#YesAllMen tl;dr

Hi there. So there’s been a lot of rage from men about David Cunliffe’s comments about apologising for being a man.

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The terror of procreation part II

We had always decided that we would be coming home to have children. Hats off to our fellow Kiwis who are doing the hard yards raising a child in London – I do not envy you.

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Kiritapu

There are many different ways to honour the people who shape us. We present awards and bestow honours for remarkable achievements, adding letters at the end of names like “ONZ” or “QSM” or prefixing names with “Dame” or “Sir”.

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The Internet of things

You can see more of Jim’s work at http://www.cartoonsbyjim.com

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Ambushed eyes

I walked down Manchester Street today.

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Mrs Dann’s Blog and high functioning alcoholics

I’ve just been reading Mrs D’s cool as blog about quitting wine.

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Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. But I should (image may upset).

I’ve been really challenged lately to start caring about stuff. Like, properly caring.

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

I worked in Christchurch’s CBD until Labour weekend last year. Now I work in Linwood, but I still commute via the CBD. It gives me a good chance to keep an eye on what’s changing around the central city.

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America’s Cup ain’t my cup

I have grown about as disillusioned as the next person with the Americas Cup itself

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Cartoons!

During our recent call for writers, we were contacted by Jim who does Cartoons by Jim and he asked if we’d be interested in running his cartoons. Well of course we are. So when Jim does a cartoon we’ll run it! You can see more of Jim’s work at http://www.cartoonsbyjim.com Here’s today’s effort:

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Half cocked

We asked for new writers and we got INUNDATED by people wanting to write for us. Which is great! First off today is Hilary Cameron.

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Sausage review: The Humble Cumberland

By Jerome Chandrahasen. Ah the Cumberland. The most well known and widespread of the English regional sausages.

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Siemens OptiPoint 500 economy: a review

A while back I wrote a review on the Uniball Powertank Pen. I realise now that I have been tardy in reviewing anything else (except comedy. How much comedy did I review?).

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Troll stroll 12 June 2014

So a few people have asked me to record my #trollstroll tweets here as a post so you can see them if you miss them.

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Three conversations I’ve had in a bar

Three conversations take place in a bar. To be fair, only two of these conversations have actually happened. The other one hasn’t yet, but it will.

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Doctors against obesity

By Nicole Skews. This blog is an x-post from Coley’s blog which you can find at www.tangerina.co.nz

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Troll Stroll: 4 June 2014

So a few people have asked me to record my #trollstroll tweets here as a post so you can see them if you miss them.

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My First Writers Festival

My sister drove us to Auckland from Hastings, with a stop in Taupo for Burger Fuel, where we shared two burgers between us.

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