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My Picks for Top Tweets: 29 August 2017
There's a lot of suffering going on in Texas still with the ongoing heavy rain. It looks like it could be the weekend before it stops, but there will still be standing water to deal with at that point. Twitter is full of tweets of the sights, and many heroic rescues....
My Picks for Top Tweets: 28 August 2017
The big news today of course is the storm and flooding in Texas. I find it really hard to get my head around the amount of rain that's fallen in the area. There are place in NZ that flood quite often, and I've been in some biggies in my life, but nothing like this....
My Picks for Top Tweets: 27 August 2017
Well, rugby is trending in the Twitterverse in New Zealand for two reasons. One lot of tweets is because the All Blacks won again last night! We beat Australia 35-29, so the whole of New Zealand is in a good mood. That also means we retain the Bledisloe Cup for...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 26 August 2017
Well, he's done it again. Every time you think Trump can't get any worse, he does. A couple of days ago in my Top Tweets post I wrote about Trump's rally in Phoenix, Arizona. During his "speech" he floated the idea of pardoning a former sheriff from that state, Joe...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 25 August 2017
I've had enough of the Twitter icon being the main image of every tweets post. So, I'm going to make the effort to copy a picture from one of the day's tweets or comment from now on. Hopefully it'll liven things up a bit. Today's pic is Coronet Peak, one of New...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 24 August 2017
The high pressure system is still in place so it's another glorious day at my place! We've had a great week so far. At the moment I'm expecting it to start raining again on the weekend. I always feel guilty when that happens - a fine week followed by a wet weekend -...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 23 August 2017
It's a glorious day in my part of New Zealand. Spring has sprung! There's still a nip in the air, but who cares when the sun is shining and there are clear blue skies as far as the eye can see. There are a lot of tweets today, but I'm sure you won't mind. New Zealand...
Simon’s Cat: Cat Yoga and … Witchcraft
This new Simon's Cat video, Cat Yoga, came out several days ago but I've been too busy to post it. It's more than 35 years since I did yoga so I don't remember much about it, but some of the names here seem familiar. I do remember the Downward Dog, which, of course...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 22 August 2017
I'm listening to Trump's address to the troops announcing "his" plan for Afghanistan as I write this. Is it normal for there to be a fanfare before the president speaks like that? If a New Zealand prime minister's speech had something like that preceding it, he'd be...
On Charlottesville and Freedom of Speech
As I said in my post on Charlottesville, the destruction of a statue is one I don't agree with. I think that has a lot to do with my education in history, and perhaps also a general dislike for that sort of action. I suspect everyone here would agree with me that the...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 21 August 2017
It's time to stop counting the days and try and come up with a more imaginative way to start a post on best tweets. (See what I did there! 😀 ) It's a magnificent day in my part of New Zealand! It feels like it's been raining for weeks, which is probably because it...
My Picks for Top Tweets: 20 August 2017
Fifteen days of top tweets and counting. There are a lot of tweets from the Life on Earth account today, as it's one that I enjoy very much. Often when I go there I end up stuck there for some time! You can see why below. The All Blacks beat the Wallabies (Australia)...