Jibbitz
Approximately 270 toothbrushes are thrown away every second to live in landfills for (most of) the lifetime of the planet. I don’t know how many jibbitz are thrown away every second. Don’t know what jibbitz are? Read on …
Tag: 2023
Secret Santas & Snow Globes
Ever got a scented owl candle in a Secret Santa exercise and wondered how soon you can dispose of it (like before leaving the party)? Christmas traditions are peculiar things. Whatever your Christmas situation, here’s wishing you a relaxing holiday break.
Jobs for the Neffs
Sorry frog, you’re in the road when it comes to progress. Shane Jones is out to provide jobs for neffs at the expense of the environment. What’s a neff? Should their jobs overrule the rights of frogs?
Ministry for Regulation
We’re soon getting a Ministry for Regulation. Should we be pleased? Or not? And just how Orwellian might this title be?
Forty-Nine Steps (or the Government of Undoing)
Where the Labour government was about doing too much all at once, our new coalition seem focused on undoing all at once. They have announced forty-nine steps for their first hundred days – where will those steps take us?
Black Friday
‘Black’ days are generally not days you want to remember. What’s the origin of ‘Black Friday’ and what’s to like about it?
Waiting for Winston
NZ is waiting to get a new government. Winston Peters, stalwart politician since 1979, is influencing the outcome and I’m having to like him more than I thought I did.
Superstition
Halloween has been and (thankfully) gone. Superstitions galore. Can a scientist have superstitions? I have a short list I allow myself to indulge in.
Epiphany over Onions
My age cohort talks frequently about retirement. But does anyone ask Margaret Atwood when she’s retiring? I had an epiphany about retirement while planting onions this week.
Truth & Fiction
The line between truth and fiction is stretched thin to the point of invisibility. We encounter this line constantly, in the media, and in memoir. Memories are fallible. Do we care?