Friends! Countrymen! People I haven’t met yet from other countries! Dogs/cats/rocks/plants! Lend me your ears!

I’ve been in New Zealand less than a week, but already I’m getting a lot of strong first impressions.

Oh man, what a whirlwind month it has been.

There are many invisible but very important social rules that keep the streets clean, the lights on and you and your neighbors alive day-to-day.

I – like a solid portion of my audience in all likelihood – come from a middle class family.

Seldom have I felt like anything in the world was out of my grasp, and I generally assume that if I want to do something, there will be a way to do it if I’m willing to work hard enough.

When I was a wee lad, I was certain I would be the next Todd McFarlane.