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Mr Wick
The Boy asked if I’d be interested in seeing Mr Reeves’ latest offering: When Reeves V.O.’s — That dog was a final gift from my dying wife. — I guffawed… and knew I had a play date with John Wick....
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Bon Bon Lecter, I Presume
Signs warding off trick-or-treaters were unnecessary this year:
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GOODBYE MY FELENI: por ahi
They’re playing our song stateside at the Rainbow Theatre, University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday 13 November, Saturday 15 November, and Friday 21 November 2014. If you’re in the...
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2014
Goodness gracious, that’s 2014 done already. Boring stats first. My exercise diary is a little depressing: less than half the number of runs this year than I would/should have on average (see here for...
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Roadside Attractions
Once upon a time, The Dog and I went for a run, and on that run, she found a discarded rolled roast. Because I had no time for the dog to to be distracted by such a feast — we were on a run, after all...
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KINGSWOOD: One Year On
An Holden Kingswood HT stationwagon I know. I know. You and I know what kicked this venture off, don’t we? How hard could it be to write about four friends driving from Auckland to Wellington in a...
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KINGSWOOD: Update
After all my kvetching, Kingswood has been short-listed for the 2015 Adam New Zealand Play Award. Nice.
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KINGSWOOD: Prelude
Last weekend, I nipped down to my oul’ hometoon and ran into this: Cuba Street closed to traffic, its footpaths and road filthy with pedestrians, all of it sprinkled with light rain showers and a very...
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GOODBYE MY FELENI: toe alu
Reinforcements for the Maori Battalion aboard the HMT Batory, 1940. (Courtesy of Australian War Memorial via Wikipedia.) Yes, it’s on again: Goodbye My Feleni will be playing at Home Cafe, Malifa,...
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GOODBYE MY FELENI: oi sole
I guess it’s official. (Translation of oi sole — Samoan, literally “oh boy”.)
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GOODBYE MY FELENI: Home Cafe, Apia
Closing night audience heads into the theatre. Gosh it’s warm here. With many thanks to the Apia High Commission, I was able to attend the last two nights of Goodbye My Feleni‘s season in Samoa. Yep....
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The Puppy
The Northland litter at rest. A few weeks back, The Goddess and I travelled north to select a future successor to The Dog. There was a litter of twelve puppies from which to choose, and we had first...
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2015 by Distance and Virtue
A sliver of The Wood — not exactly part of the new five kilometre running route but indicative enough. I’m nowhere near approaching the crossfitness heights of a certain Mr Tripuraneni but I’m doing...
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2015 by Dots per Inch
Whangarei Central Library I actually read stuff this year — 91 titles as a matter of fact, seven of which I didn’t finish for various reasons. This compares very well with 2014’s measly 24 titles....
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2015 by 4K and 720p
Ay caramba, that was quick. “Sicario poster” by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia. Enjoyed immensely on the big screen: A Most Wanted Man Top Five Ant-Man Love is Strange Inside Out Amy...
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Good Sick
I had a typical 1970s Pacific Islander upbringing: every Sunday began with getting up at what felt like first cock’s crow to attend a church service, followed by Sunday school, followed by an...
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Exodus
Chicken sermon. It’s time to come clean. Fortress Mamea is not an actual fortress. I have described various parts of it with fortress-like words (like armoury) — all of the parts exist… but in a...
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E Day Plus 3
From the correspondence of D F Mamea, Esquire, newly of Northland. The new Fortress Mamea’s first egg. Dearest Lovely Wife I thought a situational report (henceforth sitrep) would be helpful,...
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E Day Plus 4
From the correspondence of D F Mamea, newly of Northland. Fowl Aer residents. Dearest Lovely Wife The Dog and The Puppy didn’t finish their dinner from last night so I only topped up their bowls for...
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