Piece of Mind

Chuckle

No more wiping hands on trousers...

Is it just me, or do you find advances in toilet-related technologies weirdly appealing too?

Check this baby out. The Dyson Airblade forces unheated air through a 0.3mm gap at over 400 miles per hour, to create a high velocity blade of air that wipes hands dry in just 10 seconds.

Must find one - I'd love to try a 'one wet hand, one hand holding whistle' experiment!

The 8 principles of fun

This made me smile.

A difficult Easter conversation

Thanks to Tom Asacker for this one.

Haggis Pizza

And very tasty it was too!

At last!

I spent a few days chilling out up at Mangawhai heads earlier this week with a few old kiwi mates.

We were on the water both days, and after years of trying, I finally got up on one water ski. Hurrah!

I found it a bit like making the transition from snow skis to snowboarding - less 'technical thinking' required and more of a natural connection to the land/water.  It felt wonderful to dig the back of the ski in and carve some lazy sweeping turns. I was grinning from ear-to-ear for ages!

Richard got up on one ski for the first time too (pictured here in 'Special Boat Squadron' pose).

      

Friends

Chris & Lainy threw a BBQ in my honour last night. Top time had by Paul!

It was great to have so many old friends in one place, all with wonderful stories to share. The last ones standing, sitting, are captured above.  More photos here.

I also got to see my new 3-week old niece Kendra. Very cute. Funny to see my little brother in 'dad mode'. Both he and Di will be great parents I'm sure.

Short post today, as I have to go help Chris pack the boat for our two days up North for a bit of waterskiing and boogie-boarding action.

Still have quite a bit of preparation to do for the two days of work I have later this week, so it'll be good to relax and subconciously mull over a few things before getting back into it proper on Wednesday.

Now all I have to to is avoid any waterskiing injuries!

Touch wood.

Me too!

Courtesy of gapingvoid.

I may not return.

Back with 'the lads' for Tuesday night swimming, followed by a spot of Japanese.

Got a few jobs to take care of on Friday in Auckland and Saturday in Wellington. Then it's BBQ Sunday and off up North for a few days of surfing, water-skiing and fishing.

It's like I've never been away.

Snowboarding as a business strategy?

Great article by Max McKeown...

"This snowboarding philosophy is a wonderful illustration of the difference between traditional text book strategy and unorthodox emergent strategy. The former imagines a planning process that produces a, "perfect line", to be executed through blind obedience obtained by the carrot and stick while the latter assumes strategy to be something that emerges from diverse places, people, at various times, and for a multitude of reasons."

I gave up skiing for snowboarding years ago - literally and figuratively.