I’m in the market for a new mobile phone and it’s causing a bit of a dilemma. I make no secret of the fact that I’m not a fan of the invasive mobile phone. It drives me nuts when I’m…
A phone is a phone is a phone …
Month: December 2010
Santa’s making a list
Silver Fern Farms Te Aroha: disgusting behaviour
Silver Fern Farms is quite rightly getting slammed in cyberspace for their actions in docking the pay of their workers who observed the two minutes’ silence during the memorial service for the Pike River miners. Sure, there have been some…
It must be time for …
12 days: the recession years
NEW POLICY: Effective immediately, the following economising measures are being implemented in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” subsidiary: The partridge will be retained, but the pear tree, which never produced the cash crop forecasted, will be replaced by a plastic hanging…
Santa’s mailbox #4
Festive consideration
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Is everyone feeling all festive and tinsel-riffic yet? It’s getting dangerously close to the big day and with all the shopping chaos and weirdly muggy weather it wouldn’t be any…
Irish financial crisis explained
Are you a little confused by the financial world? Struggling to understand the full implications of the Irish financial crisis: what it means and how it all happened?
Well here’s the bloke to explain it (some colourful language so NSFW or small children).
The cost of being healthy
Dear Healthy People, We see you out there, going to the gym, munching on tofu burgers and meditating your way through stress and worry. So stop it! Your healthy lifestyles that don’t feature junk food or cigarettes is causing you…