An Unexpected Ordeal

The success of Peter Jackson has got me thinking. I’m clearly doing my blogging all wrong. I was going to write a succinct post setting out my predictions for 2013, but that would obviously have been a mistake.So instead I’m going to extend the magic a little. Here goes: In February 2013 David Shearer will… (to be…

Ten Important Friday Questions

Has New Zealand Cricket been taking man-management lessons from the Labour Party? When can we start politicking over the Hobsonville tornado?If I admit that Garth McVicar deserves credit for helping someone immensely, will my head explode? Is repeated exposure to Feliz Navidad a defence to anything under the Crimes Act? Is there more than one…

Blogger Welcomes Lawful Evil Runner-up Award

Monday 3 December 2012 Press release: Imperator Fish Blogger welcomes Lawful Evil runner-up award Imperator Fish blogger Scott Yorke is pleased with his ranking as runner up in the Lawful Evil category in the Tumeke NZ Blogger Alignment Awards 2012.While disappointed to be beaten to the supreme award by Kiwiblog’s David Farrar, Mr Yorke said…

My Rate Card

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The Big Storm: My Story

10:34 am Just heard the news, and it’s all bad. This could really be the big one. Have now picked the kids up from school and daycare, and we’re trying to decide what to do. Do we stay and ride out the storm, or do we flee inland?10:52 am We had a pretty intense debate…

A Day In The Life Of The Sensible Blogger

1:12pm Oh dear! It appears that my garden shed has caught fire. Although some commentators have suggested that putting water on the flames will dampen a fire down, I think it’s premature to adopt any course of action without rigorous analysis. Let’s not rush madly into something we’d only regret.1:36pm The fire has now spread…

And if you wrong us, do we not revenge?

With all the angst and debate over New Zealand’s role in Afghanistan, we appear to have overlooked one obvious thing: our troops are needed elsewhere. Are we going to let our girl be pushed around by the representative of a small African country most of us have never heard of? Regular readers of this blogsite…