Archive for August, 2008
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Crazy
I’m sitting in my excel spreadsheet raft spear-fishing for a build issue in the Visual Source Safe pond, when I’m jolted back to reality by a loud thump coming from the neighbour’s house.
The alarm clock reads 4.20am. Then there are screams, and more screams followed by curdling cries for help. I bolt out [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in politics by michelle
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Waikato Flooding
The weekend weather forecast torrential rain. A storm “bigger than the size of New Zealand”, apparently. We didn’t experience any of it up here, but it seems our Waikato neighbours fared less well.
Our road trip to Nikau Cave revealed the extent of it.
The Waikato River was noticeably swollen, and in places, only [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in observations, sanitization by michelle
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Nikau Cave
With a car on loan, the mission for Saturday was to go caving. And Nikau Cave is probably the best caving expedition possible within a day trip from Auckland.
One of several impressive limestone caverns in Nikau Cave. Photo courtesy of Nikau Cave and Cafe.
Situated near Limestone Downs, Port Waikato, Nikau Cave is an easy [...]
No Comments » - Posted in sanitization by michelle
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
An Apostrophe does not mean ‘Holy Shit, here comes an ’s”
Spotted in the NZ Herald today:
Misuse of the apostrophe in the event of a word ending in an ’s’ must be the single most common grammatical blunder in the English language.
An apostrophe denotes possession not pluralisation. It is used to identify a possessive noun, for example:
Michelle’s hat (The hat that is owned by Michelle)
If the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by michelle
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
An Apostrophe does not mean ‘Holy Shit, here comes an ’s”
Spotted in the NZ Herald today:
Misuse of the apostrophe in the event of a word ending in an ’s’ must be the single most common grammatical blunder in the English language.
An apostrophe denotes possession not pluralisation. It is used to identify a possessive noun, for example:
Michelle’s hat (The hat that is owned by Michelle)
If the [...]