Public Address 15/06/09 - Bring Out Your Dad

Ups and Downs | Jun 15, 2009 10:00
Russell Brown's Hard News
I'll always remember Saturday's Mt Albert by-election -- but not for the result. It was an unexpected introduction to the democratic process for our older son, Jimmy, who turned 18 at the beginning of the year. We discussed his options with him, but his vote was his own choice, as...
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Bring Out Your Dad | Jun 15, 2009 08:30
David Slack is ready
Relentless optimist that I am, I see this looming national quarantine as a teachable moment. Maybe we could all do with staying home a little more, honing our survival skills. I have been joking about it: Forced to stay inside, with nothing but a computer to look at. What will...
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It was all a dream | Jun 13, 2009 16:47
Fiona Rae from the couch
I really hope that Lost doesn't turn out to be the collective fantasy of a bunch of hippies on spiked Kool-Aid, because after the Life on Mars hibernation-sleep ending, and House's Vicodin hallucinations, I don't think I could take it. Admittedly, House's fifth-season ending was the logical end...
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Rocky Mountain hi! | Jun 13, 2009 05:14
Jolisa Gracewood gets around
Why am I breathless? I've just rejoined the mile high club. The boys and I have spent the last week in Aspen, Colorado. It's another whistle stop on the academic gravy train, where we get to frolic and explore while their dad tinkers with the origins of the universe in...
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Unboxing (though it arrived in a bag) | Jun 12, 2009 16:16
Hadyn Green yells. A lot.
I went into a sports store the other day and saw the new All Black jerseys. I got to talking with the salesman about the materials and the technical doohickies within the super-high-tech t-shirt. But this was just the (not so) cheap knock off of the real thing we were...
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