Stuff & Nonsense

Putting the mental in sentimental value

Putting the mental in sentimental value

On 18 Feb­ru­ary 2010, in Whangarei, my little broth­er Dave decided that life wasn’t worth liv­ing. In fact, he’d most likely made that call in the days or weeks prior, […]

The Beforemath, Duringmath and Aftermath of an accident

The Beforemath, Duringmath and Aftermath of an accident

Pri­or to being part of an acci­dent, all I knew about car crashes was learned from the tele­vi­sion com­mer­cials advising us not to have one. And I’m exactly the kind […]

Pretty in pink

Pretty in pink

Two little girls, both with pretty curls Twins almost always in sync But one is a lov­er of any old col­our While the oth­er will only have pink.  I have identic­al twin […]

5 seconds

5 seconds

The five-second rule is a uni­ver­sally recog­nised prin­ciple of com­mon sense, which states that if food falls on the floor and is retrieved with­in five seconds, it can still be […]

Stop the whining

Stop the whining

  And so into the box we dive. The box of wine that is. Is the blad­der, as pur­ists would have us believe, filled with cheap swill, unfit for consumption […]

Whether the weather

Whether the weather

As I get older I feel more of a need to under­stand the work­ings of the world around me. Not that it’s a burn­ing yearn­ing, more like a passing interest. […]

Interview with a (vampire) Referee

Interview with a (vampire) Referee

The pur­pose of this column is to answer ques­tions. Not the ‘plaguing man­kind since the dawn of time’ ques­tions, but those that occa­sion­ally raise their hands from wooden bench seats […]