The Accidental Blogger

How slack am I? A couple of weeks since the last blog I think.

Well, nothing's new at work for either of us. J is counting down the working days 'til she heads home, while my job stretches on to the horizon like a desert...

Two interesting election results, though I far prefer the US one. Both have been handed a hospital pass with the onset of recession if not worse, but Obama gives the impression of a breath of fresh air, while Key seems stale or even malodorous. We'll see how they both turn out.

We had a few car problems that have now been resolved. First our tax disk (rego) expired and a comedy of errors ensued. We hadn't changed our address from Bristol so that complicated things, then we didn't have proof the car was insured. We finally got it all together but not until after the expiry date. Then J was informed that the rear lights weren't working, so she had to get that sorted. Three blown bulbs and the fact we occasionally have to bang the dashboard to get the dials to work make us think that there's something else going on. It's time for a checkover I think.

On a related topic, we got our refund cheque for our parking ticket. Yay.

Last weekend we caught up with some Kiwis up from London for the test match. R is the son of a hockey teammate and a colleague from school, and his girlfriend was an ex-student from my computing class. It might have been a bit wierd for her, but they were good company. We enjoyed the match although I thought the Scots deserved more reward for their efforts. It was strange to hear so many Kiwi voices and to see so much black and white. Sorry the pics are blurry - it's my Parkinson's I think.

I am now a published author, my first solo article being published in AtB, Number 142 (available only in specialist bookstores generally). I'm quite excited but now have to push on and do more.