Greetings and welcome to my little corner of the web.

I’m George. No, that’s not the name given to me by my parents but it is the name I’m most likely to answer to.

This site is really just somewhere for me to keep all my ramblings in one place. That includes archived copies of a weekly column I write for The Southland Times (it’s about the internet, I might be a geek…the jury’s still out on that one), book reviews, random thoughts (be afraid, be very afraid) and sites I’ve found with the help of my trusty sidekick, Seymour the Wonder Cat (that’s him in the photo, by the way).

It will rarely cover anything political because:

1. Politicians are boring
2. There are already far too many political blogs, especially in New Zealand (what is it with us Kiwis, someone says “blog” and it seems we hear “write about boring politicians”)
3. Did I mention politicians are boring?

I live, and work, in the far south of New Zealand, a province named Southland (how’s that for original) at the southern end of the South Island. And yes, the province at the other far end of the country (in the North Island)  is called Northland. Seymour the Wonder Cat also lives here in Southland but he prefers to skip that whole “working” thing.

I like ducks, Spongebob Squarepants, Drambuie and Formula 1. Not necessarily in that order.

I fear heights and broad beans (they are just wrong on so many levels).

If you feel a compulsion to contact me you can leave a comment on any of my posts, email me at georgetheb@gmail.com or (occasionally) find me via Yahoo! Messenger (george_the_kiwi).