The NZ Herald has a great wee story about all the awesome vintage treats on offer in my little corner of the world. Those of us who live in the deep south of Godzone already know how great the place is, but it’s good to see the word spreading! (Not too much though, we don’t […]
Invercargill: The stunning southern gem Read Post »
Judgy old Kiwibank has rethought its stance on who will be allowed to use its banking services after a bit of backlash over the responsible banking policy it published this week. The policy excludes a bunch of undesirables that cause harm to the world: drug dealers, loan sharks, and businesses involved with military-grade weapons, to
Kiwibank backtracks on brothel ban Read Post »
It’s a weird old world we live in right now as global movement has ground to a halt in an attempt to slow the progress of Covid. This means no crowds at the sporting events that have gone ahead, resulting in the cameras (and microphones) being far more sensitive to things that would normally have
As much as the conspiracy theorists and general idiots are whining about us locking down here, we should all be thankful we’ve avoided the chaos of the northern hemisphere. Coronavirus is still spreading there like wildfire, and despite the claims from the morons of this world that it’s nothing more than a head cold,
Covid response bumbling, bungling and silenced Read Post »
Does the United States have the most corrupt, violent and bigoted police force in the world? No, it probably doesn’t, but there is messy minority of cops who fit that description. But one of the few good things about social media and smart phones: this sort of behaviour is getting harder to cover up. A
Bad apples held to account Read Post »
It’s important to find the positives in life, and even our current plague-y world can have an upside. It seems robocalls are down in the United States. And it’s the pandemic that they can thank. CNN has reported that the number of robocalls to US phones last month hit a two-year low. The reduction was
Ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call … Read Post »
It’s interesting to see how some of the inhabitants of our planet are navigating our plague situation. Like the idiot who seemed a bit surprised that borders were closed and he got stranded here, so decided to have a whinge about the television programming in Aotearoa New Zealand. Riiiight. So it seems a British couple
TV programming worse than the plague Read Post »
Once upon a time, people got married in front of their family and friends, inviting them along to witness the event as they were supported by a best man and bridesmaid or matron of honour, and maybe if they were feeling particularly fancy there would be a flower girl and a ring bearer added to
Weddings: Do we need to document everything? Read Post »
