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Instant Millionaires, David Bain, Simon & Garfunkel, MIcrowaves, Eels and much more.

 Read more of Allan's blog entries by clicking here. I feel like I’m back at school ...

m not sure who said that; maybe it was Roger Douglas, back in the days when he meant something to the nation? Here are some of my random thoughts and observations over the past weeks or so.

Sunday Morning Blues - I did something this morning I knew I would regret...

It's 9:30 on a Monday morning and I am sitting in the sunroom of the new Chez Dick, high on South Hill in Oamaru. Below me, wearing a garment of light early morning mist and smoke, the town stretches to the north.

The second instalment of Kay Rayner's five part short story: "La Località Italiana"

You can't always judge a film by its title .That's true of the three I saw recently. If you don't want to be taken by surprise do read some reviews beforehand. But bear in mind that each movie critic will have their own opinion which may not match yours.

The first instalment of Kay Rayner's five part short story: "La Località Italiana"

When viola player Anne Draffin tells people she plays in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO), occasionally she still gets asked 'what's your real job?', but it is getting better, she says and laughs.

An American blog writer's take on some recent facts - which nation is indeed the 'Greatest Nation on Earth'? It seems it is no longer a title held by America, so which country took the crown? Looks like we did!