Earlier this week there was an interesting piece on Fair Go examining the amount the consumer pays for booking fees for tickets to various types of events. The show examined three vendors; Ticketek, Ticketmaster, and TicketDirect. The first two charge a flat transaction fee. Hence the consumer can pay $8.00 for the privilege of doing …
Go toward the light, Carol-Anne
Hopefully that is what the recording industry may be doing at long last. Last week at a Norwegian summer resort by the name of Kristiansand, representatives of the many and varied facets of the music industry got together to hold hands and sing. Ok, maybe no singing occurred (hopefully not considering most of what they …
Some humour for the more intelligent amongst us
A man enters a bar in Wellington and orders a drink. The bar has a robot bartender. The robot serves him a perfectly prepared cocktail, and then asks him: “What’s your IQ?” The man replies “150″ and the robot proceeds to make conversation about global warming factors, Quantum physics and spirituality, bio-mimicry, environmental interconnectedness, string …
Movies and stuff
My better (looking) half wants to see Blades of Glory and I’ll go along as it looks interesting, and has rated a 7.0 on IMDB thus far). I cringed at the premise, but after reading a few reviews, I’ll go in with an open mind (as anyone should do, with Will Ferrell movies). I do …
Bloody weather!
I’d just put the sailing gear in the car to head to Westhaven when Tony calls to say racing is cancelled due to nasty winds. It seems to either be 5-8 knot winds, or blowing a gale lately. A solid compromise around 25-30 knots would suit everyone fine, thank you. Tony was venting his frustration …
Last call on 'Blurred Vision'
…and NO – we didn’t sink her! She’s been sold to an airline pilot who has a hankering to go sailing. Bastard.