Pulp Friction
The very first book I ever read was about a little dog that got lost and had an adventure. At one stage it befriended a raccoon and learned to live at night so it could eat trash.
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Why we’ll never quit Star Wars
“Star Wars references are deeply embedded in popular culture”, says Wikipedia’s article on the subject. Why do we keep talking about Star Wars? Why can’t we get over it?
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Shaming: it’s a bit crap for everyone
It’s no surprise to anyone that Twitter and Facebook are filled with vile, racist, homophobic, bigoted awfulness. Because humanity is filled with vile, racist, homophobic bigots.
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Say si si to C
C – A Musical Written and directed by Paul Jenden Music by Gareth Farr Staring Jackie Clarke, Danny Mulheron, Jane Waddell, Louis Solino
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Is Richard Dawkins a dick?
So here’s my quandary. I think Richard Dawkins has a lot of good stuff to say, and I think his message is an important one
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Bring it back: Queues
I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know. Queues suck. Can you really think of anything worse than standing behind another person who’s standing behind another person?
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Tromso Part III: Blitzen bites it
Watching the lights play tag over and around the mountains and fjords put paid to any residual wisps of cynicism. To have watched Aurora’s dance a thousand years ago, how could one not have been religious?
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It’s my privacy and I’ll cry if I want to
The status quo: We’ve heard a lot in the news lately about spying. Edward Snowden is a name that will be familiar to a lot of people.
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Bring it back: Daphne Lingerie
Victoria’s Secret dominates the lingerie market. They’re a multi-cajillion dollar business that, as far as I can tell, targets its ads primarily at the eyeballs and regular balls of pubescent and post-pubescent men.
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Untitled angry rant
So I guess the goal in life is to have full and satisfying challenges to accomplish, with a minimum of time spent on what we could file approximately under “admin” or “chores” or “tiresome bullshit that sucks the joy out of your life”.
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Charles Saatchi: it’s not OK
Nigella is the Domestic Goddess, I have reviewed a number of her recipes and I’m going to keep reviewing her recipes. She’s also a human being. The abuse she’s suffered at the hands of Charles Saatchi is not OK.
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A tight spot
There are many things to hate about winter. I won’t bother going into them here, but we can probably all agree that winter, particularly in New Zealand, sucks the farts out of dead seagulls. And the worst thing about the miserable weather is the wardrobe.
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The Console Wars – Sony’s Three Hit Combo That Just Knocked Out Xbox
A big fat South African taking on a fresh-faced 21 year old wasn’t the only showdown this week.
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Anti Science brigade, why you so anti science?
Hamilton City Council recently made the ill-informed decision to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water. Now the ill-informed people who blindly pushed for that outcome are saying Wellington is their next target. This worries me.
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