Posts by Rob Hosking
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Re: VI -
yep, the final line was good, but still a bit of a comedown. The whole sequence was really building up to the title of VI.
" Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Modelling"
I mean, come on. You were never going to top that.
Oh, and TS Elliott looked an economist. More so than Bollard. -
tDo Wellingtonians need to be reminded that the DCM bookfair is on this weekend?
Not here. Our biggest family outing of the year. Other Half was born in Holland but has become quite a History of NZ art and literature buff. That and my personal addiction to second hand book ships makes it a big deal.
Shame about our wee domestic economy drive. I suspect we can begin that again on Monday.
No more little luxuries, like animal protein or soap, for a while.
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At the front of his very funny memoir Adolf Hitler, My Part in His Downfall, Spike Milligan wrote, if my memory is correct, “After Puckoon I swore I’d never write another book. This is it.”
I have written another book
Ah, but does your new one have the Last Turkey in the Shop or the White Eared Elephant in it?
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CHEERS.
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@Stephen: its like a lot of things - glad to have tried it, not sure I'd do so again.
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That song is a hot mess, but in a wonderful way. I laugh out loud whenever I hear it.
I have an identical reaction, and the song features on my personal 'The Good the Bad and the Downright Cheesy' collection.
But they're not trying to be funny.
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Reason critics have tended to trash McCartney: their mums liked him too much.
No way of proving this, just a suspicion.
Personally I'm not a fan of his rockers. They sound unconvincing to my ear, like the Osmonds' "Crazy Horses".
Sacrilege, I know.
But his mid tempo tunes...unbeatable.
I was in the car the other day and 'Penny Lane' came on the CD player. Hadn't heard it for ages.
And I was rapt. It is just utterly gorgeous.
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Some years back I saw a doco about a salmon farm on or near where they make Laphroig.
They were smoking the salmon - first smearing it with honey - with wood from the Laphroig barrels.
Now, I find Laphroig a little too peaty for my tastes but only a little.
And this sounded awesome. Had some Laphroig handy (although not, sadly, in a barrel) and after a bit of thought I made a marinade of honey and Laphroig and soaked the salmon in it overnight.
It was one of the loveliest things I have ever cooked.
It also remains one of the most expensive things I have ever cooked. About $5 a mouthful, I worked out. Later.
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I laughed. I cried. Nice piece of writing, and I'm a little tearful because there is no way I can go along to that next Wednesday night and then be going into the Reserve Bank lockup at 7am the next morning.
Actually Bollard himself should go along to this event.
David Hayward, over to you....
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Regional Wines and Spirits in Wellington and Emerson's in Dunedin are selling these awesome glass flagons at the moment. I don't know if anyone in Christchurch has them.
Jed: Damn. They are awful tempting. And I'm driving past Regional Wines & Spirits this evening on the way to an Autism Intervention Trust meeting.
Our domestic economy drive and my diet will be at war with a desire to stop off and pick up Just the One.