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a banger of a library tune!!!

"Sensationally Sacked" can definitely be interpreted as a big ups to someone's physical attributes.

Pile of library and Christmas books.

20% in and not one second of actual ice hockey. 🤣😂

For anyone who - like me - is fully invested in the latest UK Traitors and is up-to-date with watching - new episodes drop on 3Now from Thurs-Sat at 7.30pm.

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

Duvet cover rescue and PETRICHOR as the rain hits Chch.

Hanging out my umpteenth load of washing in Ōtautahi Christchurch and it is hot, windy, and raining out of a sunny sky. Weird weather.

Hot tip! 🔥🏒🧊

I love Curb Your Enthusiasm, and No Lessons Learned, written by Lorraine Ali with cast and crew is gold for any fan. Fun quotes and pics mixed in with insider knowledge and deep insight. Long Live Larry! #booksky

The lavender outside our bedroom window has grown and grown, the smell of it in the air is outside & in. It’s heaving with bees and the stalks bounce as they jump on and off.

Robyn's Sexistential KICKS IT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eY-... "So I was about to go have a kid on my own And then my doctor said, "Now, Robyn, who would be your dream donor?" Well, Adam Driver always did kinda give me a boner She like, "Yeah, wasn't he great in Don't Mess With The Zohan?""

Godammit, I got 14 out of 15 on the Stuff Quiz, but would have got 15 if I had just bloody sung a certain song to myself to get the lyric right. (actual photo below)

It’s hot, it’s windy, and there are some great cumulus clouds. That’s my Ōtautahi Christchurch weather report.

Spotted this news last night! HURRAH!

Was watching The Beast in Me last night - all of a sudden an overwhelming pong hit my nostrils. Turned out a week or more ago someone had put brie rind in their hoodie pocket to put in the green bin ... & forgot. That reek will go into my memory bank of smells, in the whiffy section.

Listening to Juggernaut 2. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/23-... I bet you can guess what NZ politician said: "There are contrapuntal harmonies in New Zealand politics". ❤️🎺

Going 80s for this year’s diary.

Alan Turing #streetart on Colombo Street.

Here’s a nice graphic of my year in reading for 2025, courtesy of @thestorygraph.com. I ❤️ Storygraph, it’s easy & fun. app.thestorygraph.com/profile/keba...

My year in reading, wrapped by @thestorygraph.com I read 107 books in 2025 - totalling 30,857 pages app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025... Here are my favourites.

The Grammy-winning singer Lucy Dacus performed “Bread & Roses,” whose political slogan began amid the women’s suffrage and labor movements, at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor of New York City on Thursday.

Just remembered that one of my favourite band Let’s eat Grandma has the best New Year song (which I listen to year round for a pick me up). Enjoy! youtu.be/9R9qLldd7_U

Welcoming in the New Year watching Celeb Bake Off, drinking cuppas, and eating mini battenbergs. Ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a tātou. Happy New Year to us all. Xxx

Just spotted my alarm for every weekday at 5.50am and turned the wee fckr off.

Finished my last book of 2025 - The breath of the Gods: the history and future of the wind by Simon Winchester. A ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ mix of history, science, & storytelling genius. And he is at a #WordChch event in 2026 yeah! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/si...

Yay! Ruth Shaw is a wonder, and a great writer.

❤️😍 Onya John, what a star 📚⭐

Got some empty album covers at Seaside Vintage, put them on wall beside the LPs.

Todd is a legend.

An important exhibition to see if you are near Ōtautahi this summer. Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises, at Christchurch Art Gallery, displays the ten deeds signed between 1844 and 1864 that saw 34.5 million acres pass out of Ngāi Tahu ownership. christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...

A better article about the NZME/World Literacy Foundation/AI NZ booklist debacle. Feat. the always fab @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social They've published a list of the fake books - no doubt encouraging AI to keep thinking they exist. The future of the internet: screwed. www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/27/n...

Shocking. Absolutely shocking.

Ooooooh!

Thunder all around and some lightening moving in to Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Meri Kirihimete! Went to Christmas carols at Victoria Square, a lovely way to slide into Christmas Day. Much love to you all!

Time to make fudge and batch two of Christmas crack.

#RaumatiReadingStack ahoy! Library books and some recent op shop purchases. #booksky #pukapuka

It’s beginning to look (and feel) a lot like Christmas!

The new bright and fun little beach hut style buildings in New Brighton are rentable, hireable spaces, plus a performance space. It is called Te Hiato Kuaka New Brighton Village Green. Opened last weekend. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Smelt the righteous pong of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in the Botanic Gardens cafe yesterday. Only waited for a few minutes to see the stinky beast.

New Brighton looking lovely.

Beautiful ❤️🌹

Wicked toilets bro

Yes yes YES

Holiday reading is taking shape.

New parklet by the Court Theatre, can nip through now to The Piano. Starting to feel nicely precincty with The Court, Theatre Royal, Tūranga and New Regent St. #Christchurch #Ōtautahi

I've moved on from the Besties of 2025, to what I'm looking forward to in January 2026 - time travel, new books by George Saunders and Jennette McCurdy, photos of Rocky Horror and Patti Smith, & lots more. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... ^DR #booksky