When Wellington Airport was re-branded several years back it’s new tagline became “Wild At Heart”. Out-of-towners, and the more timid locals, think this is a ridiculous epitaph. Why would you promote flying in to Wellington as ‘wild’ and think that was a line that would attract tourists? There are many hardy locals who love the […]
John Key seems to have the same affliction as George W. Bush…whenever he speaks it never quite seems to come out right. One example – the furore over secret tapings and ransacked rubbish. Asked by the protestors outside the National Party conference in the weekend to apologise he told Duncan Garner on TV3 news: “Well, […]
I have been determined to keep my personal life out of this blog – what happens in our home stays in our home. But tonight I made the biggest blunder of my life. I forgot our anniversary. So, I need to make a public declaration of apology and love to the woman I have been […]
A convicted murderer, who is found guilty a second time, is revealed by TVNZ to have a page on MySpace. Antonie Dixon, who murdered James Te Aute, and severed the hand of his girlfriend, and mutilated her friend was revealed on MySpace boasting about his notoriety, and garnering some pity for his life as a […]
I have just created a cloud via a site called Wordle…a nice experience using something which has no intrinsic value other than making something nice to look at. Go to http://wordle.net and either copy and paste text, or enter an URL for an RSS feed, then create a tag cloud that looks a lot better […]
What a great game. Fast and furious. Exciting to watch, and a cliff hanger until nearly the end. The Australians played with real passion. And there was no doubt that Robbie Deans created that passion. Team members spoken to during the week spoke of how Robbie makes the game fun. Hmmm… I’d be surprised if […]