rangitoto 002 Originally uploaded by richirvine73.

John Cleese — His Life, Times and Current Medical Problems show. Auckland, 10 December review. This was one of those ‘What’s the show about? Got no idea, but he’s a legend, so let’s go’ ones. Our group warmed up by sampling the tapas at Vivace (the pig’s belly was the big highlight) and walking through…

shoes 004 Originally uploaded by richirvine73. Old shoes (on the left)New shoes (on the right)No point changing, innit?

Wenesday afternoon Originally uploaded by richirvine73. It’s been ages since I’ve had time off – I’d almost forgotten what it’s like. Maybe it’s just me, and a sign of how I haven’t quite evolved since school, but it still feels kind of funny and almost naughty cruising around during work hours. Who ARE all these…

Chubby rain Originally uploaded by richirvine73.

If you’re down with the podcasts and all that, or just have broadband, you’ll be interested to know Ricky Gervais of ‘The Office’ is doing a podcast on the Guardian’s website – with Stephen Merchant (co-writer of The Office) and another bloke. If you want to get clever, here’s the .xml feed. link

In June I started keeping a ‘film diary’ of all the movies I’ve seen – and between then and today, I’ve seen 37. Highlights / points of interest include:– Ratio of cinema going / watching at home is 9 : 28– Oldest film on the list: 2001 A Space Odyssey– Newest: Serenity– Biggest heap of…

On the other side of my web empire is my latest effort at a rugby ‘cartoon’. You can see it at my flickr page or at thesilverfern. No, I don’t know why NZers rarely see the massive potential for humor in our national game, either.link

I want one of these. I watched the making of Dawn Of The Dead last weekend – they had a lot of fun making that alright. I first saw it at about 14, in the prime of my horror watching / violence de-sensitising, and it still holds up pretty well today (except the pie fight?).…

Quiz night 301105 011 Originally uploaded by richirvine73.