Christchurch's 150th birthday

The Christ Church Cathedral
Originally uploaded by kebabette.

the decorations, a big long cake, whoopee!

For more general prettiness, check out Trelise Cooper's latest fashions on Runway Reporter. Some jolly lovely frocks and frillies.

Just finished a fab book called "The Lost Cosmonaut" bout a Scotsman's travels in lesser known Russian territories like Tatarstan. Do read it.

And now ripping through a recent discovery by my favourite author - writing as Danuta de Rhodes, "The Little White Car" is as gemlike and fabulous at the other books he has written as Dan Rhodes.

Then I will take a diversion into "Tommyland" - ROCK ON!!

August

Quizzing again last night - we had three teams and got the 1,2,3.
how much we do learn, badgers, Roman emperors, Fulham football ...

HEAVY
Without a trace - an article about the murderers of James Bolger. There was a recent murder in Perth that was attributed to one of the boys. Their crime was called an act of ‘unparalleled barbarity’. Now the two boys who murdered James Bulger are men, their freedom and identities protected by the courts. So what has become of them? By David James Smith

LITE
Last laugh at The Age
Gossip Jockey - kinda sleazy in that peculiarly British way - quality boobage indeed
Go Fug yourself - fashion police on the case, ace commentaries
Annette Presley of Slingshot on Mark Sainsbury's shows - mean, but oinky

BEAUTY
Kiwi Kitchen Triptych by Lyttelton on Flickr

BEAUTIFUL AND FREAKY
Mark Ryden's art