I don’t usually appeal for help, but this is a good cause. December can be a very difficult time of year for some people. It’s a time of loneliness for many without families to share Christmas cheer, while for others the demands of the festive season can be financially crippling. There’s another December problem you…
I heard via social media* that a Herald on Sunday preferred prime minister poll gave David Shearer 25% (sorry, I can’t find it online). Shearer’s still miles behind John Key, but it is a huge jump from previous preferred PM poll results. This should not be happening. If the many commenters and bloggers on The…
Maybe tomorrow I will feel like blogging something original. Maybe. In the meantime, here’s something I wrote in February. Radio NZ Is Making Do Radio New Zealand bosses yesterday assured a parliamentary select committee that the broadcaster would cope with the ongoing funding freeze.The broadcaster’s chairman Richard Griffin and chief executive Peter Cavanagh were appearing…
I’m still in holiday mode, so here’s another post from earlier in the year. McCaw, Carter Supreme Winners At Literature Awards All Blacks captain Richie McCaw was given the supreme award at the Steinlager New Zealand Literature Awards last night.McCaw’s epic book, Richie, won the main award, the Literature Cup, as well as picking up…
I am on holiday, and have no real motivation to write something clever or original. So here’s something I wrote early in 2012. The Three Little Pigs: A Tale Of Horror By H.P. Lovecraft In relating the circumstances of the death of my brothers and my own descent into this terminal madness, I am aware…
Because it’s Christmas and I can’t be bothered blogging on the evils of the world, here’s a post from way back in 2010 Copyright and brand owners were celebrating yesterday after a United States court issued a landmark ruling.The ruling came after Masbrell Toys sued Mr Santa Claus for copyright, patent and trade mark infringement.…
Don’t bother. I won everything this year.
A guest post from the National Rifle Association We are all appalled and horrified by the senseless tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We are all left asking how this could have happened. Could this nightmare have been avoided? And who is to blame?Some people are saying that guns are too freely available, and that to…
The Doomsday Licensing and Registration Board wishes to advise the public that there will be no world-end today. The annihilation of everything had been scheduled for 0800 today, but due to staff shortages in our Mayan division we have been left with no choice but to cancel the event.These staff shortages have left us unable…
Because everyone else is doing them, and I’d hate to be left out, here are some predictions for 2013. Broken clock Colin Craig will have something sensible and valuable to contribute on a major issue of the moment. Love breaks out in Labour David Shearer’s critics will fall silent, and love will reign supreme. Every…
Imperator Fish 
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