Ricky Martin: He Banged

As well as going to watch Singin’ in the Rain, this weekend also saw me and Kim going to watch Ricky Martin at the TSB Arena. Big weekend.

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Singin’ in the rain

I was invited to review Singin’ in the Rain and despite my lack of musical theatre knowledge I thought it would be a good chance to get the reviewing muscles warmed up in advance of the Comedy Festival.

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The Kitchin Sinks

So news from late last week is that Paula Bennett has herself a new press secretary, former investigative journalist Phil Kitchin

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John Oliver’s dick: a tall tale

You have probably already seen some – if not all – of the interview between John Oliver and renowned Government whistle-blower Edward Snowden.

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How to mislead with numbers

I’ve always been a stickler for what I call the reverse-stat.

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Left is right

If you’re not a liberal when you’re 20 you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative when you’re 30 you have no brain.

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How the War in the North was won

So that settles it, Winston is awesome at campaigning. Better than Joyce. And Joyce is supposedly awesome. So awesome > supposedly awesome.

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Blackcaps vs some guys

Cricket. It’s never been on such a high in this country. And boy are we excited.

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“The term New Zealand comedian is an oxymoron”

So the title of this post is not my position, god no it isn’t. 

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Excellent customer service from Spark

We’re always very quick to complain when customer service is shit (see Fone,Voda).

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A very short post that continues my rage about the Feed the Kids Bill

So like the huge political nerd I am, I did a bit of fishing.

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Hubris

Hubris: excessive pride towards or defiance, leading to nemesis.

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I was there

I was there on July 7, 1916 when the Labour Party was officially formed.

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Six Bad Arthouse Plays: A review. Of sorts.

Before you read this review you should watch a minute or so of this video. It’s of a Wii game called Smooth Moves (skip to like 4:45).

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TV3: Seemingly prepared to help the Nats with a dirty deal

I’m a big defender of our media. I’ve copped some flak for it, but I think that on the whole our reporters do a reasonably good job

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Rumiplaylist: the awfulness

So in a fit of collaboration, I thought I’d ask my friends, family, Twitter followers and Facebook pals to name me one song that I would add to a Spotify playlist.

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Opaque transparency

It takes a lot to make me write about current events. Usually because I’m not a creative thinker

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I racked my brains

I do not know if it is the right decision to send New Zealand troops to Iraq, but I thought I would offer my thoughts on the decision making process.

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