The Day The Music Hid
I was in the UK when it happened. HMV and Virgin and other big music outlets suddenly rearranged themselves. One day, their entrances were enormous displays of music. The next day, the music was gone, and instead there were DVDs. Lots and lots of DVDs.
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Thinking: It should make you think
This week I learnt about the passing of Baroness Thatcher via a joke on Facebook.
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Why I don’t go to protests anymore: how a liberal lost the zest
I hate to say it but I think the liberal protest movement could take some tips from the conservatives.
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The sad, sorrowful tale of a London summer
Haha New Zealand. After months of weather-related humblebragging on Facebook, now it’s our turn.
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The Domestic Goddess
Nigella Lawson. What a fox. Who cooks like that and looks as good as she does at 53? Hopefully me, and I think I’ve found the secret.
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Where is home? or: How I learned to stop worrying and find my sense of place
I have no idea how to answer people when they ask me where I’m from.
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Writing errors: what do they say about you?
I tend to be annoyed by basic writing errors. They always seem to represent a lack of care, or a lack of intelligence, or both.
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Orcas: the jerks of the sea
There is an episode of the Simpsons where the family, through a series of hijinks, get an elephant. At the end of the episode, they take the elephant to live in a nature reserve. Stampy the Elephant doesn’t take kindly to other elephants and starts repeatedly head butting their sides.
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Feminism: Part 1
Feminism is badly communicated. That one little communication issue has let down every human who identifies as a feminist.
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What we talk about when we talk about mental health
Part one of a series on Mental Health In New Zealand we aren’t very good at talking about mental illness. Or mental health.
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Yeast infection
I’ll lay my cards on the table: I’ve never been a big Marmite fan. It’s not my least favourite spreadable yeast extract – that honour goes to VITAM-R, a viscous, pungent, pale-brown paste available mainly in German health food shops.
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In defense of the Facebook Generation
I have recently bought the world’s greatest mobile phone: the HTC One. I write that with minimal hyperbole, many technology websites including TechRadar have named it The Greatest Phone available right now.
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So you want to work in London?
I thought working in London would be similar to working in Wellington. We speak the same language, our cultures are basically the same, after all, a big chunk of Kiwi culture originated in Blighty. Except they aren’t similar. Not at all.
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Undissolved solute
I’m part of the problem. I know I am. I don’t really care. People who care come up with solutions. People who care are able to see the specific and underlying problems in society. People who care get on my tits.
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Welcome to the machine
Hello there. Welcome. This is the Ruminator. I trust you will enjoy your time here.
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Slightly Slutty Barren Spinster
A Slightly Slutty Barren Spinster is a 36 year old woman living in Wellington.
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