Category Archives: Life in general

Impending Dad-ness

Posted on July 15, 2014 by theroyce

Life just stepped up a notch. Well, by just I mean… over the course of the last few months. It all began in early February, on the eve of a week-long Nelson/Marlborough holiday, when Amber announced to a somewhat tired … Continue reading →

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Maturity via Cleaner Clothes

Posted on March 15, 2014 by theroyce

Wow… sh*t is getting real. Ams and I just bought a frickin’ house. And we’re going to live in it. And we’re going to start building a life… all kind of proper-like. You’ll all know life doesn’t come with neatly … Continue reading →

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Momentous Life Events and the Resulting Ramifications

Posted on April 18, 2013 by theroyce

Since my last post (some many, many months ago) a whole bunch of life-changing things have happened. The life of (The) Royce has evolved, been upgraded to 2.0.whatever, patches and updates have fixed a number of glitches (still more to come) and, … Continue reading →

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A Quick Account of Things I’ve Been Convinced On…

Posted on July 30, 2012 by theroyce

When I was a young lad there were moments I could have been seen as, what some might call, a “walking contradiction”. Far be it from me to explain the physics behind a term-of-phrase gaining the limbs and co-ordination required … Continue reading →

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The Big Post-Travel Come-Down

Posted on April 12, 2012 by theroyce

Things are starting to return to normal in the life of Royce & Amber. Yip. The elation and relief of finding full-time paid employment in meaningful, career-progressing positions of fulltime employment is slowly giving way to the blunt reality of … Continue reading →

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A Momentary Absence of Awesome

Posted on March 28, 2012 by theroyce

I’ve gotta learn to under-promise and over-deliver. Just as the guy you work with, who has an impeccably clean desk and freshly-pressed 100% cotton shirts, probably has a bedroom resembling an up-turned clothing bin in Queen St Maccas at 1am … Continue reading →

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Back on the Metaphorical Horse

Posted on February 13, 2012 by theroyce

I know, I know… it’s been TOO long! You’d probably forgot you’d even subscribed to be updated by my incessant ramblings, tangent-taking turns and perpetually perplexing pontifications (sorry, I got caught up in pointless alliteration). Well… Tahdah! I’m back and … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam. We came, we saw, we concurred!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by theroyce

Prior to leaving New Zealand last April, I did a very scientific market research study to determine how I should best prioritize my visiting of European destinations – based on a Top 3 study. Basically, I asked everyone “What were your three favourite … Continue reading →

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Londonisation: Tube-ulant Travel Titbits

Posted on November 17, 2011 by theroyce

I’m loathe to say “titbits”, but I did…. so deal with it. Someone like Pagey (good on ya mate) will probably point out another, equally alliterative, term I could have used that sounded more… heterosexual. And for that I can … Continue reading →

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Temporarily Top Shop-tastic

Posted on October 10, 2011 by theroyce

I never thought I’d see the day. And it’s not as if it was a rash, last-ditch move made out of desperation to restore financial order to a travel-fuelled sea of debt. It’s not like I had Baycorp at my … Continue reading →

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