Archive for January 2011


Stuffed Animal Situational Ethics

January 15th, 2011 — 7:25pm

The Bean Sprouts’ delight in her new kitchen has brought up an unexpected conundrum:

How should we react to the sight of her dolls braising in a slow oven for the course of the afternoon?

a) praise her use of slow, moist cooking to produce maximum tenderness in tough connective tissue and/or cotton wool.

b) suggest that some of her ‘friends’ are more equal than tastier than others

The Great Chain of Being

Who's next?

Bonus Question: How do you put a diaper on a colossal squid?

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At long last, Elf time, part one

January 14th, 2011 — 6:10am

Bespoke play kitchen?


Check.

Terrible, ill-lit photo?

Check.

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Elf time, part two

January 7th, 2011 — 8:42pm

This little elf has been busy on his projects. But as a sub-sub-contractor he’s more than willing to go over-time and over-budget.

So the big Elf Christmas-like project is still not done. However, as a reward for pottering in the shed for weeks on end, resource consent was granted for a massive bookshelf, which I didst recently complete.

OK, it’s not like a completely redid the bathroom, but I for one am happy about another 4.2 linear meters of book carrying capacity…

teetering very close to my side of the bed…

uh, in an earthquake zone.

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Greetings from the World of Tomorrow!

January 1st, 2011 — 12:01am

Sigh. Another New Years Eve spent at the beach….

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