Matts blog

This article is extremely interesting, I’m not sure I fully agree with all its points about Dyslexia, but certainly a very interesting and hopefully en-lighting to people without dyslexia as to why a lot of dyslexics, including myself think it is an advantage rather than a disability.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/business/06dyslexia.html

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Since I became yet another facebook user I can’t say I’ve updated this blog very much
Life in California has been busy, busy, busy, my parents came over at the start of August so we got to finally tell them we are married
We took a very cool roadtrip down to […]

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New Zealands finest (or 4th finest) comedy duo are here, everyone should watch this! Its on HBO at 9PM Sundays (PST) or you can just watch them here…

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First off this is not an item about my use of makeup, though it has been known in the past, but in my defence I was drunk, on a boat, with work colleages…
Why is it that american women feel that they are such expert drivers that they can quite happily cruise down the freeway at […]

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After putting it off for ages I finally went to the DMV last week and took my driving test, I passed the written test on Thursday morning with 1 incorrect answer out of 36 (What has knowing how long the jail sentence is for having excessive BAC got to do with driving?????) and was back […]

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So! I’ve decided that due to time constrants imposed by the new venture here in California that I’m going to have to sell 0064.co.nz, its a shame, its got a great deal of potential as a business, but needs a lot more dedication than I can provide at the moment.
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Well, after a couple of weeks of fighting with our ‘99 Outback and is tendancy to get rid of its coolent every 100 miles or so we decided to go shopping for a new car….
Today I picked it up - a 2007 Subaru Outback Sport Special Edition, in Urban Grey, its a little beauty, 2.5L […]

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We are finally in California and getting stuff sorted out, its going suprisingly well Thought I’d share this from a packet of pasta we got from the supermarket:
‘Add 4 TABLESPOONS of salt per 1lb of pasta’
4 Tablespoons???? I can’t think why heart attacks are common….

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Its SO hot back in NZ compared with California, its delightful!
I’ve spent the last couple of days laying tiles in the bathroom, and they look pretty good if I do say so myself, we’ve also finally got a barbeque, a lovely 3 burner model which has been used to cook the most delicious steak and […]

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So yesterday was thanksgiving here in (a very) sunny california, it seems to be a time to get together with family followed by a good escuse for all the shops to have big sales, I’ve never seen so many people piling in to consumer goods shops to buy ’stuff’, and that was at 11am, the […]

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