Category Archives: This is important

How did a part-time cleaner find herself running a 400-person volunteering effort to help people affected by the Nelson fire?

Posted on 16 February, 2019 by jb

Like most of Nelson, Saxton Field is a dustbowl. The vast sports fields look not just depleted, but angry. The grass is an aggressive orange hue; loose, dry grass and dirt whips along when hit with a strong gust, and … Continue reading →

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Here comes the judge!

Posted on 26 January, 2016 by jb

My young friend Lena from across the road is at long last entering the workforce. As from 1 March, it is not advisable to commit offences within the jurisdiction of the District Court in Ludwigshafen. At the advanced age of … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary democracy 101

Posted on 3 December, 2015 by jb
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Why boat refugees don’t fly

Posted on 14 September, 2015 by jb
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Most advertising on US TV is crap. This isn’t

Posted on 2 September, 2015 by jb
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Greek tragedy

Posted on 17 July, 2015 by jb

This is how it works: find someone/s in a previous Greek government with a high degree of dodginess, bung them unmercifully to ramp up the purchase price (the more they spend, the more bung they get…) and all of a … Continue reading →

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Did anyone pay any attention to this?

Posted on 17 July, 2015 by jb
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Luck of the draw

Posted on 10 July, 2015 by jb

Cedar City is a town in Utah, population of 20,000. Staying at the Super 8 motel back in 1988, channel surfing, stumbled over a college  TV station playing Steve Earle. Probably this video. Bought Exit 0 next day and pretty … Continue reading →

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A little burst of All Right

Posted on 13 January, 2015 by jb

The Eastern is my favourite band by a long way. They hail from Lyttelton, the port city serving Christchurch Christchurch was devastated by 2 major earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 and there have been 13,457 – in words: thirteen thousand … Continue reading →

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Daesh…oh crap…I mean IS

Posted on 27 September, 2014 by jb
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