I was coerced into attending Armageddon 2013 (kids)
At least now I have experienced rush hour on the Tokyo subway, without spending a lot of money to do so. Although I suspect the Japanese would be more liberal with deoderants.
It could have been an amusing and interesting day in a decent sized venue or with restricted ticket sales and a few vendors would have gotten money of me, had I been able to get to them.
The event was a victim of it's own popularity, really...
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
One of us is doing it wrong
Many of us dream of retiring and sitting on the beach fishing all day, then going home for a few cold ones. Every day.
I'm told the bums a couple of doors up the street have been doing that for 30+ years.
Isn't it nice that folks like us get to pick up the tab...
BRING BACK THE WORKHOUSE!
I'm told the bums a couple of doors up the street have been doing that for 30+ years.
Isn't it nice that folks like us get to pick up the tab...
BRING BACK THE WORKHOUSE!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Not funny
"Kiwis who believe laughter is the best medicine can now gain a degree in the subject, with the country's first medical clowning qualification to be launched this December.
Professional "care clown" Dr Thomas Petschner has brought the qualification to New Zealand through Steinbeis University in Berlin.
Those who seek to become qualified clowners can do a certificate, diploma or full bachelor of arts in medical clowning.
The university's International Institute for Medical Clowning is the first of its kind, with 240 people enrolled to study medical clowning worldwide... "
Well, I always thought that the B.A. stood for Bugger-All.
This sort of confirms that belief...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Pointless
All the local body election results are in.
NOTHING changes. Garbage out, garbage in.
But the real problem is the unelected council 'officials'. The oxymoron of management.
They remain the same.
Incapable of leading starving wolves to a cow that had been dead for a week...
NOTHING changes. Garbage out, garbage in.
But the real problem is the unelected council 'officials'. The oxymoron of management.
They remain the same.
Incapable of leading starving wolves to a cow that had been dead for a week...
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Look a little deeper into the story
"New entrant pupils are arriving at school with the social and academic skills of 2-year-olds, Christchurch principals say.
Language, behavioural, and general social skills are so lacking in some children that learning in a mainstream class is impossible.
Bamford School principal Colin Hammond saw a lot of new pupils, particularly boys, not ready to learn.
"We're also finding something really quite astounding in terms of academic language..."
I'm betting that if the kids who fit this feral picture also fit a certain demographic- one of drugs, booze, welfare dependency and criminal parents. I could mention certain ethnicities that would be overrepresented statistically, but it's the behaviors that are the real drivers here.
You can bet that whoever did this study knows exactly that, but the elephant in the room is, as usual, ignored by the media and other apologists.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
No description of the offenders?
"An Auckland builder has been stabbed with a pair of scissors in an apparently random daylight attack.
Adrian Bezuidenhot was walking along a south Auckland street at about 2.30pm today when a station wagon stopped and three men demanded his wallet, 3 News reported.
When he refused they got out, stabbed him with a pair of scissors, struck him with a club, and took his wallet..."
I'm assuming no description is mentioned, because none is needed. All unblinkered folk know what they will look like...
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Nasty virus
Especially when you have to keep on working.
I'm not sure if losing my sense of taste & smell is a good or a bad thing...
I'm not sure if losing my sense of taste & smell is a good or a bad thing...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Am I the only one to see something profoundly wrong here?
We all have our little fantasies, but try to keep them from spilling over into the real world.
These people have failed
Given who they are, a secret island with a hollowed out volcano lair would be more fitting...
These people have failed
Given who they are, a secret island with a hollowed out volcano lair would be more fitting...
Monday, September 09, 2013
Hoist by their own petard
I do love it when the socialist's pandering to radical minorities comes home to roost!
Faced with a big dose of realism (always a trying time) they are forced to admit that a queer party leader would not be popular with the plebs- and now cop the fallout from the PC movement and the fags!
Labor should look to their roots and stop pandering to every special interest group and re-connect with the ordinary working bloke, as they once did.
I can offer this advice to the enemy, secure in the knowledge that they will never use it!
There is no link, as I can't seem to see any sign of this story -it was on tv, but has yet to surface on the net.
Faced with a big dose of realism (always a trying time) they are forced to admit that a queer party leader would not be popular with the plebs- and now cop the fallout from the PC movement and the fags!
Labor should look to their roots and stop pandering to every special interest group and re-connect with the ordinary working bloke, as they once did.
I can offer this advice to the enemy, secure in the knowledge that they will never use it!
There is no link, as I can't seem to see any sign of this story -it was on tv, but has yet to surface on the net.
