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About Me

A native of Dunedin , New Zealand . I guess you could say I am a cat person. While reasonably tolerant I have little time for stupidity - especially when justified by age sex race or religion. That said I still do plenty of stupid things myself
Common sayings - Crikey, Oh look a cow, There's no shortage of human beings
Linkypoos:
Here's a list of all my blogs
Some of my photography and more of the same here
Pictures, rants, miscellaneous in The Specimen Jar
Hallelujah! It's The New Church of Dunedin Reborn
The lighter side:
Let's get Motivated! Some pleasingly pragmatic aphorisms
Be aware of this dangerous chemical
Visit the Sild Hall Erotic Collection
Cartoons! See Mike Draw and check out his links to The Rut and Pencils at Dawn
Experiments:
Some short paragraphs by me. May not work on all browsers
A dark place partly populated with despair. May not work on all browsers
[ayioe cpcmn rtcmt]

My Interests

Walking/tramping , bicycling, computers, photography

I'd like to meet:

Someone to blame it all on

Pimping:

InSanityWeTrust VOX Textiles

Music:

Ecclectic

Movies:

Run Lola Run, Razorblade Smile, Nightwatch, Solaris (original and George's version... and I've read the book which is different again), An American Werewolf in London, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, Shaun of the Dead, Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards", Cube... let's face it... they's innumerable matey pertatey

Television:

The less the better

Books:

Sci-fi / Fantasy / Fiction. Some of the writers who have left an impression: Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Sherri S Tepper, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Robert Heinlen, Stanislaw Lem, Philip K Dick

Heroes:

Wasn't that by David Bowie?

My Blog

I tawt I taw a puddy tat

About to head to bed. All packed. Not too worried about missing a bit of sleep, will get plenty on the walk. But I’m definitely happier as we decided the walk was going to be a bit too pressed f...
Posted by pter on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:32:00 PST

Fillet o Pter

Hi all.Well well but I have been away from the ol’ ’space for a bit (as opposed to the Old Spice which I don’t use). *waves to loyal readers*It has all been rather hectic over the la...
Posted by pter on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:20:00 PST

Satan’s Soles in the Rock Burn [Part Two]

Rockburn Valley, January 2008Part TwoNote: all images link to larger versions. Images with a * link to larger panoramasDay Three - Park Pass and BackAbout midnight it cleared and stayed that way to su...
Posted by pter on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:38:00 PST

Satan’s Soles in the Rock Burn [Part One]

Rockburn Valley, January 2008Note: all images link to larger versions. Images with a * link to much larger panoramasPrologueThis is a lovely place to walk. The area is beautiful and relatively undistu...
Posted by pter on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:12:00 PST

A scotsman...

Coming up, part one of my walk journal. I have decided to do it in pieces as it is taking a long time in between all the other distractions of life. Can't spend all my time in front of computers and e...
Posted by pter on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:19:00 PST

Meson Formation

While I slowly continue to make stuff up... um... sorry... recall my wonderful walk I thought I'd fill the void briefly. I have had a few small moments of excitement. Yes I got to spend a night at the...
Posted by pter on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:19:00 PST

Pack up your troubles...

...in your old kit bag and smile smile smile. Except of course that the author of that little number killed himself. That's the difference between theory and practice, a difference usually larger in p...
Posted by pter on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:00:00 PST

Making a break for it

My readers might know by now that I don't do the happy birthday jesus thing. Not that I mind others doing it, although I think it is silly and really do consider the conspicuous consumption, forced pu...
Posted by pter on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:29:00 PST

Inter Lude

Ahh the approaching summer holiday. Quite busy just trying to get a last few things done before the summer holiday begins so haven't been around much beyond reading *big waves and smiles to all* Didn'...
Posted by pter on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:25:00 PST

Walking songs

[The curtain rises. We see a small campfire surrounded by a troop of boy scouts. They are singing]BOY SCOUTS: "The Bear climbed over the mountain, The Bear climbed over the mountain, The Bear climbed ...
Posted by pter on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:06:00 PST