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Jim Evans Decisively Smacks John Roughan

August 6th, 2009 · → 11 Comments

On Saturday the NZ Herald’s John Roughan demonstrated why journalists should not engage in legal interpretation in his widely criticised piece on the smacking referendum, “Sinister undertones to referendum instigator.” At the time I struggled to ascertain whether Roughan was being deliberately deceptive or he just didn’t get it. He essentially quoted the non-controversial, much […]

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One More Sleep: Over and Out

December 8th, 2008 · → 4 Comments

This is my last post before Cervical Arthroplasty surgery tomorrow to remove two discs in my neck and replace them with artificial metal ones. My surgeon says it is a straight-forward procedure and there is nothing to worry about; he also said “We make an incision in the front of your neck and we cut […]

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On Going Blonde for a Date

October 20th, 2008 · → 5 Comments

I finally got a date for my impending cervical disc replacement surgery: 9 December 2008. I promptly changed my hair and went blonde – its one thing I get to control I guess. And no, I won’t be arguing the case for the rationality of changing one’s hair when faced with life changing events!

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Did Not Make It

October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Did Not Make It

In the last post I noted our intention to attend the ACT party launch on Sunday. We would love to have posted a review of what we saw today, however, unfortunately we never made it. Madeleine has, it appears, had an adverse reaction to the pain meds she has been on since her car accident. […]

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