Archives for "July, 2009"
Half-cut workout: an exercise physiology experiment
A few months back I did a work out at the gym having just come straight from downing 3 pints at the pub in fairly quick succession. I hadn’t been long on the cycle when I realised that working out under the influence was quite a different kettle of fish altogether, and that this was [...]
I just found a dormant Transformer
Oscar Wilde, famous Victorian-era playwright and dandy, on a visit to the USA not long after the American Civil War, was asked why he thought America was so violent: “I can tell you exactly why,†he said. “It’s because your wallpaper is so ugly.†Stephen Fry explores this remark in his excellent podcast series, conjecturing [...]
The most obvious tinny house in New Zealand
There’s a tinny house on my street that couldn’t be more obvious if it was Casa de Cannabis in Dope Crescent. I walk past it at least a couple of times a day. Every time I do, there’s always a couple of guys pulling up in their skylines and trying to look all nonchalont as [...]
Stupid referendum question
I just couldn’t believe it when I saw the question for the Citizens Initiated Referendum: “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?” Finally, New Zealand has fulfilled the final criteria to becoming a fully-fledged banana republic. My personal plan is to ingratiate myself with the ruling [...]