Day NintyOne of being Aflickionless...

These late nights mean that Maz has been waking up late, which also means that she hasn't been getting around to doing any work till late afternoon/early evening. Maz has started constructing things for Style Pasifika, it's going to take ALOT of hot glue and is possibly going to weigh a fair bit when completed. Maz was going to watch 300 this evening but Russell decided to go upstairs with everybody else to drink and play "Asshole". Fun times...NOT!

A package which caused the evacuation of Auckland International Airport's mail centre contained a hand grenade. The bomb squad was called about 10.30am and the package had since been removed to be examined, Northern police communications Inspector Matt Rogers said. The grenade was handed over to the armed forces explosives ordnance disposal team. It is not clear whether a warning was received before the package was found, Senior Sergeant Gary Barber told NZPA. The mail centre is some way away from the main airport and flights were not affected.

Cattle and sheep rustling appears to be on the rise in Waikato and Bay of Plenty, with one particularly gruesome incident leaving a Rotorua farmer shocked.

Shall I compare thee to a rangi raumati? Shakespeare's sonnet 18 has been translated into Maori and is to be presented to the Globe Theatre in London. The sonnet which starts by comparing a beautiful woman to a summer's day has been translated by Te Haumihiata Mason and copied in calligraphy on to soft flax paper which features a green fern frond in the background. It will be unveiled at the Globe next Wednesday as part of the theatre's Compleate Workes 2009 which celebrates the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's sonnets.

TVNZ is backing its controversial presenter Paul Henry despite his bizarre suggestion that one way of stopping the boisterous antics of Mahia Peninsula dolphin Moko would be to shoot the mammal. The comment came during Breakfast yesterday and has made waves not only in the northern Hawke's Bay, the waters of which Moko has made home for almost 2 years but also among those charged with protecting marine wildlife. TVNZ spokeswoman Andi Brotherston, confirming no "official" complaints had been received, said the comment had to be taken in the context of the programme and of Henry "having fun".

SIDESWIPPING IT...
A regular reader writes: "I have an 83-year-old friend with quite bad eyesight ... He recently finished breakfast and took two antibiotic pills with the last of his tea. He then looked about for his two hearing aid batteries he was about to replace ... There were his two pills, but no batteries."

Has anybody else had the same hassle as I have trying to pay a simple $2 toll to use the Northern Gateway Tunnel?" asks Heiko Jonkers. "Timeline goes something like this: Sunday, August 2: Take a drive through the tunnel. Tuesday, August 4: Unsuccessfully try to pay the toll but can't as the trip doesn't appear to have been processed. Friday, August 7: Try again - can't pay due to a website malfunction. Call customer helpline to no avail as I have to call during business hours. Monday, August 10: Receive infringement notice. Two dollar trip now $4.20 trip. Tuesday, August 11: Finally get through to the call centre only to be told I have to pay the full amount, no excuses accepted, no flexibility."

LATEST WORK

"Envy"

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
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CURRENT WEIRDNESS
How anti-social Maz is...

DAILY FOF MOMENT
The DVD-Rom being a complete ass and not wanting to read disks...I WANT TO PLAY MY GAME DAMN IT! Fail!!!