Michael Card and Peter Leithart: the polynymous man?
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Seriously: Anyone ever seen these two in the same room? Filed under: Humour
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Women’s (and children’s) refuge - Dunedin Women’s Refuge has had one of it’s busiest years, partly due to the “It’s Not Ok” campaign, and due to increased stress, and alcohol and drug probl...11 hours ago
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Monday quote - We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has to decide what...21 hours ago
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Look at Me by Jennifer Egan - Having really enjoyed A Visit From The Goon Squad last year I thought I’d have a go at this one by the same author. I was helped along in this decision by...21 hours ago
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Update: our first chickie has HATCHED! (with photos) - *Hello, cute one!* The chickie is still damp from the egg. Over the next few hours, its feathers will fluff up. I'll post photos on Facebook when it is...
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Melodramatic email to Mrs Vine - In which a subeditor writes an email to the garden writer, and then decides to make a blog entry of it. Dear Mrs Vine, I write to blame you. read m...1 day ago
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Rockburn, York Place - All that glitter isn't gold, but who cares if it's pretty? This boutique jewelry story is Dunedin's most poorly kept secret. Paul has been making jew...
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In praise of editors - This week was a mad frenzy of work completing the copy edits for *The Faceless*. The timing was a bit crappy as it was the last week of the holidays and I'...2 days ago
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Sunset on my holiday - I loved the colours of this pic from our last evening up the Rangitata Gorge Back in Dunedin. Looking toward the heads of Otago Harbour. I had a head wind i...
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Wings not quite clipped - When it comes to service we tend to remember the times we've had cause to complain about something far more than the times we've been well-treated. So by w...
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Wings almost clipped - When it comes to service we tend to remember the times we've had cause to complain about something far more than the times we've been well-treated. So by...
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Al’s Weekly Links January 22, 2012 - The best posts that I’ve read this week: Breaking Views: Richard Epstein: In Private Enterprise We Trust Keystone XL: Voting for the Stone Age – Forbes On ...1 week ago
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Going to the Movies - We went to a couple of movies this week. First up was *Tintin*, about which there is not much to say. It is a wonderful rollicking escapist flick. It is g...1 week ago
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Blackhead on a calm hot day - A quick detour on the way back from posting in Green Island. 6 surfers out, and in the ten mins I was watching no waves caught, but I would give anything t...
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Year looks good for Google as it sharpens its act - Already, this year is shaping up to be the Year of Google as the search and advertising giant starts to advertise itself. read more3 weeks ago
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Sustainable Lens: A visual guide - It started out as notes for a designer, turned into a page with 100K hits, and now (drumroll..)… “Sustainable Lens: A visual guide”. Sustainable Lens trace...5 weeks ago
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The case study: Storytelling in the industrial age and beyond - Benjamin, B. (2006). The case study:Storytelling in the industrial age and beyond. *On the Horizon, 14*(4), 159-164. Inthis article Benjamin looks at th...1 month ago
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We are broke - The Octagon ‘artwork’ briefly acquired a complete and timely message highlighting Dunedin’s $800,000,000+ debt in the last RWC week of its $50,000 rate-p...2 months ago
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The Phantom 51: You need a new bouncer. - It goes without saying that if young girls and their grandfathers get picked on in the Phantom's realm, someone is going to get a walloping. But this pos...
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The New Constitution - As a result of a democratic decision – albeit with a very narrow margin of five votes – by the membership at the recent special general meeting, the Otago ...5 months ago
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New composition blog - *I've been busy over the last few days, putting together a new, more professional-looking composition website.* For a while now, I've been splitting inform...5 months ago
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Dunedin's Renaissance Man - Jonathon features in the Otago Daily Times: http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/164948/renaissance-man-relishes-dunedin7 months ago
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New website design! - I have finally updated my website design! I’ve exported this blog to the website, so please update your bookmarks/RSS etc to http://markleggett.co.nz/blog/...11 months ago
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Ratepayers Association Questionnaire - * The Greater Dunedin Team Answers Ratepayers * *Association Questions.* Greater Dunedin candidates d...1 year ago
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RIP longflatwhite.ning hello landofthelongflatwhite.com - Hey guys with Ning going to a paid service (even as small as it is going to be) this is the push I needed to do something more meaningful with this concept...1 year ago
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Welcome - Hallo there. I’m a practice manager, social scientist/researcher, mother, grandmum, wife and a Dunedin City Council Councillor. My aim of this blog is to...1 year ago
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Proof the South Island can produce a good Bordeaux-style red - Inadvertently, a few weeks back, I stumbled across the answer to a question I hadn't really intended asking, but which had often flitted perfidiously ac...1 year ago
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