I read an update on twitter today, thought ‘ho hum’ and obviously filed it away until my brain was ready to process it. Well I was ready to think about it when I was driving home from netball this evening. Here’s the tweet Soooo…..a little background. Dance Hall artist Beenie Man has been scratched form this years Big Day Out …
This is what 'socialist' medicine looks like
What I had suspected was a particularly nasty case of Man-Flu has turned out to be a bit more serious as Dave is now into his 24th hour in residence at North Shore hospital. Maybe it’s his appendix maybe it’s giardia WE JUST DON’T KNOW. I wish someone would figure it out. We are visiting him at the moment and …
Cadbury, let's just put the past behind us shall we?
This is an awesome example of a major corporation putting things right; Cadbury you have redeemed yourself in 5 ways I never thought possible. You listened to me when I told you I wasn’t down with you killing Orangutans (OK indirectly…) to make me fat happy and high on choccy. I couldn’t believe it when you commented on my blog …
Is this New Zealands finest twitter moment?
The Outrageous Fortune final was last night and it was insanely insane. The ending was the ultimate cliffhanger (Pascalle or Sheryl?) and as a result Twitter exploded. #outrageous quickly became a trending topic followed by Outrageous Fortune. Two New Zealand topics in the top 5 trending topics! Madness, fly the flag OF! You can watch the now infamous episode here …
Dog Control………Where you need it most
So I recently spent $99 on registering our guard dog Louie with our new local council. This is the type of burn-your-money expenditure that comes with dog ownership and that is a fact of life. However, we received in the mail today a Dog Owners Welcome pack, sent out by the council. How nice! It explained the dog bylaws, had …
Where was I?
You know what I’m talking about. I was on my way to work. I had just left the ghetto-assed place where I was staying / nannying in Atlantic Beach, Florida and was heading for my lovely job at video production company Atlantic Video in Jacksonville Beach. It was one of those weird mornings when you get in your car and …
New Zealand Telethon & the mass hatred of the underclass
I wasn’t going to weigh in on this topic but my opinions on the matter keep running about in my head and what’s a blog for if not your own personal soapbox right? Background (for the foreign peeps) This weekend past, New Zealand’s first Telethon in 15 years was broadcast. What the? Basically, it was a 23hr long televised event …
Full List of Stuff White People Like « Stuff White People Like
Full List of Stuff White People Like How classic is this! The stereotype is so perfectly broken down by this list that it MUST have been written by a white person – though I doubt that they would be able to call themselves a redneck. I love this so much I am going to comment on the Top 50, and …
Reply from John Key's Office
Thank you for your correspondence concerning the treatment of intensively farmed pigs and the footage screened on the ‘Sunday’ programme. The conditions depicted in the footage were highly disturbing and unacceptable. The Minister of Agriculture has made it clear to his officials that animal welfare is an absolute priority of this Government and that we would not accept cruelty to …
Oh yeah…that's why I used to be a vegetarian
News in New Zealand this week is the much publicized disclosure of video demonstrating the vile state of the pork industry. Local comedian Mike King, formerly the spokesperson for the NZ pork industry snuck into a pig jailpig farm and filmed the undersized sow cages that farmed pigs live in. It’s abhorrent and torturous, the pigs can’t move, some can’t …