Archive for the ‘Odds & Ends’ Category

The Circus

We started New Year’s Eve with a lovely Chinese meal and then went to a circus. I am not a fan of the circus, and been rather spoilt as the last circus Howard and I saw was the Moscow State Circus in Russia in the 1980s. However it was not too bad, although I did [...]

Greetings from E Street

This book was written by fellow New Jerseyite and long-term Springsteen friend Robert Santelli and was written with the full co-operation of the band. The result is this fully illustrated informal biography combines rare photographs with 30 removable facsimiles of E Street memorabilia, including Bruce Springsteen’s first business card and hand-written set list, and even [...]

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iPod tax could be introduced to fund TV news bulletins

I was interested to read in the Daily Telegraph On-line that the British government  is contemplating the introduction of a new “iPod” tax to help pay for unprofitable programmes on ITV and Channel 4. The levy would be imposed on digital music players, Sky satellite dishes, Freeview boxes and internet subscriptions to [...]

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Internet scams and scoundrels

As i read about the latest email hoax to do the rounds, I wonder about the ongoing gullibility of people to fall for these things.
The latest one spreading around NZ at the moment, promises free laptops for people who send a chain email, promising a prize if the recipient forwards the message to their [...]

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Buttons


Herceptin treatment for breast cancer


A cartoon for all parents


A sad week


I’m a duathlete


My new car :)


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Remembering a Kiwi icon


Kenya Education fundraising


Ensuring effective education- what we can all do..


Traffic in Vietnam


Christmas comes to Vietnam