Archive for December, 2009
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
O Solstice Tree
Christmas brings with it many curious cultural traditions. Perhaps the most odd, is the somewhat barbaric practice of decapitating a juvenile tree, and then dragging the carcass home where it is decorated with crass ornaments, only to later be carelessly discarded onto the street curb in the new year.
Some people, possibly put off by the [...]
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
A train journey to Helensville
On Christmas Eve the last train will depart from Britomart for Helensville.
And so on the warm summer solstice afternoon of 2009 we found ourselves taxied to Helensville with 3 1/2 hours to spend before catching one of the last 7.20pm trains back to Waitakere.
Helensville is a lovely, historical township situated approximately 40km north of Auckland [...]
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
Youtube Cat
My life is complete. With ex-abandoned-kitten now firmly resettled in Eden Terrace, I can finally start contributing cat media to the Internets.
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
How To: Build a cat scratching post
We had a new requirement for a cat scratching post.
A brief Internet investigation revealed that cats are very possessive with scratch posts, and will mark prolifically, ruling out the trusty second-hand trademe option.
However new scratching posts from pet stores look flimsy, over-priced, and unlikely able to sustain a 5kg mass leaping at it from a [...]