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I stumbled across a somewhat unusual message in today's Dominion Post's personals:

Some more on Nancy Wake ... so was it a heartfelt tribute from "an anonymous admirer" or a guerilla marketing stunt by The New Zealand Edge folk? Or maybe both? Interesting nonetheless.
‹ 30.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

My good friend Kyla has an exhibition of her wonderful mezzotints on at the moment, entitled "New places we remember". The opening was yesterday and I went along and was thoroughly impressed.

Peony and Pine, 2005

Do head along and see it if you're in Wellington: it's showing at Grodentz in Newtown, Saturdays from 10am to 4pm (or by appointment) until 19 September. Honestly, they're really beautiful ... I was amazed by the textures of them - some like fabric, others like porcelain - all really intricate. Great stuff. There's more of Kyla's work over at kylacresswell.com too, if the above takes your fancy.
‹ 21.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

One should either admire or fear the person who nutted out what is possiby the world's longest palindrome, all 4963 words of it ("Star? Not I! Movie – it too has a star ..." through to "... rats, as a hoot, tie. I vomit on rats.") The one over at McSweeney's is still the best though: "My girlfriend has a freaking weird name: Eman Driewgnikaerfasahdneirflrigym."
‹ 20.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

Cute touch - visit the Hotel Monaco in San Franciso and you'll get a pet goldfish to liven up your room: "During your stay, the goldfish will be happy to provide you with the perfect kind of companionship: relaxed and quiet. You'll enjoy the goldfish for the duration of your stay -- and even name your temporary companion. Rest assured, all you need to do is enjoy your temporary pet and we'll take care of the feeding."
‹ 19.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

Listen up kids ... if you've ever wondered how to go about shaving your head then Glenn's your man. It's the complete step-by-step, from a genuinely nice guy too (I'm not sure if that's strictly germane to an effective head-shave, but it's important to mention ... Glenn is also the only guy I think I've ever met who has hairier forearms than me. Fact. Although I think Robin Williams still wins that contest).
‹ 18.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

Christchurch local Andre Kaal was recently busted by noise control for having a wet flappy flag. Poor bloke was just trying to show a bit of patriotic spirit, bless 'im. Perhaps more interesting though were the other kinds of complaints the council receives from the good public of Christchurch (aside from the 90 percent that relate to stereo noise that is):

1. Parrots imitating telephone ring-tones.
   
   
2. Wind chimes.
   
   
3. Bird-scarers.
   
   
4. Helicopters hovering over vineyards doing frost-protection work.
   
   
5. Seagulls dropping shellfish on roofs.
   
   
6. Scrap-metal noise.
   
   
7. Sexual activity through walls.
   
   
8. Humming noises (often found to be only in the head of the complainant).
   
   
9. Outdoor spas and heat pumps.

Maybe 1 and 5 led to 3, 2 was actually a versatile 1, too much of 4 prompted 6, 9 led to 7, and 8 was a desperate attempt to block the whole mad cacophony out?
‹ 18.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

What a shitty fieldtrip: "It was scary to see what our insides look like and I didn't like looking at the poo, but now we know what we look like."
‹ 17.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

Now, my Grandma was known to utter the odd "shit" or "bugger" during a good-natured game of cribbage but she had nothing on Old Grandma Hardcore: "This blog is the chronicle of my experiences with Grandma, the video-game playing queen of her age-bracket and weight class. She will beat any PS2, XBox, GameCube, etc., console game put in front of her, just like she always has." I swear, if you look at the clips close enough you can just about see the air turning blue. Go Grandma! [via Luke]
‹ 16.8.05 / 0 comment(s) ›

New Zealand lost one of its most admired sons over the weekend, with the passing of former Prime Minister David Lange. To say he was an imitable presence is an understatement: he absolutely (re)defined New Zealand politics in the 1980s and will be sorely missed by the vast majority of us. There's plenty of coverage on the wires (a good range of views at The Herald and Stuff) and Russell Brown sums the man up nicely. Public Address' Great New Zealand Argument section also carries the text of his famous turn in the 1985 Oxford Union debate, arguing that "nuclear weapons are morally indefensible" ... the big man at his finest.
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