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Check out the amazing Storm Trooper tattoo of artist Gene van der Zanden.

Thanks to Gene for letting me take a photo of his arm

More photos from the F1 exhibit at Te Papa. This bunch are of Ayrton Senna’s McLaren Honda.

Here are some photos of the Britten V1000 on display at Te Papa.

RIP John Britten

Te Papa had a Formula 1 exhibit on so I went to check it out. Here are some photos of Fellipe Massa’s Ferrari F2004. More photos to come …

My sister inlaw Marthah gave birth to my first niece, Brianna Hellyer, last weekend.

Marthah and Scott have their own baby blog if you would like to know more:
Tired Mum
Photos of Brianna Hellyer
Introducing Brianna Hellyer

More photos from the Formula 1 exhibit at Te Papa. This time around it’s the 2006 McLaren Mercedes.

I’m having a Bankart repair done on my shoulder on Monday. Below are some photos of my shoulder. Uunfortunately you can’t see much damage as it’s the soft tissue which needs repaired. My shoulder pops out of the socket on a regular basis ever since I was body checked in a non-contact ice hockey game. I even managed to dislocate it picking up a bottle of coke the other day!

Here is a video explaining the type of surgical procedure I’ll probably be getting.

Dell have released a new high tech pedestrian safety device. They are calling it the “Dell Inspiron 6000″. It features a hard outer casing and a protective LCD screen to take the brunt of any impacts pedestrians may face due to vehicular collisions.

I tested out this new device this morning. I placed it in my backpack and headed off to work, then whilst crossing the road a crazy women crashed into me from behind, sending me tumbling across her bonnet. I landed splat on my back on the road. My trusty Dell took the brunt of the impact and I was able to stand up unscathed The only injury I have is a sprained ankle which wasn’t protected by my computer. And guess what! The computer is still working and I’m posting this message on it right now

Apparently the little green man was indeed flashing when I crossed and the lady who hit me is in a whole lot of trouble. She will probably be charged with careless driving or careless driving causing injury. My computer will live for another day – and thankfully so will I!

EDIT: Thanks to my cousin Alison Petrie for the following photos (she saw it happen).

There were two ambulances, a fire truck and two police cars. Kinda overkill for an itty bitty test of a new safety device, but anyhows …

The woman on the right is the one who drove into me.

EDIT: It also turned out that I was badly bruised behind me knee. The woman who hit me lost her drivers license for six months and was fined for $250 for her failed efforts to remove me from the gene pool.

EDIT 2: It happened again! Lightning strikes twice.

The field hockey team I usually play for (The Soft Sticks) had no opposition at our last game. So they played a game amongst themselves while I took some piccies from the shade on the sideline – I’m still recovering from a dislocated shoulder. The temperatures were searing (26 deg. C I think) so there were some very hot looking pink hockey players by the end of their game.

Mallory Handcock (left) and Natasha Munro (right) … Read more

I was/am supposed to be playing for the Soft Sticks field hockey team. Except I decided to dislocate my shoulder last week instead The opposition for the day were ‘Out 2 Score’. Unfortunately my batteries were running on empty so I couldn’t load up the LCD screen to change the ISO settings/exposures so the pictures are all messed up and then it ran totally flat after only taking a few shots Hopefully I’ll get some better shots next time.

Our mighty team manager leading the charge to the front

Kara stomping her way down the boards, er, pipe … whatever that black tube thingy is called … Read more