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Learning the art of letting go. All bits sown, harvested and baked in Christchurch, New Zealand by Luis Apiolaza with some rights reserved.

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Account Needed/ Very Confidential ,Pls.

Sir,
In confidence, can i trust you to provide me an account that would conveniently hold over $50,000,000.00USD. I am presently in Afghanistan with CENTCOM
I wait to hear from you.
Rgds
Gen. James Lloyd

Received a very trustworthy email. Putting together all my paperwork (bank account details, etc) so I can help General Lloyd.

A very powerful XKCD comic. The mouseover reads ‘I calculate that the electrons in radiation therapy hit you at 99.8% the speed of light, and the beam used in a 90-second gamma ray therapy session could, if fired with less precision, kill a horse (they did not let me test this)’. Go Randall!

A very powerful XKCD comic. The mouseover reads ‘I calculate that the electrons in radiation therapy hit you at 99.8% the speed of light, and the beam used in a 90-second gamma ray therapy session could, if fired with less precision, kill a horse (they did not let me test this)’. Go Randall!

This morning was colder than yesterday’s. We left home at 7:45am, with -5.1 C (feeling like -8 C). Sidewalks were very slippery, so we ended up walking on the street when walking to Avonhead Park.

This morning was colder than yesterday’s. We left home at 7:45am, with -5.1 C (feeling like -8 C). Sidewalks were very slippery, so we ended up walking on the street when walking to Avonhead Park.

Spring starting to freeze, Avonhead Park, 7:35am. A couple of hours later was even worse.

Spring starting to freeze, Avonhead Park, 7:35am. A couple of hours later was even worse.

Doggyo really wanted to be in the picture. Snowing in Christchurch, Avonhead Park 7:46am.

Doggyo really wanted to be in the picture. Snowing in Christchurch, Avonhead Park 7:46am.

7:27am Monday 25 July, Russley, Christchurch, New Zealand. Running with the dog while snowing was quite nice.

7:27am Monday 25 July, Russley, Christchurch, New Zealand. Running with the dog while snowing was quite nice.

One of the men contacted his wife via cellphone about 4.30pm, saying they believed they were in the Mt Fraser area, but we[re] lost and it had started snowing. The woman notified police about 10pm, and a search and rescue operation was launched.

Five and a half hours! That will teach him! (The Press reporting Six rescued after chilly night).

Crisp morning, yesterday (Sunday) at 8am. Avonhead Park completely frosted, temperature -1°C.

Crisp morning, yesterday (Sunday) at 8am. Avonhead Park completely frosted, temperature -1°C.

‘Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis and I were having a beer at the pub, when someone bumped on Bruce…’ Colleagues tell me that my story doesn’t sound very plausible but—in my humble opinion—it is preferable to the ‘I hit my eye on a shower door knob while washing the dog’ one.

‘Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis and I were having a beer at the pub, when someone bumped on Bruce…’ Colleagues tell me that my story doesn’t sound very plausible but—in my humble opinion—it is preferable to the ‘I hit my eye on a shower door knob while washing the dog’ one.

Quick phone camera snapshot while walking the dog in Avonhead Park, Christchurch, evening of 12 June 2011. Almost same spot as the previous picture.

Quick phone camera snapshot while walking the dog in Avonhead Park, Christchurch, evening of 12 June 2011. Almost same spot as the previous picture.