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Apathy
It's the time of state-sactionioned graffiti again- local body elections. Hundreds of eyesore hoardings line the streets and I see something quite disturbing in Whangarei. NONE of them have been defaced!
Now I don't think that all of a sudden folks have embraced private property rights- not for a nanosecond.
They are just too bloody apathetic to so much as draw on a mustache or throw a piece of rotten fruit. I can only speculate that the turnout to vote will be equally met with apathy.
Could that be due to the fact that local body elections are just an exercise in PRETENDING to give people the illusion of a say, while unelected officials continue to inflict unwanted projects and vanities on the ratepayers, while neglecting the real, but non-glamourous infrastructure?
Or are reality TV, cooking programs and yet more home renovation shows far more interesting?
Now I don't think that all of a sudden folks have embraced private property rights- not for a nanosecond.
They are just too bloody apathetic to so much as draw on a mustache or throw a piece of rotten fruit. I can only speculate that the turnout to vote will be equally met with apathy.
Could that be due to the fact that local body elections are just an exercise in PRETENDING to give people the illusion of a say, while unelected officials continue to inflict unwanted projects and vanities on the ratepayers, while neglecting the real, but non-glamourous infrastructure?
Or are reality TV, cooking programs and yet more home renovation shows far more interesting?
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Syria
Two words:
Screw them.
We have all seen how the crapheads in these parts of the world react to the West's (misguided) efforts to help them out of the shit they got themselves into.
Leave them to their own miseries. We will get zero thanks for interfering.
The only military action I would support is containing these mad dog states within their own borders.
The whole damned lot are not worth the life of one western serviceman.
Screw them.
We have all seen how the crapheads in these parts of the world react to the West's (misguided) efforts to help them out of the shit they got themselves into.
Leave them to their own miseries. We will get zero thanks for interfering.
The only military action I would support is containing these mad dog states within their own borders.
The whole damned lot are not worth the life of one western serviceman.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Stress
'The confusion caused when ones mind overrides the body’s natural desire to choke the living shit out of some asshole that desperately needs it.
Doubly so in the workplace. Actually, it's been less of a 'choking the living shit out of some asshole' day and more of a 'hacking some asshole into cat food with a broadsword' day...
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
A shift in direction
It seems tourism has changed its 'Clean and Green image and is now using 'Green for Queens'
Anything to make a buck, I suppose.
New Zealand- the Las Vegas of the queer world...
Anything to make a buck, I suppose.
New Zealand- the Las Vegas of the queer world...
Friday, August 16, 2013
Book reviews
About one in a thousand of those who download a FREE book see fit to leave a review.
That would be OK of it wasn't for the fact that the ones who have found it not to their taste HAVE to pass judgement.
In every case, the comments prove they have extremely limited powers of comprehension and in most cases openly admit they did not finish- or indeed get partway through the book.
Perhaps they should stick to 'graphic novels' [gags]
Heaven forbid that the story should challenge their intellect (such as it is) or prove a little difficult to follow (Say, by reading the heading to see who is currently narrating)
The adventures of Spongebob should not vex them so....
(after the crap review, my downloads went up by a factor of 10)
That would be OK of it wasn't for the fact that the ones who have found it not to their taste HAVE to pass judgement.
In every case, the comments prove they have extremely limited powers of comprehension and in most cases openly admit they did not finish- or indeed get partway through the book.
Perhaps they should stick to 'graphic novels' [gags]
Heaven forbid that the story should challenge their intellect (such as it is) or prove a little difficult to follow (Say, by reading the heading to see who is currently narrating)
The adventures of Spongebob should not vex them so....
(after the crap review, my downloads went up by a factor of 10)
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Snouts ALL firmly in the trough
"MPs on all sides are joining forces to defend the right to set their own unlimited travel perks - despite a Government promise to transfer them to an independent body.
Prime Minister John Key pledged three years ago that the Government would strip MPs of the power to set their own perks. It introduced a bill last year to change the system, under which Parliament's Speaker determines the widely criticised allowances that give MPs unlimited free travel within New Zealand.
However, MPs on the government administration select committee have gutted the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Bill - and returned control of travel and accommodation perks to the Speaker. The U-turn has received cross-party support..."
They were about as likely to vote their perks curtailed, as a Frenchman who lives next door to a brothel is to move house!
Friday, August 09, 2013
Holy Crap
A judge takes the circumstances into account and arrives at a fair verdict!
"A highly experienced judge took mercy on a drink driver today after being told "the worst story I've ever heard in court"..."
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