You are all, though, a complete bunch of geeks. I'm appalled.

O rly? I don't think so!I have friends in high places y'know. :)
We managed to get Bob's signature all over the top of David's. Lime green it was.That was our friend Jims idea, so his book got the…

Need nametags... I did put a face to Sofie and Steve Barnes but sadly I'm sure there were folks there whom I know vritually but without going around shaking hands and saying "who the hell are you?" ... sorry I'm just too shy to do that.…

I told David I'm considering recording an audio-book of the Reserve Bank Annual. That prose is so much fun to read out loud.

And it was fabulous (almost as much fun as saying 'cunts' again) to…

Graham Reid stepped up to plate and introduced the guests of honour after it became clear that Russell was delayed. Which was a little odd because Graham was as much a guest of honour as Emma and David.

I got my…

Words cannot express how sorry I am that my particuar brand of magic – my ability as a Ferry Godmother, shall we say, only works face to face.

Have you done extensive testing to prove that theory, though?

Oi Emma, can your next post please be called "You will find employment and true love shortly"? You owe me big time!

Words cannot express how sorry I am that my particuar brand of magic – my ability as a Ferry Godmother, shall we say, only works face to face.

Sorry should have said 'That looks sore Joanna' I know that it feels wrong when the name isn't correctly used, so sorry.

Sweet as, people call me Jo all the time, and I refer to myself as Jo out loud but written down I like the way Joanna looks better.…

She's taking your thread titles too literally. Hope coming right.

She (me) has just managed to get home from hospital (cellulitis of the abdomen, hurrah!) and has just realised it's all bloody Emma's fault for saying "the doctor will see you shortly". Oi Emma, can your next post please…

We think you are a pearler.:) I have your Gravatar but other half doesn't. Mind you I am the wonderful Linux op. system, and his of course is Windows xp. That was my comment yesterday aout the cardi. Gosh we all got those school photos didn't we.Still ,…

The Doctor Will See You Shortly

And he did.

And now I'll be able to read his work without picturing David Slack, instead :-)

gutted that my Something Must Go Wrong field put Jo in hospital

She's taking your thread titles too literally. Hope coming right.

Oh, and here are some photos from the formal part of the evening, thanks to the wonderful Mike Roseingrave.

Oh thanks guys, those are great. Note to self: try not to look like such a bimbo.

And, I must mention, Megan and Jo gave me the most fantastic necklace. I…

I got there at about 10:15pm, due to a clashing commitment.

I too am a clashing enthusiast.

That was either me, or there's a copyright problem.

I'm sorry I didn't get to talk to you was what I was trying to say. :-)

Stephen Judd was on form as one of the most naturally sociable people I have ever met.

I got there at about 10:15pm, due to a clashing commitment. Certainly, by the time I got there, most people were very "naturally sociable". To the point where I'm fairly sure that many…

When he introduced himself to me and Robyn by saying "Hello, I'm Don Abel, I'm from the Reserve Bank", I believe I blurted out "Whatever, you are not." And then when he said he was an assistant governor, I may have done it again.

When he introduced himself to us…

The Don Abel thing...loved it. I doubt that in any other country someone holding a position like Assistant Reserve Bank governor would come along to an event like that.

When he introduced himself to me and Robyn by saying "Hello, I'm Don Abel, I'm from the Reserve Bank", I believe…

I am supposed to be playing Anti-Monopoly right now

“I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”

Steven Wright

Had to post that didnI.
But wait, there's more.

“I was at this restaurant. The sign said "Breakfast Anytime." So I ordered French Toast in the Renaissance.”…

Ha. My friends Kerry and Jo had me on the road heading for the first garage sale (three in Island Bay alone) shortly after 8am.

I was up at 8am, Still. I blame Megan.

Our five-hour grassroots retail tour also took us to a Hutt Valley church fair that was way too Jesus-y

Boy, did you come on the wrong weekend.

The Don Abel thing...loved it. I doubt that in any other country someone holding a position like Assistant Reserve Bank governor would come…

I owe a beer to several people whose cigarettes I bludged. Mouth like a mountaineer's sock when I woke up though.

Great to put some faces to names, too.

The Don Abel thing...loved it.…

I am supposed to be playing Anti-Monopoly right now but instead I am dipping in and out here.

