Spock: The Kobayashi Maru scenario frequently wreaks havoc on students and equipment. As I recall you took the test three times yourself. Your final solution was, shall we say, unique?
Kirk: It had the virtue of never having been tried.
I have always prided myself on being economic with words. Vintner’s Luck can be summed up thusly: “Wine. Fallen angel. Breast cancer. Fungicide. Keisha’s tits.”
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An avid reader of AbsoluteGenius pointed out this remarkable resemblance to me earlier.
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There is no interesting news in New Zealand. There is nothing that excites me. No news writers that make me feel passionate about news.
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In the run-up to last month’s indicative, non-binding referendum, Daniel and I presented a third option to the box-tickers of NZ: defacing the ballot before sending it back to the electoral commission.
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I know I haven’t been the most regular of writers. I don’t stick to my diet of blogging branflakes like many other bloggers—shitting out gems of blog genius every other hour. To prove just how useless I am at blogging, here is a blog I started about three years ago before I went to China on the VUW politics field trip.
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News yesterday of a survey showing three out of four New Zealanders think the “anti-smacking” referendum is a waste of money is no surprise. New Zealanders are generally tinny and nine million dollars is a lot of money—a fact pointed out by many bloggers already. There is no point dwelling on it. The likelihood of Sheryl Savill pulling it is nil and implications dangerous.
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Corrections Minister Judith Collins came clean about the true motives of her shipping container cell scheme this afternoon, admitting that it was phase one of a plan to turn the Auckland Islands into a penal colony. Read the rest of this entry »
People We Angered