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I’m shaving my head for Shave for a Cure! Money raised...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:16:21 +1300

I’m shaving my head for Shave for a Cure! Money raised goes to the Leukaemia & Blood Cancers New Zealand organization, which supports families, education and research. Please sponsor me and share my fundraising page!

http://www.shaveforacure.co.nz/view_event_profile/9439

Happy New Year!

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:54:51 +1300

Happy New Year!

One of the most popular Christmas songs here in New Zealand is...

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:16:09 +1300

One of the most popular Christmas songs here in New Zealand is this one by an American band about an American comic strip character flying in France with British Allies against a German enemy.

The first time I heard this song was in 1999 at Napier’s Carols by Candlelight in the Botanical Gardens. I was so confused. I had never heard it before but everyone there, even the little kids, knew all the words by heart. Also it’s not much of a carol.

Snoopy’s Christmas Song by the Royal Guardsmen

I have a new baby. She is wicked cute.

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:46:58 +1300

I have a new baby. She is wicked cute.

Everything about this is perfect. Click through to buy the...

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:47:55 +1200

Everything about this is perfect.

Click through to buy the pattern.

I love my ball winder and swift.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:46:00 +1200

I love my ball winder and swift.

Flight of the Conchords do a charity song for Red Nose Day....

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:22:14 +1200

Flight of the Conchords do a charity song for Red Nose Day. Kinda long video, but you’ve got to watch the whole thing for the song (which starts at 10:15) to make sense.

New Zealand Army soldiers doing a haka for their comrades who...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:06:05 +1200

New Zealand Army soldiers doing a haka for their comrades who died recently in Afghanistan.

My first ever amigurumi. Quadmonopus from Crochet Bakemono...

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:19:00 +1200

My first ever amigurumi. Quadmonopus from Crochet Bakemono (Monsters!)

Check out these hipsters. This was a favourite when I first...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:11:04 +1200

Check out these hipsters. This was a favourite when I first listed it last year. It sold really quickly. I just found 2 more copies in my pattern stash, so was able to relist!

Birth is a feminist issue.

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:36:36 +1200

Birth is a feminist issue.:

“The unnecessary medicalization of birth is just another way that the powers that be (read: powerful men) have taken it upon themselves to once again lay claim to our bodies. We’re told that we’re incapable of making our own choices about contraception, sex, abortion, and childbirth, and if we’re not trusted enough to make decisions about our own bodies and physiological processes, how could we possibly be trusted enough to go into the world and lead countries, start successful businesses, or be seen as equals in a professional setting? But that’s exactly the point.”

This is one of the reasons I had planned unassisted homebirths (UCs). I wanted to stay in control of my body and my choices.

I'm taking my 9-year-old to see Gandalf

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:32:37 +1200

i.e. Ian McKellen’s one-man show where he talks about his career and performs scenes from his notable roles, and lots of Shakespeare. I hope she’s inspired, and not bored to death.

neil-gaiman: We’ve reached the last four days of Amanda’s...

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:54:39 +1200

neil-gaiman:

We’ve reached the last four days of Amanda’s Kickstarter.

Over the last almost-a-month of the Kickstarter she’s got a huge amount of support, set records, made the news, and is now planning a giant webcast block party in Brooklyn on Thursday night for the people who supported her and to count down to 11:59 when the Kickstarter ends.

She’s good for supporters, and she’s already well exceeded her goal and is somewhere off into her wildest dreams. (As I write this she’s 888% funded.) But I still thought I’d stick something up here, in the last few days, because…

We put together the Evening With Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer Kickstarter last year, to raise the money to professionally record the West Coast tour we did in November. We raised a lot more money from the Kickstarter than we had expected, so we made everything we could even better than anyone had expected. The double CD we had talked about became a beautiful triple CD package, for example, and then we did a special super secret bonus CD with a banana on it to go along with that - along with over two hours of extra material we released digitally for all the supporters. We worked very hard to make sure that everyone who supported us got something better than they thought they were getting.

And when the stuff started showing upin people’s mailboxes and they started posting happy photographs of their stuff (like these…)

…then people here and on Twitter started sending me sad messages, telling me they wished they had supported the Kickstarter, they’d missed it as they hadn’t seen it, or had forgotten, or were broke at the time — but was it too late to get the stuff? I wrote back a lot, and said yes, I was sorry but it was too late. We’d only made enough for the Kickstarter backers.

Amanda will be releasing a version of her new CD to the public in September. That’s the one you’ll be able to buy at your local store. But the two CD set inside a book, or the quadruple vinyl in its box, or whatever else she decides to throw in to the other levels — that stuff will only exist for Kickstarter. If you want it, or any of the other rewards (down to the $1 reward that gets you the album digitally when it comes out, which will be significantly cheaper than it’ll be on iTunes) then this is really just a reminder that you only have four days…

I <3 Kim Dotcom

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:01:05 +1200

I <3 Kim Dotcom

Photo

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:29:26 +1200

Planned Parenthood is on Tumblr!

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:25:53 +1200

plannedparenthood:

Planned Parenthood is excited to be launching our new Tumblr that’s all about sexual and reproductive health – bodies, birth control, relationship issues, “is it normal for this to do this?” type things. In the coming weeks and months we’ll be sharing what we know, answering questions, and just… tumblring.

We hope you like it! And we hope it helps.

boston: World record anywhere but Boston Marathon - Geoffrey...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:21:25 +1200

boston:

World record anywhere but Boston Marathon

- Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest time ever recorded for a marathon last year. But officials don’t recognize Boston as a world record-eligible course.

I grew up at the top of Heartbreak Hill. I have such fond memories of watching the Boston Marathon every year. I miss it.

liamfinns: Beautiful clip from what looks like will be a...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:18:50 +1200

liamfinns:

Beautiful clip from what looks like will be a fantastic Doco… and my little song at the end. Probably had more views now that any of my music videos!!! Oh to be young and viral

Amanda Palmer with the Art Deco Ambassadors of Napier, New...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:00 +1300

Amanda Palmer with the Art Deco Ambassadors of Napier, New Zealand

Kiwi Crossing

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:21:19 +1300

Kiwi Crossing