Over the past week or so there has been a good bit of whinging over the planned name of a new organisation that aims to help vulnerable children in this country. The old Child Youth and Family is being shut…
How about we worry about the REAL issue
Bullshit bullfight traditions
There’s been plenty of backlash around the world over plans to slaughter the mother of a bull that fatally gored a Spanish matador, but I doubt that will stop the blood-thirsty cretins from going ahead with their plan. Yes, you…
Clooney’s looking a bit ruff these days …
Colour me confuddled
I might be missing something here, but I really don’t get the whole colouring books for grown ups obsession. Apparently, the world’s largest wood pencil-maker had to ramp up production after the “mindfulness” colouring books became so popular that there…
Taking multi-tasking to a new level
I know were all keen on multi-purpose gadgets, like smartphones with all their phone and texty cleverness blended in with cameras and MP3 players, but I reckon this might just be taking things a little too far: Id prefer a…
Ducking hell, they’re everywhere …
Achieving inner peace
I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me today, and we all could probably use more calm in our lives. I looked around my house to see things I’d started and hadn’t finished, so I…
Upated: Home invaders (and men are idiots)
The discovery of some unexpected visitors in our home this week was a bit of a shock. After hearing a sort of dripping sound in the bathroom for a while now, I was wondering if either there was something leaking…
And the winner is … Chorus
The gushing news reports would have us believe that everyone in Dunedin is celebrating their little corner of the world winning the much-hyped Gigatown competition but let’s be honest: it’s Chorus that should be doing all the celebrating. This year-long…
Weather or not you believe it …
The whole global warming debate continues, and while it’s hard to see it as global warming when we froze our collective arses off here in New Zealand last summer (but had an almost tropical winter), there is no doubt that…