Watch for the sucker punch. While people are watching and fearing the distraction of Roger Douglas, Steven Joyce is the guy.

I worry about John Key but I guess you have to find *something* to put in your trojan horse, what really counts is who comes through the gates thereafter.

So, now every time I buy a packet of cigarettes I am forced to look at some fairly repulsive pictures of cancer and its effects ( Read more... )

From the Herald ( Read more... )

Not much to report. Still 100% sober, still a smoker (argh!) but cut down majorly and getting ready for another push. Cats thriving in the bush and killing lots of native birds. Work kicking ass, making a killing. Credit crunch is proving fun, the strong will spend the next 3 years eating the weak. Sweet ( Read more... )

Last day of the year today.  Been at work since 2am again - i'm in a great routine of cycling in at psychotic hours.  Its a seriously cool time to be out and active with the wind in your hair (or lack thereof, in my case).  I never knew cats lie on the centreline at 2am.  They're pretty complacent but I guess they can be - its very rare to have a ( Read more... )

I've started cycling, am doing roughly 12km's each way - at a slowish clip - every second day.

At what stage should it start getting easier and/or faster to the point where 50 year old men on bikes don't keep overtaking me?

(its a serious question btw.  a month?  a year?  it just feels like I should be making more progress, faster!)

As a true feminist, I hope this action leads to a movement that achieves permanent change.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10478019

I, too, have always felt sorry for women being denied this vital right afforded to

Blah, I suck at updating a journal ( Read more... )

Well, I've now moved both me and the business. Feels weird to actually post "life" stuff on this journal, this being the first time i've really been empowered to do so, given that only now am I arguably getting one ( Read more... )

I'm glad the All Blacks lost. If they hadn't, it could indicate that the national psyche (namely, dominate when it doesn't matter, fail to have killer instinct when it does, mourn for a while and allocate blame, get over it by repeatedly noting that we're a small country and underperforming your goals is ok when looking at thingson a _per capita_ ( Read more... )