Redirection to Election Blog

I have a new blog that is going to feature all the election stuff.
This one will stay on for everything else.

Street Scene Dunedin

I attended an interesting protest action today on behalf of the Alliance Party with a couple of other local activists.
A local disability group called Gutted is asking for better treatment for those with disabilities and their caregivers. It was a small but very spirited demo and made the TV3 news.
Earlier on I had helped out [...]

Blog Watch

Some blogs on the loose:
Left wing science fiction author Ken MacLeod has a heavy duty but interesting blog. I’ve only read one of his books – the Stone Canal – but I’ll be reading more if and when I get the chance.
I was a big fan of 1980s hardcore/pop group Husker Du (still am) [...]

Fear and loathing on the campaign trail

That was the name of the late Hunter S. Thompson’s book on the Nixon/McGovern fight for the US Presidency back in the early seventies. Of course the wrong candidate won then, as is so often the case.But Thompson’s title has suddenly come to have a new meaning for me.This blog may have a change of [...]

Dormancy terminated

The blog has been on the ice for a few months while some other projects got priority. Glad to say that I have had some time to get the beast cranked up again. Over the next few days I’ll roll out some posts dealing with some of those other activities – such as getting my [...]