Posts by Geoff Lealand
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A great game but there doesn't seem to be much of a leeway in the jersey, to grab on to in scrum situations.
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As it is Friday: somehow the refrain for Lady Gaga's still in love with Judas, baby, sung around our house quite continuously by my daughter has become still in love with Judy Bailey
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What, no Pink Floyd references yet??
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to Islander,
you were *required to swear an oath of allegiance to be a postie*...
You were a postie too? Such a noble profession--and it leaves the afternoons free for other things.
When I first joined the BCNZ, I had to sign the Offical Secrets Act--not that they were going to let a callow youth anywhere near secrets.
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to webweaver,
- convert from Heinz tomato ketchup to Watties
But isn’t Watties owned by Heinz? You just can’t win!
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to Russell Brown,
I am minded to recall that I was once – for some reason – browsing the forums at Trade Me, and was surprised to see one denizen warn another that I was an “extreme Marxist” and should not be listened to.
I was once called (inaccurately) a Reithian at a broadcasting conference in the 1990s. Is that worse?
We were taught to darn socks at primary school. Was that the beginning of the slippery slope?
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Great use for a (very) chillybin. Next time you can borrow vour toboggan. Not much use for it in the Waikato.
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Rachel Jean, sir. Did you get to Arrietty? Saw it at The Civic yesterday, which is a lovely place to see a lovely film.
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I was drummed out of bible class* at an early age (9 or 10) for asking, "But aren't these just metaphors?" about the loaves-and-fishes stories and such I was being told.
* the only place of social intercourse (with a very faint hope that it might lead to the other kind) growing up in South Taranaki in the 1950s.
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Hilary Stace,
A very good start, indeed. As I suggested on FB, this
article should be nailed to the forehead of every ACT Party member.In other news, The Guardian picks the Unknown Mortal Orchestra as its Best Band of the Day no. 1060, and The Word has produced a podcast with Neil Finn.