One time recently, I glanced over at our DVD collection of James Bond titles. I wondered, at what time in my life did I decide this was ok, to actually make a point of collecting James Bond movies, and… Continue Reading
You can’t tell me the stag-do is an ancient tradition. There’s no way in hell ancient Druids went into Bethnal Green on a Saturday night in two cars, in pressed jeans, to score cocaine. It seems the modern New… Continue Reading
I was listening to the sound of a wheelie bin being rolled home at about 6.30 this morning. It’s akin to hell. Not clear what hell is actually like, but I am pretty sure that people sit there naked, with… Continue Reading
A little over an hour ago I was cruising at the legal speed limit of 50kms per hour, down a quiet through-road in suburban east Auckland. A person drove up very close behind me, which is normal for Auckland.… Continue Reading
A Sin Eater used to lay out bread on a corpse and eat the sin-soaked food and save a soul. I’m a modern-day Sin Eater. But still, give me platesful of corpse cake and take me to your graveside… Continue Reading
Like Valentines, Takapuna Beach, and State Highway 1 on a long weekend there is one other place you are likely to end up when you least expect it, and that’s the A & E Clinic. Doesn’t matter that it’s a… Continue Reading
I’ve just been to a new shopping complex in Tauranga called “Tauranga Crossing“. It sits in a new development in the Western Bay called The Lakes. The Warehouse Brand-new but age-old. Luxury aisles in which to swing your trolley… Continue Reading
A Thousand Yards Between the blossom trees and along the straight, gravelled avenue the tall chimney rises. The polished steel is hot and deranges the stark slate of the blue sky beyond. You took one thousand strokes on a… Continue Reading
Many of us, on turning 45, decide that we desperately need to do a Masterate, and just like that we are back at university, such is the ease of enrolment, extramural study, access to money and the luxury of real… Continue Reading
I’ve sat through the second season of The Bachelor—like everyone else who has bothered to watch—with a sense of despondency, shame, bemusement and stupefaction. It’s nothing like the first series, with the strapping, amusing Art Green who—despite being some sort… Continue Reading
Tim Metcalfe is a hapless Englishman, stuck in the middle of others’ drama, in a suburb called Weatherfield. If you thought Steve MacDonald or Peter Barlow had fairly hard existences, think again. Windass Tim entered the show in 2013 as… Continue Reading
Remember June and Steph, the ‘Bogan Besties’ of My Kitchen Rules? They were functional bogans. They showed that bogans were no longer just bong-toting types with a penchant tyre fires and Corrosion of Conformity. The friends were acceptable, taxpaying, school-run… Continue Reading
There is a place where we all ultimately go, like McDonald’s or BB’s Cafe, and that place is called the local shopping mall. The local malls have been undercut by the Westfields but they stand, steadfast, like a beacon… Continue Reading
I recently heard a few tales of online dating. It seems there’s a swag of blokes out there who are great company, are CEOs, have extensive land portfolios and are generally all-round GCs. That’s what it says in their bio.… Continue Reading
A lot has been written around the workplace bully. One of the most prolific researchers was the late Tim Field who shared his findings here. He carried out fairly extensive research into how the bully operates in the workplace and… Continue Reading