Gaining integrity while looking at old emails
I got a new computer, and I spent some time importing some old emails (from a non-cloud, pre-hotmail type of email account) so that these old emails could live on in infamy.
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The greatest song of all
When it’s 2am and the only people left at a party are the ones you’re not entirely comfortable talking to, conversation often lurches around trying to find common ground. Something you can all relate to. One such topic is “what’s the greatest song of all time?”
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Comedy fest review: Jeremy Elwood – Notes
Jeremy Elwood is one of the mainstays of New Zealand comedy. He’s appeared on several TV shows, comedy galas, even stepping out as a serious actor on stage. And there’s a reason why he’s been around for so long (fourteen festivals apparently)*. He’s just that good.
Read MoreComedy fest review: Greg Ellis – Vance Fontaine for Lovers
It’s a small crowd packed into the large Foxglove Starlight ballroom. Which is a real shame because the next hour or so proves to be a masterclass in musical improv comedy.
Read MoreComedy Fest review: Alexander Sparrow – A One Night Stand
Alexander Sparrow is a bright young thing from Wellington’s up-and-coming comedy scene.
Read MoreComedy fest review: Michele A’Court, Stuff I forgot to tell my daughter
Michele A’Court has long been one of New Zealand’s premier comedians, she’s won oodles of awards and has pretty much clocked comedy.
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Here is the future of online news
Warren Ellis, the one who writes comics and stuff not the one who is a musician, linked today to this Fast Company feature on the new way it is handling news content.
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Obama’s week from hell
This has been one of, if not the single worst week the Obama administration has faced. And it’s only Wednesday in the States.
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Obligations: or how I learned to grow up and iron a Goddamn shirt
I guess one of the real tricks of adult life – one of the ways you can tell that you are, in fact, growing up – is figuring out how to get stuff done that you don’t want to do without being a total asshole.
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Comedy festival review: Adam Wright & Rick Threlfo in Gloriously Average
It’s a bold marketing ploy calling your show “Gloriously Average” but that’s what two up-and-coming Wellington comics have done.
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Google Me This
I’m 32 and I feel like I wasted my education. At present, I’m in France, traipsing around the countryside admiring castles and all sorts of other old shit. I’m scouring the leaflets and information signs attached to various wonders, but the main thing they illuminate is my ignorance.
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Defending the 2nd amendment
In response to today’s piece on gun control in the US, Linoge, a reader in the United States had the following to say in rebuttal To follow the same pattern as the article, I see three primary faults in it.
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We need to talk about Barack
I love the United States. I love the food, I love the country and I love the American confidence. There are plenty of things that we could learn from them.
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Casting the first stone
Much has been written of Aaron Gilmore and his poor decision making skills at a Hanmer Springs bar. But the whole affair has made me feel a bit icky.
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Moaning well
Ooooh I can’t stand that Julie. Who does she think she is; coming over here with her brown shoes and her straight walking? Don’t get me wrong; I love a good moan.
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Tradition and respect
I’ve been invited to an event in the next few weeks which is designated as black tie. I don’t have any problem with this, and will almost certainly follow the dress code in its official, formal capacity, which is rather more complicated than many kiwis think.
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