How unsociable.

I had a fabulous time, and everyone was just lovely. I got up about an hour ago.

Ha. My friends Kerry and Jo had me on the road heading for the first garage sale (three in Island Bay alone) shortly after 8am.

Our five-hour grassroots retail tour also took us…

And how good was it that Dr Don Abel, an actual Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank, unexpectedly turned up and spoke at the launch at Parliament? What a dude!

I didn't hear what he had to say due to being mesmerised by his resemblance to Norman Lloyd.

There need to be more PA events in Wellington. Srsly.

Then sociable Stephen and I fell for the oldest trick in the book: "You guys go ahead and get us a table". I'm quite positive I shall never see any of those people again.

We turned up! Eventually. You were gone, and it was shut. So we did... some other…

And how good was it that Dr Don Abel, an actual Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank, unexpectedly turned up and spoke at the launch at Parliament? What a…

That was a good night, wasn't it? I resisted the urge to kidnap Bob for my Unspeakably Adorable Toddler collection, but only just. As for the adults, I am assuming…

It was a lovely occasion. Kicking myself for not walking up to the person whose arm tattooes looked just like JackElder's gravatar.

Then sociable Stephen and…

On twitter she summerised thusly:

Highlight of the PA books launch: the naughty, funny stories from the fellow from the actual Reserve Bank.

I enjoyed talking to the professional and baby journalists that seemed to be everywhere.

Bob the toddler was pretty winning…

I got to satisfy my curiosity and buying one/both of the books is on my list.

Big, big love to whoever it is at Prime who is getting this stuff over so fast, and indeed at all.

I think they figured out that if they didn't, people would torrent it.

TVNZ's snappy decision to screen "V" has just saved me some bandwidth. OTOH, whichever moron isn't…

I was surprised how big David's one was. Emma's was more shinny.

Must ... resist ...

BTW does anyone know where I can get a replacement T2?

Several on Trademe at the moment, even a couple of the Islands.

please try to drag your mind out of your underpants!

Huh? Emma is wearing underpants on her head??? Is that post operative thing?

I know that our nation's CRIs are a hotbed of steamy sex

Well I did spend half of yesterday helping our petunias reproduce...

Think about that the…

David: Want me to bring rope just in case no one else turns up?...Oh silly me...you will already in Hell,,,,,,Wellington. :-)

I heard that Arty Bees buys second hand books. ....I wonder how much they will offer me for an author signed copy of some non stained…

Big, big love to whoever it is at Prime who is getting this stuff over so fast, and indeed at all.

Seem to be hitting the airwaves everywhere pretty damn quick — ABC1 in Australia on December 6. Subscribers to BBC America have to wait until the 19th, but the…

Big, big love to whoever it is at Prime who is getting this stuff over so fast, and indeed at all.

Seem to be hitting the airwaves everywhere pretty damn quick — ABC1 in Australia on December 6. Subscribers to BBC America have to wait until the 19th, but the…

Perhaps a nuclear submarine or a Saturn V rocket.

Or Thunderbird 1. Think about that the next time you spend two hours playing "Tracy Island".

Um. Okay, now I really am going to get on that plane.

...but I hope you can keep some perspective, and can realize that not all of us are the over-sexed scientists that you come across in your day job.

In fact, I can already see myself blogging on the unfolding disaster: "We felt like killing ourselves", etc.

Bart: please try to drag your mind out of…

(NB that definition of pass/fail still doesn't…

Hope you're going to clear 90 minutes of quiet time on Sunday evening to catch The Waters of Mars. Just not fair that Lindsay Duncan has so much of the world's limited supply of awesome.

Big, big love to whoever it is at Prime who is getting this stuff over…

And, once again, if I may be so bold, if you are brave enough to go up and say hello, you will be meeting one of the sweetest people. EVAH.

You don't even need to be brave. She's not that scary

And I have no idea what you might be implying

Why nothing untoward of course, the thought that "pencil" might be some kind of euphemism would never occur to me...

So Jen isn't coming along for the trip too????

Between all of Jen's attention and half of mine and David's, we should just be able to manage a Certain Baby.

And I have no idea what you might be implying. If anything.

otherwise the poor man would have nowhere to put his pencil

So Jen isn't coming along for the trip too????