Come into my bath, said the spider to the Buddhist-leaning mug
Spiders. Spiders as big as tennis balls, rolling through our house like, well, tennis balls. Bigger than tennis balls. As big as microwave ovens. I have photos. Why?
Roy Colbert
Killing nasty bugs is just a racket
Killing nasty bugs is just a racket
Most rational thinkers agree the best things in life are free.
TV appetites drive absurd sport space
TV appetites drive absurd sport space
In recent years, there has been a shoal of new sports either added to or withdrawn from the Olympic Games.
Such an evening of music can gladden the heart
Such an evening of music can gladden the heart
The evening began at the former Rugby Hotel in Carroll St.
Winging it with Fleetwood Mac in times of rumour
Winging it with Fleetwood Mac in times of rumour
Fleetwood Mac. People with terribly young eyes are asking me if I am going to see them in November.
Fifty reasons why Rosie would have crackled
Fifty reasons why Rosie would have crackled
Close personal friend, let's just call her Rosie, if for no other reason than that is her name.
May this wonderful old hall of musical memories stand forever
May this wonderful old hall of musical memories stand forever
The University of Otago's Marama Hall has bobbed and weaved its way intriguingly through my life, music most often the lure.
Which fork leads to a grisly end?
Which fork leads to a grisly end?
Most of us have come to a key fork in the road at some time during our lives, some more than others.
Entertaining us with ultracrepidarian comments
Entertaining us with ultracrepidarian comments
Anodyne. Now there's a word. And it's everywhere these days - EVERYWHERE! Anodyne!
Joy to be had in writers writing about sport
Joy to be had in writers writing about sport
I was 15 years old when I realised there was such a thing as good sports writing.
OBHS team's pectorals definitely robust in SI win
OBHS team's pectorals definitely robust in SI win
It would be a filthy lie if I said I was personally invited to the South Island secondary school rugby final between Otago Boys' High and St Bede's of Christchurch 10 days ago, but there WAS an email invitation, not discernibly part of a desperate mass mail, please make the crowd bigger to help our boys.
Pedalling along the road to guitar ecstasy
Pedalling along the road to guitar ecstasy
They say everyone has one book in them. I have spent a lifetime searching for that book, while some writers, who can really only be referred to as idiots, have written more than a dozen.
Opposite Roy contemplates walking the plank of illogical success
Opposite Roy contemplates walking the plank of illogical success
One of the most memorable Seinfeld storylines was when the hapless George Costanza elected to address every problem in his life by going completely against his instincts.
Digging into junk mail depths
Digging into junk mail depths
We all want our friends to be better people. Stands to reason, innit.
Dread of librarians allayed
Dread of librarians allayed
Growing up carries with it a thousand memories of fear.
Office chair series certain to impress
Office chair series certain to impress
Sixties movie siren Mamie Van Doren - could we ever forget The Beat Generation, or, most especially, High School Confidential? - once opined that you can tell the cut of a man's jib from his choice in office chairs.
Taking on board the learnings
Taking on board the learnings
Cliches. Now they are funny things. Many people use them but don't even know what they are.
Haunted by terrors from the vault
Haunted by terrors from the vault
Try as the memory wheelie bin might, some nightmarish visions from childhood just refuse to disappear.
Ailing or not, I want lollies on my birthday
Ailing or not, I want lollies on my birthday
Another birthday gone.