Archive for February, 2011

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

New Zealand is beautiful

New Zealand is a beautiful country.It is a land which grows people with friendly smiles, easy manners, quiet determination and a taste for adventure.We live in New Zealand, surrounded by water and sky, remote and in peace without the threats that others suffer. Our threats come from that which creates our beauty and defines our [...]

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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Earthquake in Christchurch, NZ

Yesterday there was a massive earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand that has caused great damage and loss of life. Our Creative Team were all able to escape safely from our office which we are immeasurably grateful for. This is a harrowing time for our friends and colleagues in Christchurch, the full impact of the destruction [...]

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Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Davo’s 411 on the 313

I’ve never actually been to The D but here are a few of my favorite things about Hitsville, USA: MOTORS: The Motor City is home to ‘the big 3′ – General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. Of course the big 3 have seen bigger days, but once upon a time,  America’s Automotive Capital made most of the cars [...]

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Thursday, February 17th, 2011

An offer you can’t refuse

Today I have been asked to talk about The Godfather movies, so here goes… Top 5 reasons to watch the Godfather Trilogy: 1: Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, and Marlon Brando. Three of the best actors of any generation at the top of their game. Pacino is fantastic as the war hero forced to go bad, [...]

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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Joy, joy….oh baby joy!

Well, my waist is now 103 cm’s round. For those of you not OK with the metric system this is over 1 meter in diameter or 41  inches (nearly 3.5 foot). To think I use to have a lovely 26 inch waist!My ankles are now swollen…..I have taken to wearing very unattractive compression stockings to [...]

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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Toasted Sammies vs Grilled Cheese

In New Zealand the Toasted Sandwich is a work of art.  They exhibit an endless possibility of culinary opportunities – my personal favorites are ham, cheese and pineapple toasted sandwiches and banana (yes I said banana) toasted sandwiches. The most popular option for Americans seems to be the Grilled Cheese (made with real American plastic!)  If [...]

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Sunday, February 13th, 2011

New Blogging Chain for February

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Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Stupidicity

Stupidicity is a word that I just thought up. My definition for Stupidicity is that it is a name given to decisions or actions people make that lack common sense or human nuance. Stupidicity is when an action is guided by a “rule� irrespective of its perverseness, pointlessness, silliness or stupidicity. Here is some stupidicity [...]

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Thursday, February 10th, 2011

The Writer is back.

The Writer is dead. So proclaimed the clicking masses. No one could be bothered to read. Too busy. Magazines, newspapers, annual reports…they were leaves of crumbling papyrus in comparison to digital delirium. But a curious thing has happened. The web requires content – photos, videos and words. Lots of words. And what’s more Google requires [...]

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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

who really is important?

I believe that creating our own life takes thought, consideration, changes and energy. And that we have the ability to create a lot from what we’ve got. How we think, how we talk, who others talk to us, the goals we set…these things actually all matter. As such the following quiz, which recently appeared on [...]

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