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About That Telescope | Jul 03, 2009 13:51
Today's Drinnan covers one of the claims circulated in a release from former Herald on Sunday assistant editor Steve Cook, in advance of the hearing of his Employment Relations Authority complaint against APN yesterday. The claim is summarised thus:
The document alleged that for a time in 2005...
.... and the Rock 'n' Roll | Jul 03, 2009 12:12
To the enormous amusement of everyone who knows him (and probably a few people who don't), Karl from CactusLab inadvertently got himself caught up the mystifying business of Vodafone's disappearing HTC Magic "Google phone". That's Karl, there, with the candy floss and the topless body-painted models. It was...
Shut Up and Skate | Jul 02, 2009 20:17
It's freezing at the indoor karting track. In the waiting area, with the pool table covered in papers, it's merely cold. Past the barrier and out on the concrete track you can see the breath of the skaters as they blast around the newly-created oval track. "You can get a...
I Love it When a Plan Comes Together | Jun 30, 2009 11:54
It's with much pride and excitement that Up Front can reveal it has secured its first scoop. Due probably to a mix-up with names, an email intended for Ian Wishart has come to me instead. Claiming to have originated from Lockwood Smith's parliamentary in-box, the email contains a copy of...
Bye, bye, you peculiar guy. | Jun 29, 2009 09:32
Where would we be without Lee Harvey Oswald? Without him, no assassination. Without an assassination, no mantra. "I will always remember where I was when I heard he/she/the music died," people say, with wide eyes. You could hear it said often last Friday. No concept is too awesome, no notion...
Bubbles Over Blockhouse Bay | Jun 26, 2009 08:48
David Haywood from Christchurch
Every time I've driven along Blockhouse Bay Road -- and, one way or another, I've been driving along it all my life -- somebody seems to be burning wet grass. It's quite a pleasant odour; I'm not complaining or anything. But I do wonder: has it been the same person...
"Smokescreen," I scream | Jun 24, 2009 09:22
Can somebody take this up for me? Can the Minister for Corrections explain why the previous prisoner forecast, included in the Briefing to the Incoming Minister in November 2008, required 275 new prison beds per year, while the new forecast projects a requirement for 555 new...
It was all a dream | Jun 13, 2009 16:47
I really hope that Lost doesn't turn out to be the collective fantasy of a bunch of hippies on spiked Kool-Aid, because after the Life on Mars hibernation-sleep ending, and House's Vicodin hallucinations, I don't think I could take it. Admittedly, House's fifth-season ending was the logical end...
Rocky Mountain hi! | Jun 13, 2009 05:14
Why am I breathless? I've just rejoined the mile high club. The boys and I have spent the last week in Aspen, Colorado. It's another whistle stop on the academic gravy train, where we get to frolic and explore while their dad tinkers with the origins of the universe in...
For what it's worth | Jun 09, 2009 17:09
Okay, this is a piece of naked self-publicity but I thought Public Address readers may be interested to read the very big review of the new Neil Young Archives 1 (1963-1972) box set posted at Elsewhere. This is the first of the box sets to come from Neil's...
19 Questions* | Jun 09, 2009 12:13
Damian Christie - Cracker With Attitude
What possible purpose could a Coroner's inquest do in the Bain case? Was there some money left over from the trial or something? Does the Bain trial prove re-runs can actually be very popular? Will the rekindling of tensions in Korea mean a new series of M*A*S*H, or just more...
Asserting ancient rights | Feb 28, 2009 16:10
Graeme Edgeler learns the lesson of history
The news that section 92A is likely gone, or neutered, is great – although I'm not convinced that it is as bad as was being made out. I've noted my concern over the strained interpretation in comments here and on other 'blogs before, but Steven Price...
My Imaginary Journey | Feb 03, 2006 09:27
A.R.D FAIRBURN in a strange land
If Rex Fairburn had been writing now he would surely have been a blogger. Not one whose work fell easily on the "left" or the "right", but assuredly one who would not shrink from a good argument. "He always wanted a scrap …" wrote Denis Glover and Geoffrey Fairburn on...