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All stop

You can't fight nature, as this abandoned rail car proved (snapped in the Peruvian jungle near Machu Picchu Peublo). I reckon it's a great example of nature reclaiming technology and therefore a good match for JPG Magazine's current 'Entropy' category ... if you think so too, then feel free to vote for it to appear in Issue 10. Muchas gracias in advance!
‹ 20.2.07 / 0 comment(s) ›

Bah lovebug

NZ Herald readers have been submitting their best and worst VD stories and some of them are real pearlers ... to wit:

"My boyfriend and I had (note the past tense) been going out for a couple of years. Usually for Valentine's we did cheap but thoughtful gifts - heart-shaped cakes, treasure hunts round the neighbourhood, that sort of thing. Last year he told me he had the best idea yet. I was pretty excited, but knowing he was working with a student budget I assured him it didn't need to be expensive or extravagant. He assured me otherwise, but 'knew I'd love it'.
Come Valentine's Day, I come home from work to find a treasure hunt. 'How nice', I think, 'maybe there's a bunch of flowers at the end'. Oh no. At the end I find my boyfriend. Handcuffed to the kitchen table in his undies. Along with his younger brother. Goodbye, boyfriend."

Goodbye boyfriend indeed! As my antithetical contribution to the day's 'celebrations', I cooked a delicious dinner for two hot women. So there!
‹ 14.2.07 / 2 comment(s) ›

Oh l'amour

It's always a pleasure when something you had a small hand in creating manages to stand the test of time. So it is with Be My Anti-Valentine, a seasonal site which takes a loving pot-shot at the rampant annual commercialism of VD (that's Valentine's Day, not the other less palatable acronym). Take that Teleflora!

As always, my cardiac cup truly runneth over for the wonderful Meg (ably assisted by her equally brilliant hubby Paul) for keeping the BMAV fires burning for yet another year. Now, go have some fun saying it with ... bile.
‹ 5.2.07 / 0 comment(s) ›

Alive and kicking

Hello, hello, yes hello, hi over there, hello hello, etc etc ...

As you can see, the rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated - the prolonged radio silence was entirely unintentional but these things are wont to happen in blogville from time to time!

For those who were wondering, the 'big trip' was fantastic - it all seems like a distant memory now but I had a brilliant time meeting old friends and new, while seeing some of the most spectacular places on Earth. I'll get round to writing things up eventually and 'backfilling' the blog but for a moment, feel free to check out some of the evidence (which I am extremely happy with for a mid-priced camera!):

Enjoy!
‹ 5.2.07 / 2 comment(s) ›