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I’ve just thundered in with a coupla posts on The Aucklandista - Two short points on Auckland bookshops, and I want to ride it where I like. I reckon you should get over there and read ‘em, it’s heaps better than this blog.
Are you too nice? Do you only say ‘no’ to questions like ‘you [...]
As children we all loved Garfield, only to grow up and realise his “cynical” take on the world appeals mainly to people who live alone with only a freezer full of ice cream for company. So, you’ll love Garfield minus Garfield. Do you think this would work with Wal and The Dog?
Portishead are [...]
If you find The Onion as screen-splatteringly funny as I do, you’ll want to check out this podcast of how they do it.
Turns out they write about 600 headlines a week, then battle in the writers’ room for which ones go in. There’s a whole lot of of intellectualising goes on, and while part of [...]
From Merlin Mann’s 5ives:
1. gently enquires as to where you like to put the turkey baster
2. repeatedly offers to demonstrate “how Blighty squeezes the lemonade”
3. stands in your front yard, pants-less and swinging a garden hose in lazy figure-eights
4. makes rapid “milking a cow” gesture while screaming something incoherent about Robert Johnson
5. drops his semi-erect [...]
A nerd’s life comes apart in front of your eyes, while explaining best clone stamp practice. I love that he’s turned a boring old Photoshop tutorial into a mini tragedy. Genius.
Episode one / Episode two / Episode three
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