I checked my cellphone this evening and found there were 10 text messages waiting for me. Ten! I don’t even think I’ve received that many text messages this year. So started reading through them and found this very curious sequence of messages: 24 September 3.24pm Jared is ur sister ok please txt me back Im [...]
NB: Until 7pm it is “a criminal offence to distribute or broadcast any statement that is likely to influence a voter as to the candidate or party the voter should or shouldn’t vote for, or which influences people to abstain from voting,” so I’ve taken out certain names in order to comply with this law. [...]
I went to Raglan for a week and a bit and spent much of that time watching the Hurricane Katrina coverage on CNN. I returned to Auckland today and was delighted to find six (6) of the Exclusive Brethren election pamphlets waiting in my mail slot. They are: “BEWARE – THE GREEN DELUSION” Vague attacks [...]
I’ve been watching a lot of CNN International and BBC World over the last few days, and I’ve seen a lot of coverage of Hurricane Katrina. I soon discovered that in times of emergency, when they suddenly have to say something for a news report, people say the darndest things. “Hot and bothered by a [...]
From the NZ Herald today. “The Commerce Commission yesterday ruled that phone companies must allow customers to keep their existing number when switching service providers. The ruling takes effect on April 1, 2007. It applies to landlines and cellular numbers.” This is of great concern to me. Does this mean that one of my neighbours [...]