Making It Home After The Honeymoon
17 May 2008, 22:10 No comments
If you’re all caught up in planning your wedding and dreaming of a wonderful life together, you should know that at some point — probably within your first two years as a married couple — you’ll feel like quitting.
But if you go into marriage knowing it can be tough, you might be better equipped for [...]
We have much to learn from China
27 April 2008, 18:06 No comments
I havejust spent five weeks working and experiencing life in China, with fellow dairy farmer Peter Ferguson. While it was good to return on Easter Monday to good, green Southland grass, there was a lot about China and the Chinese that impressed us.
Our first stop was on the outskirts of Tianjin, Chinas fourth largest city [...]
Absurd Person Singular
28 March 2008, 16:04 No comments
One of Alan Ayckbourn%26rsquo;s toughest and funniest plays, this is about English
social mobility. It is rather like some great English institutions:
incomprehensible to foreigners, unregulated and sacrosanct.
Its three acts take place in the kitchens of three couples, kitchens being the
great bourgeois giveaway. First, a fretful lower-middle-class couple (Jane
Horrocks, David Bamber) expects a visit from a middle-middle-class [...]
Sharings back as city rents spiral upwards
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
The cost of renting a home in Invercargill has risen 18.7 percent in the past year — more than anywhere else in the country, a Massey University study shows.
The median weekly rental in Invercargill rose from $160 in February last year to $190 in February this year, the study shows.
The citys renters still paid the [...]
Value Vintage
22 March 2008, 22:10 No comments
The quirky Parkdale antiques shop Hawk Eyes (103 Roncesvalles Ave., 416-857-5728) opened just before Christmas. It’s charming but has none of the fusty, mumsy antique staples (teacups, tablecloths) or even a store cat — only owner Rachelle Turner’s adorable dog, Tallulah, a spritely Brussels griffon (”the same kind of dog from As Good As It [...]
Couple upset after old friends become closer to other friends
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
I’ll call them “Couple No. 2.”About five years ago, these two couples met at an occasion we had for our daughter. Husband No. 1 became completely attached to Husband No. 2.They became inseparable, and the wives got along well too. They discovered they had a lot in common, with grown children, similar incomes and tastes. [...]
Fox TV stations fined for indecency
23 February 2008, 06:06 No comments
WASHINGTON %26mdash; Regulators on Friday fined 13 Fox TV stations $7,000 each for a 2003 episode of “Married by America” that included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.The Federal Communications Commission had initially proposed a $1.2 million fine against 169 affiliates of Fox Broadcasting Co., a division of News Corp., that aired the since-canceled [...]
Concert review DriveBy Truckers
23 February 2008, 06:06 No comments
As the Drive-By Truckers ambled on stage Tuesday night, a jubilant diehard held a “Mike Cooley for President” T-shirt high above his head. Fans wearing the same homemade shirt dotted the Big Easy.Amused, the thrift-store cool Southerner leaned into his microphone while he fiddled with his Gibson guitar: “Thanks, but I don’t need the hassle,” [...]
Concert review DriveBy Truckers
23 February 2008, 06:06 No comments
As the Drive-By Truckers ambled on stage Tuesday night, a jubilant diehard held a “Mike Cooley for President” T-shirt high above his head. Fans wearing the same homemade shirt dotted the Big Easy.Amused, the thrift-store cool Southerner leaned into his microphone while he fiddled with his Gibson guitar: “Thanks, but I don’t need the hassle,” [...]
Fox TV Stations Fined for Indecency
23 February 2008, 05:05 No comments
WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday fined 13 Fox TV stations $7,000 each for a 2003 episode of “Married by America” that included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.The Federal Communications Commission had initially proposed a $1.2 million fine against 169 affiliates of Fox Broadcasting Co., a division of News Corp., that aired the since-canceled [...]
