Some things in life are just beautiful. Here is my list that brings a gentle smile to my face and a contented pleasurable sigh My list avoids the obvious. It goes without saying that sunsets are beautiful, as are tropical fish, and David Beckham. No, my list doesn’t dwell on the obvious, rather I suggest […]

Codenames and hashtags have much in common. I was reading about some moron’s threat to poison baby food with 1080 and noticed that the investigation is named by the police as ‘Operation Concord’. I immediately wondered why that name? After all, when I think of Concord (pom) Concorde (frog) I think of a slim fast […]

WOMAD (World of Music Arts & Dance) is important to New Plymouth for just one reason. If you want to understand everything about football (and I know you don’t) then you should read a book called Soccernomics. Aside from describing the in’s and out’s of professional football, the book also discusses the wider issue of […]

Things that will happen this year. I think I may be psychic. I just seem to be able to know whats going to happen. For example, when I walk my dog and we go past the house with the immaculate lawn, I just know that Rover is going to wander nonchalantly into the middle, spin […]