Among the many joys of having a centrally located flat in Auckland’s CBD, besides waking up to marching bands and political protests on Saturdays, is that every holiday season there’s a giant pedophile Santa outside my window beckoning the young and innocent children of Auckland with his dodgy moving finger.
Although I’m not one to shy away from […]

So I’m just browsing the Web, minding my own business, and then I happen to check the feed of my friends’ status updates on Facebook. I see some rather distressing updates like “… is in disbelief” and “… is predicting national depression.” Obviously something really bad is happening, and because all the doom and gloom […]

Last December I was on a major road trip up the west coast of the US with my friend Paul from Arizona when my engine burnt to a crisp outside of Olympia, Washington. I was forced to get rid of just about all of my possessions that couldn’t fit on an airplane, which was not […]