Month: July 2010

Memories are made of this

A couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they’re physically OK, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night, while watching…

Whale oil beef hooked

This whole whaling hoo-ha is pretty damn nasty and I totally agree with the activists trying to get this awful activity stopped but I’m not so sure I agree with the “legal strategy” adopted by the Sea Shepherd group during…

No such thing as privacy

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Hold the front page: apparently social networking is making us shallow. That’s according to studies by the Pew Research Centre and Elon University in the United States. Apparently, social networking…

Hmmm, a dilemma

Metallica has now caved in to the demands of their Mainland fans and will perform in Christchurch. Wow, this is bloody good news. However, it is also causing a bit of a dilemma: I’ve already my tickets the Leonard Cohen concert (mental…