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 »
I don’t watch any of those Married At First Sight/Love Island/Random People Trying to Shag Other Random People on Reality TV shows, but it has become just about impossible to avoid them. Sadly, our news websites have decided trashy TV qualifies as news, so they all have this shite peppered throughout their sites. And you
A shitty act of revenge Read Post »
So it seems Trump’s wee fanbase got a bit upset at Mark Hamill for taking the piss out of the Tangerine Tyrant’s No 1 enabler and seller of overpriced made in China garbage clothing, and object of her daddy’s fantasies, Ivanka. Stuff has reported that Ivanka posted a photo to Instagram of one of her, hubby
… in a galaxy far, far away … Read Post »
A pair of Germany-based hedgies have been wowing the interwebs with their antics and travels, and one of them is fast becoming what has been dubbed a “petfluencer”. Herbee, aka “the world’s happiest hedgehog” is jetsetting his way around the globe, posing up a storm to show his Instagram fans his travelogue. is making a
A prickly superstar Read Post »
The correct way to treat a good wine: Open the bottle to let it breathe If it doesn’t look as if it’s breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
