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Accidental unbling

On the left, the Mulberry Alana bag. On the right, the New Zealand 10 cent coin.

Ten things

I don’t normally do those so-called meme things, she said, but this one’s all right cos it’s not about ticking boxes but coming up with real things. It’s the “10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself” one.

In late 2000/early 2001, I was the co-host of the Computer Chat show on Radio Pacific. I didn’t mean [...]

Americans name-check New Zealanders in UK newspaper alert!

Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D are interviewed in the Guardian’s Film & Music supplement.

6. Choose a nemesis

Black: Right now, I would say our arch-rival is Borat because he’s too fuckin’ funny and his movie’s coming out the same time as ours. That is a source of much fear and dread.

Gass: I saw [...]

spk englsh plz

The NZ Herald is the source of some great comedy today with Readers’ views: Text language in exams. Everyone is outraged!

Apparently the New Zealand Qualifications Authority is going to allow txt-style abbreviations to be used in exams. But the important thing is that this won’t extend to English exams.

I’ve sent in the following comments:

People have [...]

Concerned citizens

I cleared my post office box today and found a rather strange letter there for me.

It was an anonymously written, three-page photocopied letter regarding a New Zealand elected public official – who I will not name, for I have read the Defamation Act – and it makes various allegations about him/her.

The letter was trying to [...]