Month: January 2012

Confessions of a golfer

A man goes to confession, sits down and tells the priest, “Forgive me Father, for I have sinned.” “What was your sin, my son?” the priest asked. “Obscene language,” the man replied. “That’s a terrible sin,” the priest replied. “Do…

Norman has some bling

Norman the cat

In an effort to give the local birdies a fighting chance, we’ve bought some jewellery for Norman the Mighty Hunter: a little red collar with a little red (and noisy) bell. She seems okay with the concept of wearing her…

How to calibrate your mouse

You should actually do this every year (even more often if you spend a lot of time on the computer).  I was shocked to see how well this works, and how far off mine was. To recalibrate your mouse: Place…

The wild cat(s) of Invercargill

Seymour and Norman

The Brit media is cranking out new reports of the wild cat of Woodchester savaging a deer but I have enough problems of my own with the wild moggies residing in my own home. Since discovering her hunting gene, Norman…

Walk on the Wild Side

The BBC’s Walk On The Wild Side videos are hilarious. According to the YouTube page, the show is a world of hip hop-loving badgers, dieting pandas and a marmot called Alan. I wonder if we’ll ever get this series on…