a strange and bizarre wellington plant

here are the six stages of a "wellington pinecone" (no idea what it's really called... but i've never seen a plant like it before)

cadbury drinking chocolate change

you may not think people notice, cadbury, but it's pretty obvious you've started to stuff your drinking chocolate with "starch (maize or tapioca)"... that also explains why your drinks suddenly have fewer calories...

this explains govt

this "government bookshop" explains a lot about the state of our country...

you can never have enough

you can never have enough "bargain" at a garage sale...

wii fit: outdoors

they had this along the wellington harbor.... it's not quite a wii, but it probably gives you a better workout.

nightmare: wedding fruitcake

i was up for an hour last night after waking up in a panic because my wedding cake was a fruitcake.

i've always vowed not to tackily smoosh cake into my bride's mouth, but a fruitcake could change my mind.... i would rather crumble and smoosh a piece of fruitcake to death than know it's sitting out there for someone to eat.

starfish

This is the first star fish I have ever seen living naturally in the sea.

It is the 741st duck.

window display

Even twisted mass murderers need glasses from somewhere.

This window display suggests "OPSM" is their primary supplier.

Eyjafjallajökull: 1, Wedding: 0

We bought New Zealand Wedding Invites from a New Zealand webpage with New Zealand dollars -- but they actually ship from the UK.

And it turns out they're "stranded somewhere in the backlog caused from Eyjafjallajökull"

Eyjafjallajökull: 1
Wedding: 0

awe

we spend all day in front of computers, all night in front of tvs and iphone in between. do people even have contact with awe-inspiring things any more -- like mountains, meteor showers and sunsets?