Two Seconds - December 2021

2021 IMHO Beer Ratings - Best of 2021

A very decent Christmas-themed stout takes out the top spot this year.

Runners-up for 2021:

2021 IMHO Beer Ratings - By Category

Probably crossing over into unhealthy levels of craft beer consumption this year, but it was surely the year to do it. Here are my picks for each category in 2021.

Ale

APA

West Coast IPA

Double/Triple IPA

Hazy IPA

Lager

Pale Ale

Pilsner

Session

Sour

Stout

Two Seconds - November 2021

Two Seconds - October 2021

Two Seconds - September 2021

The weather improves. A terror attack in West Auckland. First run in months. Lockdown continues.

Two Seconds - August 2021

Rona gatecrashes the party again.

Two Seconds - July 2021

Two Seconds - June 2021

There will be blood

Time to explore the strange subculture of double-edged safety razors. I have 60 brands of razor blade to compare. I would have thought razor blades would all be razor-sharp by definition, but the forums seem to suggest otherwise.

The test bed for this poorly-designed, non-blinded and ultimately meaningless experiment will be the Henson AL13, made from aircraft-grade aluminium by the same company that precision-engineers components for the space industry.

The spreadsheet is ready. Let the blood-letting begin.

Two Seconds - May 2021

100 shots of energy

Or sugar. Or both.

Two Seconds - April 2021

Two Seconds - March 2021

Oddities of South Auckland, Part 12 - #BIKELIFE

A recent influx in illegal dirt bikes tearing up South Auckland, for sure. Super fun for everyone at 3am on a Tuesday.

Exhibit A: Not a big fan of cameras for some reason. The “trouble” he referred to turned out to be a single egg hurled at the house a few minutes later. Right on.

Two Seconds - February 2021

Shoegaze

Repost, two years on.

Two Seconds - January 2021