Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Dinner

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Today is Tuesday. This crayfish was caught on Monday morning off Tairua by our neighbour who a year ago reckoned that he’d got his fishin...
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There goes the morning

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A parcel arrives, by airmail, all the way from England. I tear open the wrapping to reveal a magnificent hardback book, Inside Private Eye: ...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

What I’m reading

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Surrender by Donna Malane . Liking it. Mitt Romney’s tax return explained in comment #17. Two words: corporate tax.   Signs . ...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Show me the money

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The Herald interviews (not online; page B15 in the Arts section) Anthony McCarten about his new novel, In the Absence of Heroes : Best-k...
Friday, January 27, 2012

How to write a book

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This is how I do it. I am not sure which are the most important elements: the research material on all that A4 paper; the CDs of major i...
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Of meat, cancer, adultery and statistics

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More confirmation of the Stratford Theory of Numbers from the BBC which reports : A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or ...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Brand New Zealand

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My dear wife – especially dear just now because she has taken the children off to the Manawatu and Wairarapa for the next few days so that I...
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Sentence of the day

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“I’m in the profession that feels with empathy and compassion and intuition.” Geoffrey Rush , Aussie of the Year. Self-regarding, moi?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Recommended reading

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Chris Bourke on banjos and Peter Bland . More on Peter here at the TLS . A virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. When I went to the Vati...

Happy birthday, Neil Diamond

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Neil Diamond was born on 24 January 1941. He wrote the Monkees’ “ I’m a Believer” , Lulu’s “ The Boat that I Row ” and Deep Purple’s “ Kentu...