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In His Majesty’s Service by Naomi Novik
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- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Tag Archives: New Zealand
Another Example of How Messed up Our Health Care System is
Just another quick example of how messed up our health care system is. Bush started negotiations with New Zealand… Now New Zealand, like every other first world “westernized” [..]
On Moving
Okay, so we have a 5 year plan to move out of the US. We have a few main points of looking at so far… Wellington, New Zealand. [..]
Congrats to the All Blacks on Winning 2008 Tri Nations Cup
Big congratulations to the All Blacks for winning the Tri Nations Cup against the Wallabies 28 to 24 in Brisbane Australia. I don’t follow Rugby enough to know [..]
Proof Bush is a Communist and Doesn’t Believe in Free Markets
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef in Kansas wanted to start testing all its meat for Mad Cow disease (currently only 1% of our meat is tested for the incurable [..]
Just as I Thought They Need a Movie About Rugby
I just saw a trailer for yet another ping pong movie, and then one for soccer, and I started thinking, I have seen movies based on lots of [..]
Back on the New Zealand Bandwagon Again
I am back on the wanting to move to New Zealand bandwagon again. As much as I like the idea of moving to Nelson, New Zealand, I think [..]
Texas and Ohio Voters are Idiots and Paul Still in the Race
Clinton won both Ohio and Texas. To be fair, she was expected to win both by a large margin, and her margin in Texas wasn’t much and the [..]
I Think it is Telling
I think it is telling when the “better educated” people, as the media polls call them, favor Obama and the “less educated” people prefer Clinton. That should speak [..]
If it Were to be Australia Instead of New Zealand
If I were to move to Australia instead of New Zealand, since I have always loved Koala’s and Kangaroo’s (but if there is one thing that I learned [..]
Now 33rd in Google for Nelson, New Zealand Blog Searches
EDIT: As I jumped from 33rd to 1st, this isn’t a Nelson, New Zealand Blog… at least yet. So if you are searching Google or whatever, ignore this [..]
On the Pros of Nelson, New Zealand
Okay, enough cons of moving to New Zealand. I have said the whole time, I still would move there after Ari graduates pre-school if money wasn't the problem, [..]
Really Smart Parrot
Check out this video of some Kea's doing really amazing stuff: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRW4ztbY8Ok[/youtube] Apparently Kea's are among the smartest birds out there and cause havoc with cars in car [..]
New Zealand Category Created & Another Con
I created a New Zealand category and moved most of the old posts taking about my New Zealand obsession to there. (Asperger people focus on obsessions, mine tend [..]
More on the Cons of Moving to New Zealand…
This post will cover the few cons of moving to New Zealand... of course despite these, if money wasn't an issue, and if Sara was willing... On the [..]
Moving to Aotearoa, Okay I Only Wish
Okay, we are not really moving to New Zealand (aka Aotearoa), but it is fun to fantasize. Hence I present the pros and cons of each city I [..]
Great New Zealand Video
Here is a great commercial for New Zealand... God I want to visit so bad for a month or two... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YakVC8klI&feature=user[/youtube] The opening scene was done by Weta [..]
New Zealand Anthem and the All Black Haka
Since I am in a New Zealand mood here is the New Zealand national anthem (prior to an All Blacks game): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB1zn3MyFF0[/youtube] The lyrics (the first part is [..]
If We Were In…
I haven't played the If We Were In (insert city name here) Right Now game for a while. Here the high is actually 46 with a low of [..]
New Zealand Relaxes Rules for Industrial Hemp
New Zealand, despite having some of the harshest marijuana laws out there, has become one of the growing number of countries to have relaxed their regulations for growing [..]
The Chronicles of Narnia trailer online
The official Chronicles of Narnia- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe teaser trailer is up. The trailer does bring to mind the Lord of the Rings movies [..]