Shocking news from the New York Times in the obituaries. Vic Chesnutt, who I saw perform at the San Francisco Bathhouse last July died of an overdose of muscle relaxants. According to the notice he had attempted suicide several times and failed. The day before Christmas in 2009 he succeeded. Vic Chesnutt was a great […]
Andrew Williams appeared with Mike Hosking tonight on Close Up defending his position over the rumoured late night texts. It’s one of those situations of either you believe him, or you don’t. Each side seemed to have evidence that supported their own claims. Everyone except John Key. Interviewed on Breakfast he appeared as vague as […]
Two companies, Southdown Holdings and Five Rivers, have put an application in to start a dairy operation that would see 18,000 dairy cows housed in pens known as free stalls. You can see the application here. What are these people thinking? And why are the Federated Farmers supporting them? Apparently there is a plus side to this […]
We visited Sydney in August and on our last day in that great city we walked under overcast skies around the cliffs of Bondi Beach. One of the highlights of that stroll was coming across the belongings and ‘dwelling’ of the Bondi Caveman, Jhyimy “Two Hats” Mhiyles. My boys were intrigued that this man lived in […]
It reported three days ago that an Indian man, Vaibhav Bedi, is suing the makers of Lynx deodorant and body spray for a lack of the so-called ‘Lynx Effect’. The Lynx Effect, if you have seen the advertisements on TV, makes a man irresistible to women, particularly long legged beautiful women. If you choose to use […]
Here’s one that I just posted on www.meateaters.co.nz – but it’s so ‘good’ I needed to post it here as well.