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The convention is getting excitingly close now. Bookcrossers are arriving in the country in droves (well, small droves), and everywhere there are signs that Bookcrossing is about to hit Dunedin in a big way. The ODT had a teaser today for a big spread on How to Bookcross that they’re running tomorrow, and I spotted…

It’s 7.30 am on Christmas morning, and I’m just waiting for MrPloppy to wake up so we can share the true meaning of Christmas: PRESSIES!!!! Anyway, Merry Christmas to all my DD friends (and to anyone else who’s passing :-)) – hope you all have a wonderful day (and if you don’t celebrate Christmas, just…

As planned, we had the first of two big shopping expeditions today: and we’ve still got another, probably slightly bigger, shop to do on Friday for the fresh stuff. The good news is we’re looking like being well under budget for food (which is a relief, because we’re a bit over budget in a few…

The spam subject lines just keep getting weirder. It’s strange – for weeks all I get are the usual viagra (misspelt in every conceivable way) and “earn $$$ in your free time” spam, and then suddenly there’ll be a spate of strange subject lines for a few days. At least it gives me some amusement…

The-Organist had told there was going to be a charity booksale in Timaru yesterday, so of course lytteltonwitch and I had to have a wee expedition down there 🙂 We were a bit late getting away from Christchurch, after taking a detour to drop MrPloppy and a repaired computer off at a customer’s house, but…

I saw this on a few peoples’ LJs a while back, and was inspired to copy it. The idea is you post the first couple of lines of the first entry of each month (or at least, the first non-friends-only, non-meme entry), and see what it tells you about the year. January: 7 am and…