My dear grandma died almost 21 years ago, but would have made it to the ripe old age of 99 if she was still with us today. She always said she didn’t want to grow too old, because growing old wasn’t much fun. So it’s not sad that she is gone, but I do miss […]
Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong. – Terence McKenna
I have no idea who this guy is, but he speaks very well eloquently IMHO. When you speak up to say “actually no, we ain’t having it, actually no, we didn’t come here to be enslaved, we came here to be free” now things change. You see, if enough people put aside their egos and […]
It’s unfortunate that those who are the most vocal at our most important time of need, are also the craziest. – Ryan Hellyer
The wool of confusion.
Apparently Facebook thinks I’m a spammer, because I was mocking a hotel for ridiculous pricing!?
Picture courtesy of Craig Sailor
I tried to use the word “humpty” recently, and discovered that nobody knew what on earh I was talking about. Once I looked into it, I discovered that only kiwis I knew were aware of what a humpty is. It’s also clear from a quick Google search, that the only places selling them, are in […]
Apparently I should pay more attention to my Twitter feed, as I missed this when it was released.
It’s always important to have compassion, even for those who appear at odds with your own values. Something led them to where they are in life. Perhaps we would all end up in the same situation if we were in the exact same scenario. – Ryan Hellyer
I always thought that New Zealands national soft drink was a tie between Coke and Raspberry and L&P. I’ve been sporadically looking for good quality raspberry syrup to add to me Coke since moving to Europe, but always failed until yesterday. But when I proudly posted in the Kiwis in Germany Facebook group that I […]
The problem is partially that many people are as thick as a post, but we knew that before the pandemic. IMHO, the core problem is that society has created a scenario in which the general public have lost trust in the authorities. I think we should focus on fixing the underlying issue of many political […]
I think this was my fourth bike after a piece of crap plastic thing, a trike, a stupid bike with trainer wheels on it and then this mighty beast of a machine, the HMX-500. I loved this bike. I got into lots of trouble for not cleaning it, but I was a kid, so why […]
The boat the Smolenski side of my family traveled to New Zealand on, was called the Reichstag. It left Rostock in Germany in the late 1800’s.
Part of me is pissed off that I have to eat this burger in the park with snow falling down around me. Part of me is enjoying that I was the only one willing to sit in the park eating my burger with snow falling down around me.
My lovely friend Basia painted this masterpiece for my apartment wall 🙂
Apparently my apartment is meant to be stinky, so I was told to buy one of these aroma machines. Well my apartment sure does stink now, so it seems to be working …
This study indicates that children are more willing to punish others, if the one being punished is taught a lesson from the punishment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-00975-9
I was working from the Michelberger Hotel, and went down into the basement to use the toilet. Ummm, interesting toilet doors they have here!
Basia and I headed out for a group hike to the Briese swamp area, just out of Berlin. We had an awesome hike through the swamp 🙂
My new Corona friendly coworking office.
Visiting the Neues Museum in Berlin with Charlotta 🙂 The skull is one of the very earliest preserved homo sapien skulls.
Berlin’s Tiergarten on a beautiful summers day.
Craig and I headed to Prague for the week 🙂
Thanks to Brianna for waiting around whilst I launched myself off the Kawarau bridge late last year 🙂 I was totally relaxed, even when standing on the edge. But that feeling of freefall puts me into severe panic. I think I need to do this a few hundred more times to get used to the […]
Here is a random brain dump I commented on a post by Clive Murphie on Facebook. I think most peoples fears of the digital world are misplaced. Younger folk are much more sociable than our generations ever were. Their opportunities to create and share art work are improved through the ability to share what they […]
Hanging out with babies in Prague!
Getting frustrated for 30 mins, followed by aggressively storming around the house in a huff for 10 mins. After a short break, I will continue with 10 mins of aggressively bashing my head against something solid, finished off with 15 mins of heavy sighing and stretching my neck whilst staring forlornly at the floor. Originally […]
Here are some hideous photos taken by Andy Noble in 2007. People keep asking what my hair looked like before I chopped it all off, so here you go 🙂 … basically, terrible and thin 😛 I should have shaved it all off when I was still teenager. Oh well, retrospect …
We saw these little critters scampering around by the waterside in Prague. It seemed very odd, as they seem to have no fear of anything. It turns out they’re an invasive introduced pest! The local vegan restaurant is providing them with fresh food each day; go figure 😛 At least they provide some entertainment for […]
This is random. I saw the first digital camera I ever bought on amazon.de today. I bought it in 2004, so I’m kinda surprised it’s been for sale at all recently.
Visiting Warsaw with Lynn.