Month: December 2009

In the post today was the end of year report for Joe. A very good one. His best one ever.
A consistently nice lad at school, who tries his hardest, with a good work ethic. Success with all the hard work as well.

Is it down to the male environment?

Well done Joe!

Hmm.
Forecast for Wellington is bright sunshine for next three days.
Forecast for for the West Coast-torrential rain.

It is a while since I have had the time or energy to update.

We are just on the cusp of going on holiday. Tomorrow we set out on our three week holiday to the South Island. We are doing a big circle tour, taking the ferry tomorrow morning to Picton, then down the West Coast to Southland, then across and to return up the east coast.
We are all looking forward to the break. It is nearly a year since my last proper break, and I have been experiencing that fading of interest at work scenario, and the thought of time away becomes more overpowering.

So the camera will be out again. I have even bought some expensive transparency film to try to capture the scenic beauty, and utilise the great wide angled effect of the expensive piece of glass with the film SLR. The digital and camcorder will all have an airing, so plenty of material in the pipeline for future blogs.

We are hoping that the weather is going to improve as of late it has been terrible. It has been ridiculously windy, there has been little sunshine or warmth and it has been wet. Joseph and Isaac have had only three cricket games so far this season out of eight possible. Maybe, as summer is just around the corner, things are going to improve-especially in the south.

Eleanor has finished her NCEAs, and Joe finished school last week as well. So the two of them have been swaning around since, having fun, and not doing enough jobs around the house. Isaac is still at school, and will miss the last two days. Not much missed there then.

Here’s to happy holidays.

I see from the BBC website that Tiger has obtained an injunction on publication of something in the UK, but obviously it did not report what.

DUI Attorney.com gives a few more details:

The Tiger Woods mistress and accident scandal has, predictably, already made it into at least one court system.

Although Woods’ legal team will not confirm or deny rumors that there are nude pictures, and possibly sex videos of the golf star, they nevertheless sought an injunction in the UK against the publication there of any such pictures, should they exist.

The High Court of London ruled that no UK media outlet or blog could publish potential nude pictures or videos of Tiger Woods.

After obtaining the injunction, Woods’ lawyers then quickly notified media outlets throughout the UK in order to stop any publication of materials that may or may not exist.

Most rational people would tend to believe that such pictures exist. Why else would Woods incur thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of dollars in legal fees to attempt to stop their release.

Given the reach of the internet, it is highly unlikely that, should material exist, it will be suppressed world-wide. However, money is a powerful motivator. If a mistress or other person possesses the pictures, and no media outlet with the money to purchase them can do so because of injunctions, then the person who is trying to sell them might sell them back to Woods directly.

Why would his wife stay for $5m when she can get loads more through the courts?

Must keep it all in perspective. Apparently playing away from home is a common human trait.

Quite appropriate as we are soon off to cricket for Joe-for the first time in three weeks, as the weather has been less than ideal.

Pictured is bowler Danny Evans who plays for Middlesex having played age grade for England. He is in Wellington for the summer playing for Eastern Suburbs CC. As such he happens to be Joe’s cricket coach for the Friday after school session. Oh so close to the elite!