Tag: Chelsea Hughes
Comedy fest review: Urzila Carlson in Poise Control
I turn up to San Fran to see Urzila Carlson about two minutes before the show starts, and the venue is packed.
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Bring it Back: Finger Pointing
My momma always told me it was rude to point my finger, so in a very rare moment of obedience, I obliged. It wasn’t always easy not pointing at things.
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The Power of Parenting
I’m the mother of a three year-old child. As each day passes, she grows more and more independent.
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Bring it back: Interesting tourists
New Zealand’s tourist department used to attract all kinds of people to our shores.
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Bring it back: Floralazzling
Flowers are delightful. Wouldn’t you agree? They come in different kinds and colours or whatever. They’re splendid.
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Bring it Back: Ponies
Nobody takes ponies seriously anymore. Not even you. I saw you chuckle just then.
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Bring it back: Labour Party
Boy. Things are getting serious. As an American living in Australia, I feel arrogant enough to tell you the NZ Labour Party is over. Finito. Long gone are the Frasers and Kirks and Clarks.
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Bring it back: Creative moustachery
I hate facial hair on guys. Hitler moustaches however, can be sexy, depending on the context*.
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Bring It Back: Sexy
Sexy is dead. It died sometime in the 1980s after the rise of giant shoulder pads, Kenny Rogers and corporate America.
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Dogs is an anagram of gods. This is no coincidence. Dogs ARE gods. Well, at least they were, until around the 1960s when they started becoming as lazy and useless as their human owners.
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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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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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Bring it back: Ghost Nannies
Yeesh, things certainly have become rather serious on The Ruminator. Other writers have been talking about racism, sexism, anxiety disorders, and techno-annoyance (of this and this). It’s enough to cramp your furrowed brows.
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Bring it back: The Great Egg Obsession
I love eggs so much. I guess you could call me an eggthusiast.
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Bring it back: Weird competitions
I am very competitive. Very. I’m only writing this blog post because I’m not currently winning this blog. I don’t even know what that means.
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Bring it back: Creepy window displays
Sometimes I see a picture of something from the past, and I get jealous to the point of becoming angry. I’m jealous that the thing I saw and its sheer awesomeness no longer exists in modern day society.
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Dead Dreamboats
My friend, Courtney, and I share the hobby of drooling over dead guys. It sounds weird I know, but…. ok, it’s weird. I take a lot of comfort in knowing we’re not alone.
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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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