Category: Background
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Psycho Boss
I can’t find an online link to it, but I’ve been reading an article from Sunday, the supplement to the Sunday Star Times. (I didn’t buy it; my flatmate left it lying around.) The article is about the psycho boss. I had one of them, followed by the greatest boss I’ve ever had when I…
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Homophonic Addresses
Michael Ward has a list of email addresses it would be really difficult to give out over the phone. MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSecondSpelledOut@hotmail.com Via Sean Bonner When I first moved to Auckland I lived in Peek Street. It got tiresome having to say “Peek Street, P-double-E-K“. I took this into account when coming up…
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School days
I know US schools are portrayed in a bad light in the media, a lot worse than NZ schools, but I didn’t expect it to be this extreme. I’m glad I didn’t go to Friendswood. I was very introverted at school. I didn’t fit in with the other nerds, knowing I was looking for something…