Posts by Lisa Docherty

  • Up Front: Romeo Smells of Roses,

    Labels - tags - xkcd

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report

  • Hard News: Post Foo,

    there's a selection of my favourites (including some film and comics blogs) under the heading FROM BAUHAUS TO YOUR HOUSE.

    Thanks Craig, am very excited to see Jane Espenson also!

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report

  • Hard News: Post Foo,

    but I read a lot of lit-blogs that aren't covering exactly the same terrain as (say) The New York Times or The Guardian, and being read by a highly literary readership.

    Could you post a few links of the best or us please?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report

  • Word of the Year 2007,

    Some people spell it "guttered".

    I am speakerless.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report

  • Speaker: Quantum Competition,

    <quote>Anton Oliver reckoned the All Blacks' dressing room had the same stench of death as a World War 1 battlefield. The veteran hooker has developed a passion for New Zealand's war history and read The Massacre at Passchendaele and All Quiet on the Western Front during the past few weeks in France.<quote>

    Chris Laidlaw's first interview after the 9am news yesterday was about Passchendale and he ventured the same horrible analogy.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report

  • Busytown: Word!,

    At Karori Pool in Wellington we live in fear of the small yellow plastic "fecal accident" sign!

    I've always thought a quick "pooh in the pool" would be just as effective.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report

  • Southerly: Late for What?,

    If you think you are up to it:

    http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

    Culled from baby naming message boards across the net, the worst of the worst.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report

  • Word of the Year 2006,

    The Dominion Post ran the Anton Oliver quote like this:

    ... peripatetic [nomadic] ...

    Soon it may come with a Glossary!

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 9 posts Report