The Excellently Decorated Christmas Cake

Beer Pong! (What a great invention.)

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January 2nd 2007
Christmas Day with the Vollies Well for my first Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere I was expecting a bit of warm sun. Unfortunately Wellington did it's usual and was windy. The sun did poke it's head out and it was warm, but more muggy then beach weather. Jen and I did our best to pretend we were on that tropical island in the South Pacific and watched some very brave souls on the b ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more