We are reluctant to tell our kids they aren’t as fast/clever/strong as the next kid because we don’t want them feeling a sense of failure (gotta save the fun stuff for when they’re all grown up) but don’t we, as…
Are national standards a bad thing?
Category: My latest rant
Sometimes I just need to rant. Be afraid, you are my captive audience.
iPad: iDunno, iThink iM iOver iT
What’s the buzz? Vuvuzela
I actually watched about 3 minutes of a football game last night and can now understand why everyone’s getting their knickers in a knot over those weird horn things that the South African fans are blowing at the World Cup.…
Sign-stealing morons caught
The sign stolen from Auschwitz has been recovered and it seems that it wasn’t Neo Nazis after all, it was just a bunch of thieves who stole it to sell for a quick buck. The sign, and where it stands,…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It’s that time of the year again, when little kids and retailers get excited. And it would appear it’s the time of the year Santa has his prostate check, if this photo is any indication. But I digress. It’s December,…
They’ve messed with the chocolate, now they’re buggering up the biscuits
Griffins has moved production of some of its biscuits to Fiji but didn’t come clean on the decision until pressed by the press (a sharp-eyed reporter from the Dominion Post noticed the “Buy New Zealand Made” logo had disappeared from…
Must try harder
I’m disappointed. According to Transparency International, New Zealand is the least corrupt nation in the world. Damn. Using its swish-sounding “Corruption Perceptions Index for 2009″, Transparency International says the three MOST corrupt nations are Somalia, Afghanistan and Myanmar. Our neighbours…
MetService, getting it wrong since forever
Okay, so I know I’ve been whinging about the state of the weather here over the past couple of days, what with the thunder, lightning, rain and blustery winds. However, I figured I was entitled to a whinge with all…
Give us this day our daily it-might-not-be-safe-but-you’re-getting-it-anyway fortified bread
So, not long now until we start getting doses of folic acid forced upon us. For those of you who missed this particular gem: from September, bakers here in New Zealand must (by law) add folic acid to bread under…
Ripped from the (old) headlines
What is it with all the anti-news stories about lately? I thought news stories were meant to inform us, to educate and offer us fresh facts and opinions. I can sort of forgive “Words can ease pain, I swear” from…