Hot flushes and other responses to emotion
‘Self-reported’, but even so. I always try to keep an open mind about these things. Here’s the article: Mapping How Emotions Manifest in the Body Across cultures, people feel increased activity in...
View ArticleNew Suzanne Vega
I just got Suzanne Vega’s new album Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles (iTunes… it’s very good — my early favourite track: ‘I Never Wear White’) … it led me to visit her website where this...
View ArticleBreathtaking actions by a lawyer, now ex-lawyer
I only know what’s been reported about this case, but it makes the point, doesn’t it?, that lawyers and their ethical standards fall on a bell-shaped curve, like the rest of us. For the Law Society...
View ArticleYellow Flicker Beat – live
This is impressive. One impressive ‘Australasian’. Has Lorde got any imitators yet? Seems to me she is a hard act to ‘follow’. So distinctive. – P
View ArticleEric Clapton’s ‘Edge of Darkness’
Some Twitter buddies discussed a movie of Dirty Politics … … which reminded me of the spooky music Eric Clapton composed/performed for the tv series ‘Edge of Darkness’.
View ArticleTaylor Swift NOT entertaining misogyny, even for laughs
I saw this on Graham Norton’s show last night and was impressed with Taylor Swift’s deft ‘warning’ to comedian John Cleese … to not engage in comic misogyny – not even as a joke. Good on her. Here’s a...
View ArticleAnother deceitful photoshop fail
One more in my occasional series highlighting Photoshop deceit… this time showing the unreality of distorting body images using Photoshop — i.e. bulking up Justin Bieber. via @caffiene_addict Of...
View ArticleA shiver of recognition. World War III propaganda poster designs
Wow, there’s something about these poster designs by Bill McMullen – visualising what might be themes of ‘messaging’ from the gummint in the event of the simmering cold war turning hot. Take a look at...
View ArticleA sad, but pithy assessment of John Key by Rod Oram
I read Rod Oram’s Sunday Star-Times column last night, and, more in sadness than anything, found I have to agree with his assessment: There’s a theory that John Key, Steven Joyce and Bill English have...
View ArticleThe toxic mental effects of being in power too long
President Barack Obama tells Jerry Seinfeld ‘world leaders’ who’ve been in power too long lose their judgement. Interesting that he would say that, eh? Seinfeld says, meaningfully, “Privilege is...
View ArticleTedeschi Trucks Band –‘Anyhow’
Tedeschi Trucks Band – “Anyhow” (Live in Studio) via Horus @real_Deity
View ArticleOn our way back to summer
Some of my Northern hemisphere friends are grumbling about a less than convincing summer so far. But here in New Zealand we’ve just had the longest night and I took this pic (above) out my kitchen...
View ArticleTilted – Christine and The Queens
Spotted on Graham Norton… Wow. Opening lyrics … I’ll die before Methusalah / So I’ll fight sleep with Ammonia And every morning with eyes all red / I’ll miss them for all the tears they shed But I’m...
View ArticleJordan Williams is still a lawyer
A quick follow-up. Earlier, I had wondered aloud whether New Zealand’s most defamed man, part-time propagandist and bad boyfriend Jordan Williams would still be ‘good to go’ as a lawyer, by New Zealand...
View ArticleStyling Dr Who
The character Dr Who has always displayed a wide palette when it comes to styling. The idiosyncratic Time Lord’s sartorial ‘look’ has allowed viewers to enjoy projecting or interpreting the...
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