The latest update: The CDC now claim that 20 people have succumbed to swine flu in the United States of America. According to media reports in New Zealand we have at least ten (the students from Rangitoto College). With those sorts of numbers either we are over-responding to an imagined threat or we are the […]
For a start so much for TVNZ on demand. I see the news at 6pm, then I want to see it again at 8pm so I head to my computer. Either the 6pm news is there somewhere amidst a bad navigation or I need to wait until tomorrow to see today’s news – either way […]
If you thought the Susan Boyle spectacle on Britain’s Got Talent was well worth it here’s another one. Not so jaw droppingly unexpected as Ms Boyle but funny enough to make you smile, or laugh out loud even. And to see a father and son so happy in each others company is a nice treat. […]
The Tony Veitch saga has aroused a great deal of commentary and rumour-mongering. A person who left a comment on a post I wrote about Tony Veitch some time ago was looking for somewhere to leave a comment directed personally to Tony. Well, here’s your chance. Leave your comments here and I’ll make sure he […]
Here’s one to tickle your fancy and even bring tears to your eyes. Susan Boyle who’s 47 and lives alone with her cats wants to sing in front of a large audience. I’ll let the video do the ‘talking’ suffice to say that in the three days since this video was posted it has received […]
I bought Sugar a voucher for a hot air balloon ride – it was for a significant birthday (21?) and so it seemed appropriate that I spend up large. Hot air ballooning is not cheap. And so it came to pass that eighteen months after purchasing said gift we finally organised the trip on a […]