Month: March 2011

Update: A decade and a half

So, it’s my wedding anniversary today … 15 years. I’m not sure what that one is. One year is paper, 25 silver, 50 gold etc. Maybe 15 years is the Taser anniversary. Anyway, my secret to a good marriage? A…

Ready, aim …

Is it wrong that I really, really, REALLY want one of these uber-slingshot things? I suppose the fact that I’m not going to buy one is a sign that maybe I’m growing up. Or maybe it’s just that I know…

A case of ‘do as I say, not as I do’

Jemima Khan

I have no problem with someone wanting to keep their private life private, even celebrities (to a degree, because let’s face it, a lack of real privacy is one of the costs of fame). But I when it comes to quasi-celebrities…

Another sad death

Juma, the Pittsburgh Zoo’s oldest lion, had to be put to sleep a few days ago. He’d been unwell for a while with an assortment of problems, including liver disease, and things came to a head when he stopped eating.…

Internuts: they’re out there

Straight jacket

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I love the internet. Yes, I know love is one of those incredibly overused words like munted (someone’s been complaining about it on the Trade Me message board so it…

RIP Elizabeth Taylor

I see on the online news that Elizabeth Taylor has died. Very sad but I guess not unexpected with all the health problems she has had over the years. She was 79.