Roy Colbert

Notes from a supermarket aisle

There is one thing that has turned the world into an almost unlivable cesspit of fear and tongue-tied terror; it is the fading glamour of speaking specious nonsense to complete strangers in public.

Best year in ages for acting

February. Two things. School is back, so summer leaps from the dark cupboard under the stairs and romps on empty beaches. And the Oscars.

Table tennis: Comebacks for ex-champs

Otago players from the late 1960s and early 1970s golden era will form a significant presence at the world veterans championships in Auckland in May.

Passion fruit to the rescue

It is fair to say rational thinkers were terribly miffed when details were revealed that the mesmerising TV adventure series Man vs Wild had a bit of trickery going on.

Language luminary

The genius gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson reportedly typed out The Great Gatsby more than once to try to osmotically absorb that book's wondrous language and rhythm.

No story, but I loved those spiders

A friend mentioned to me recently she had never seen any of the Lord Of The Rings movies. Not very patriotic, she said.

Thanks to 'Sally' for the thoughts that count

It's the thought that counts. This piece of gobbledygook has been used for centuries to excuse miserly spending at Christmas.

Season's greetings and thumbs-up to all

In the days before Google, when encyclopaediae poured down the pipe like Cadbury chocolates, way before their current status as the most unwanted and heaviest thing at the Regent Theatre Book Sale, there were two leaders of the pack - the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopaedia.

Time has come for a resolution revolution

New Year's Resolutions are a bit silly.

Skull-numbing folly on a non-horse

A close friend, let's just call her Erasmus, suggested coffee last Wednesday afternoon.

Mauled in true fashion by a rock'n'roll animal

Lou Reed stories from his three mid-'70s New Zealand tours have been pouring out of the woodwork like backwards borer since his death. Let me exhume mine.

Nothing like a 50-inch telly to improve outlook

Roy Colbert's remotes, snacks, comfy chair and 50-inch television with Django ready to roll....

Nothing like a 50-inch telly to improve outlook

The recently discovered letters from Oscar Wilde to Cameron Diaz have thrown up some real humdingers.

Money no object when babysitting

A helicopter made from drink containers.

Money no object when babysitting

Babysitting.

I don't know what anything is anymore, either

A friend who regularly gob-smittens me with brain and high wit found herself struggling with stammer recently when the talk turned to Dunedin music.

Unwanted visitor terrifying

I swore on my dog's grave that I would never write a word about the America's Cup, but most rational thinkers would agree some bad decisions were made on board as 8-1 turned into 8-9.

Nothing compares to Rachel, beautifully shot

Oscar Wilde once wrote, and I am paraphrasing, if a man ever has two earth-shattering Rachel Hunter experiences in the one weekend, then he is the luckiest man alive.

How could Otago rank 155th with fajitas like this?

The news Otago University has been inexplicably relegated 22 places to 155 in the World's Top 500 Universities list was released on the same day I attended my first university lecture since 1969.

'Coro' returns to topper mostgreatness

'Coro' returns to topper mostgreatness

Coronation Street has normally been worth two columns a year, I make no bones about that, but this year it's been largely bollocks.

Ode to Lydia and musings on rugby

It was back in hospital last week for another life-threatening operation, this one at least below the waist, only scar tissue now remaining above.

Homage to a great Dunedin singer

Trevor Wheeler in a Lanes advertisement. Photos supplied.

Homage to a great Dunedin singer

Trevor Wheeler died the Sunday before last.

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