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Not Shooting the Elephant in the Room: A Very Strange Flavour of Student ProtestAs previously noted, I have something of a history with the Otago University Students’ Association (...
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“Praise God and Pass the Guillotine”: Screw the CoronationThe New Zealand media loves itself some monarchy at the moment. I can’t even have my car radio on without periodic bouts...
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2023 More Reading: April (+ Writing Update)Completed reads in April: White Fang, by Jack London The Call of the Wild, by Jack London Darkness (poem), by Lord Byron...
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Of Universities and Hospitals and Political Failures: A Very Dunedin CrisisWell, that escalated quickly. I have previously commented on the University of Otago looking at axing the German language, on account...
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A Taieri Twist: Candidate WithdrawalWell, that was quick. No sooner do I try to make sense of election strategy in my home electorate than National forces out its candidate. In...
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Risqué Musketeers: Of Bowdlerisms and the Worst Film I Have Ever SeenIn the last year or so, I have been including re-reads in my perennial journey through classic literature. Re-visiting stuff I haven’t...
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Scheiße: The University of Otago Wants to Axe the German LanguageI am not happy with the University of Otago. Not happy at all. Last month, my esteemed local institution embarked on a $670,000...
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The Lay of the Land: Thoughts on Taieri Candidate SelectionNew Zealand has its general election scheduled this October. This means the various parties are currently selecting their candidates, and as of...
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2023 More Reading: March (+ Writing Update)Completed reads for March: The Monk, by Matthew Lewis Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis The Golden Ass, by Lucius Apuleius...
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Of AIs, Ethics, and Sauronian SonnetsChatGPT is an interesting little beastie. I have only really started experimenting with it recently – not because I have any interest in...
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The Dream of Florian Neame: AcceptedIn a nice bit of news, my 2550-word deindustrial science-fiction piece, The Dream of Florian Neame, has been accepted for publication at New Maps...
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Corporate Vandalism: The University of Otago and that Hideous LogoThe University of Otago – the oldest university in New Zealand – towers over my home city of Dunedin. When classes are on, something...
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Census Musings, Or Why I Identify as ‘Pakeha’Time for that most delightfully bureaucratic of tasks: filling out the New Zealand census form (it theoretically applies to 7th...
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2023 Regent Booksale Haul: An Amusing FindI visited the new-look Dunedin Regent Booksale tonight. This venerable institution has been running here for decades – an annual sale...
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2023 More Reading: February (+ Writing Update)Completed reads for February: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Humphrey Carpenter Best Stories of Walter De La Mare (collection), by...
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It Never Rains But It Pours: Warner Brothers and Impending Tolkien AdaptationsIt’s mildly amusing, of course. No sooner do I suggest that the Roald Dahl Nonsense is a reflection of modern corporates, and...
