Author Archives: jb

Not mine.

Posted on 21 May, 2014 by jb

Christine O’Dowd posted this image of the walkway along Campbell’s Bay beach on Auckland’s North Shore. Quite stunning.

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 13 May 2014. A Feat Treat

Posted on 13 May, 2014 by jb

Or… If you like country with a boogie beat Russell Brown, a journalist who runs the excellent Public Address website, was – in an earlier life -Deputy Editor of Rip It Up, a free 1970s music newspaper in New Zealand. … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 6 May 2014

Posted on 6 May, 2014 by jb

Animal vs Human – Neil Finn – Dizzy Heights [Deluxe Edition] [Listen] April’s Song – Real Estate – BIRP! April 2014 [Listen] Izahay Sy Malala – Sylvestre Randafison, Ratovonirina Ranaivovololona, Randrianantoanina Doné – L’art de la valiha [Lsiten] King Harvest … Continue reading →

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Esprit Monmartre @ Schirn Art Museum

Posted on 2 May, 2014 by jb
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Lunch @ Millennium, Ingelheim

Posted on 26 April, 2014 by jb

All this – plus an espresso – for €28. Even have fish knives…..  

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TWND

Posted on 24 April, 2014 by jb

Remember that mate of mine who lived next door to the hooker? (He used to refer to her affectionately as TWND – The Whore Next Door.) Well, she and her family sold the place recently to …a young couple who … Continue reading →

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Good going….

Posted on 20 April, 2014 by jb

Front page of the Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung, a daily newspaper with a circulation of 200,000, a readership of 500,000 and a regional market penetration of close to 40% of the German-speaking population over the age of 14. In 12 words … Continue reading →

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“Prices are like chewing gum…

Posted on 14 April, 2014 by jb

Once they’re stuck to the floor, it’s difficult to get them off” In a previous life, I did revenue management and pricing for airlines(rather successfully, by all accounts, given that Air New Zealand once offered me a senior role in … Continue reading →

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Want to give your kids a chance in life?

Posted on 14 April, 2014 by jb

Then don’t call them DeShane or Aaliyah…

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Thai tearjerker

Posted on 10 April, 2014 by jb
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