Year: 2010

  • What becomes of the broken hearted (world cup fans)?

    They mope for a coupla days and still watch the 3rd and 4th placing match even though they’ve spent the morning lamenting about how meaningless these matches are and how they should scrap them and go straight for the grand final. Or they pass their passion on to the next generation of football tragics:

  • All’s well in the world because our son can say “chicken”

    He said it loudly and clearly – possibly the clearest he’s every pronounced any (English) word. The rest are approximations which we accept because he’s a baby and we’re his parents. “Chicken”, he said. And then Mama took out her iPhone and tried to make him repeat the word. As you’d expect, it wasn’t going…

  • Channelnewsbetter always looks on the bright side

    WSJ article here; CNA article here

  • OK, the Yoof Ollumpics is getting to me

    There’s been murmurs that the authorities are a little worried that the YOG isn’t going to amount to a hill of beans – with the MOE buying 80,000 tickets to put at least small bums on seats at events, and the budget ballooning to three times the original estimate. Some of the money was well…

  • Good coffee, funny commercials

    Yesterday at a Nespresso media event, I watched a 30-sec TVC spot that will be aired on local tv next week. It’s funny. Not least because it stars George Clooney and John Malkovich: Here’s the longer, 2 minute version: George Clooney Meet John Malkovich – Nespresso Commerical – The most amazing videos are a click…