The Killer Inside Me
Say what you will about this film, it’s the Oceans 11 of sociopath movies. It should be potent material but instead it’s a muddled cluster fuck for Hollywood A-listers. You know the deal – make an edgy movie, get more credibility as an actor, maybe even an academy award to put next to the 20 [...]
What will happen when the world’s poor become rich?
The chief economist of HSBC bank Stephen King recently raised the question in a book of what will happen when the world’s poor become rich. The answer is obviously great news for the world’s poor, but a mixture of pros and cons for people currently living in the rich world. He believes the West’s relative [...]
Complete from A to Zinc: Chance or Genius
Do you use Centrum? I don’t… but depending on my mood I have the feeling I could be swayed. Have you seen the joker on TV who advertises this stuff? He is the bastion of healthy health and looks so happy it makes me sick, but maybe on the other hand he makes me so [...]
Lessons learned – the 12 Days of London
… I’ve been thinking about social observations of late. After a month in London, I thought you’d appreciate the Top 12 things I’ve learnt thus far. 1. No one says thank you to the bus drivers. If you do, your sanity will be questioned. 2. Pants are not trousers here, they’re undies. Accordingly, don’t tell [...]
A questionable piece on Aquariums
In my experience, there’s only so much to be gained from going to the aquarium. And that only so much tends to be in short supply if you go in on an empty stomach. But after a month’s hard toil in the London sun, the weather turned quicker than Chris Bosh and 8 million people [...]
Movies and Spices
Saturday in Sydney. Everything you could ever need; movies and spices. These deals are better in real life. It would be pretty cool to have a street named after you. But if it never happens, mooch off the glory of others who have done better than you, like me with this guy.
Grey skies. Time flies
Introducing Miss Ren… Miss Ren lives in Auckland and is all about music, art, pictures and words. She can often be found at gigs, usually with camera in hand. Sometimes she’s in a gallery or scoping the city for street art. She has a huge appreciation for a fine sentence or a drop of clever [...]
Children
For the past month I have had the pleasure of being a nanny to a two year old boy three days a week. I had thought the pressures of intense times in the working world were as demanding as it got, but boy was I wrong. Like most males with no experience with kids, I [...]