Author Archive
Farewell Bryce Courtenay RIP
Novelist and inspirer Bryce Courtenay has died. What story-teller. What an inspiring human being. I mourn his passing but feel much gratitude for the way he gave his gifts. – P
Your bullets cannot harm me … my iPad is like a shield of steel?
Following up on some earlier MacBook bullet abuse … Watch a gun video here at Engadget and see a 9mm and .357 magnum pistol fired — at an iPad! Now, WHO does *this* blog post remind me of …? Someone. Guns. It’s on the tip of my tongue … … Nope. Can’t think. 🙂 … […]
Cluster WHAT?
This, in my pantry, reminded me of Labour’s internal woes … what a welcome distraction that is for the gummint.
The ancient (and dangerous) model of leadership
Sudden death or death by a thousand cuts? I learned pretty much all I needed to know about political manoeuvring, frustrated ambition and Olympic-level backstabbing when I covered local body politics — the ‘civics’ round — in Wellington for NewstalkZB, before going on to the Parliamentary press gallery. In my experience at that time, the […]
‘As playful as he is psychotic’
I read this wonderful line in Michele Manelis’ preview of Skyfall, the latest Bond movie: Javier Barden stars as Raoul Silva, and brings the sinister-yet-comedic element to the story. This over-the-top baddie is as playful as he is psychotic, but of course, underneath it all, he feels that he’s simply “misunderstood”. Which reminded me of […]
Lying for a living — part of an ugly cosmology
I just had to share this: Delusion? or Audacity? You decide. Breathless irony from Bill O’Reilly Fox News: Meanwhile, Ezra Klein, writing in the Washington Post, reacting to Mitt Romney telling his (disappointed) donors and backers that President Obama beat him in the election because he gave “gifts” to a wide sector of the electorate, […]
Big Bang Theory flash mob
Love it!
NZ sovereignty? SkyCity’s tentacles …
This seems like unwelcome involvement by SkyCity … Casino company Sky City helped negotiate a deal struck by the Government which fast tracks wealthy Chinese visitors’ visa applications when they fly China Southern Airlines to New Zealand, NZ First Leader Winston Peters has revealed. Mr Peters yesterday forced Immigration Minister Nathan Guy to hastily announce […]
Andrew Sullivan: Obama governed as ‘a moderate Republican’
Gee I like Andrew Sullivan. I like his human qualities and his intelligence and passion. Any regular reader of his website The Daily Dish (as I am) can see why his blog format/approach is so copied by others far less imaginative. He works hard to snippet news ‘in real time’, but his value in his […]
Wry. In Nate Silver we trust?
http://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/265580305702871041/photo/1 via Poynter, who also had the good humour to headline an article about the US election: Voters gather to decide Nate Silver’s fate Wry. – P
Pick a theory to fit your paranoid fantasy
I stumbled across a lovely term yesterday … fantasy precincts … in a Robert Shrum article R.I.P Mitt Romney … “The media has debunked the fiction, which was borrowed from the fantasy precincts of the rightwing blogs.” Then, today, saw that Mother Jones has, rather wonderfully, put this summary of anti-Obama fantasies together …
