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.
Dazed and Confused
Finding laces a bit of a scrabble
Finding laces a bit of a scrabble
Shoelaces. I doubt if I have spent more than half a dozen inner-city coffee chats in the past 40 years without this topic rising to the cup's surface like an undrunken marshmallow.
Importance of achievement not to be belittled
Importance of achievement not to be belittled
The Logan Park High School senior prizegiving last Wednesday night was a staggering thing.
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.
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.
Getting the wider picture on human condition
Getting the wider picture on human condition
Although my father was a semiprofessional photographer, I have never spent much time learning the craft.
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.
Ailing or not, I want lollies on my birthday
Ailing or not, I want lollies on my birthday
Another birthday gone.
Wisdom of certain age from the High Sierra
Wisdom of certain age from the High Sierra
Last week was spent talking to third-year medical students as part of their clinical skills learning programme.
Time is on my side, for a while
Time is on my side, for a while
As far as I can remember, it was the Dalai Llama who said if a man couldn't slay two birds with one stone, then he really wasn't much chop.
One crossed off the backwards bucket list
One crossed off the backwards bucket list
Like most rational thinkers, I far prefer the Backwards Negative Bucket List (BNBL) to the conventional Future Bucket List (FBL).
Unique focus on Shakespeare
Unique focus on Shakespeare
The Fortune Theatre's 86-hour Shakespeare marathon was a remarkable thing.
Shoeing oneself swiftly has shonky shortcomings
Shoeing oneself swiftly has shonky shortcomings
We live in a phenomenal time. Rational thinkers fight, hiss and scratch out each others' eyes long into the night arguing which phenomena should head the list.
How they went on and on about it
How they went on and on about it
Be warned. Roy Colbert ventures this week into territory that may offend some readers.