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				<title>Jesus that cow can sing</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[Well, I guess this is goodbye. They say all good things must come to an end, and I guess they must be right. Except in Australia that is, where they say, "Go you good thing!". Which suggests they don't know when to give up. But that's another matter. Anyway. Am moving on.  As I mentioned earlier this week I'm changing jobs and taking on a senior position with another Department. I could have tried to gain permission to continue writing here to Public Address, but I figured that I'd bow out gracefully before Kevin List decides to dig out dirt…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>The Emperor&#039;s New Clothes</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[Since we're clearing the air about ego, I thought I'd confess to hoping to one day write something worthy of paper-bound publication. Knocking out blogs is one thing, but actually writing something meaningful enough to put down in black and white is another it seems. I've done a lot of reflection on King's Being Pakeha since being a little critical of it way back in the early part of this year. I still think that the relevance of the book is especially keen for the generation above mine, but there is ongoing relevance for New Zealanders who do experience the…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Metics Finito</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[So much to write about, so little time. In a nutshell what this series tried to do is reduce down the 100k words of my thesis into something palatable for everyday readers. As many of you may attest, the academic world is all about learning an entirely new language for whatever discipline you happen to be interested in. Unsurprisingly, that language is usually inaccessible to most. I thought my thesis deserved a little more than that though. I'm sure it's a vanity, but I did try to pick a topic that would have application in everyday settings. The upshot is…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Mavens</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:51:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[The greatest thing this opportunity to access a public voice has given me is the ability to express weird thinking and impressions to an audience who may or may not appreciate them. Sometimes this has meant taking slight artistic licence with real-life events, but generally this is only to protect the interests of the people involved. Other times it's just because the truth is a little. bit. boring. What this opportunity was never meant to present is Dr. Che, "Expert on All Things". Mostly what I've tried to express over the past two and a half years is a serious…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Nine to Five</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:34:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[Had an interesting conversation the other day. Was asking someone why it was that a fairly select number and type of sports were identified as worthy of state funding and developmental support. I'd heard on the radio that Softball, a code New Zealand has dominated internationally since 1996 wasn't included in 'da money', and I was interested in opinions on why that might be. To be honest, the reply was little frank and kind of shocked me, but was also quite telling. It went something like, "why fund sports only enjoyed by bogans in Upper Hutt?" Well, I thought, because…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Thickening</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[If there's one interweb thing that really grinds my gears it's idiots with too much time on their hands. I say this because I just had my first day attending a course on e-Government. It's pretty interesting overall, and has already dramatically expanded my understanding of how, why and when 'the gubbermint' has been working in the e-space to improve both its own services and the use of the information superhighway nationally. I think if you're interested in how this stuff is developing you'll want to click on over to the two main places for checking things out, The Digital…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Momentum</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:57:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[It's one of the strange things about being a Kiwi, that feeling that there's something desirable hiding just beyond the horizon. If you're like me you probably moved around a fair bit when you were a child, even if it's only within the the same town or city, and it imparts something to a child that you never really appreciate if your parents were more sedentary. I've sometimes thought of it as a restlessness, but I think the word doesn't really do justice to the feeling that any one place can never afford you all the things you need. I…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Clod Stompers</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[I saw that Graham was trying to sell his car recently. I dunno how he went with that, but I'm thinking that for anyone wanting to sell in future that you should adopt my approach. I recently sold a clapped out old Honda Civic for $250, and couldn't believe that some guy of 'Middle-Eastern Appearance' wanted to pay for it. Note to self, always advertise car as an 'old bomb'. [.....pin drops......] Hey, look, if you can't make racist jokes in the age of terrorism, the bastards have already won. On a more serious note though, I have been thinking…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Soothing [Gin and] Tonic</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:53:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[This blog was always going to go one of two ways. I could either talk about the recent hoopla in England, or talk about the dangers of hitch-hiking. The first plan was to toss a coin and see how I'd go, but then I thought I wasn't going to let some pesky random chance like the rolling of a dice decide my fate for me. We get to make choices in democracies, and damn it, I'm exercising my right to say, "No!". Good ol' Angry Islam. You just can't shake those buggers can you? Doubtless the powers that be will…]]></description>
				
				
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				<title>Meditation on Freedom</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Che Tibby</dc:creator>
				<author>Che Tibby</author>

				
				<description><![CDATA[This blog started out as a little rant about the events unfolding in the Middle East, but then I figured that life's too short to get wound up about things over which you have no control. As short as the life of a civilian in Lebanon that is. Ah well. What really gets my goat is the faint air of threat surrounding this issue. A faint air that suggests it may widen into an actual inter-state conflict, instead of just a case of Israel pounding crap out of a neighbour. A neighbour apparently powerless to control a guerilla army on…]]></description>
				
				
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