it. Madeleine has, it appears, had an adverse reaction to the pain meds she has been on since her car accident. […]
Tags: Car Accident
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.
Last Minute Election Craziness
November 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Last Minute Election Craziness
First of all it was the over-excited motorists honking at anything blue. Then I just went shopping, I wanted to buy myself some new shoes and take a break from being serious and deliver invites to our election gathering. My phone beeped. A text from a stranger: Politics is changing. This election keep the Government […]
Tags: Elections