Monthly Archives: March 2011

!##@$%!! bureaucrats

Posted on Tuesday, 29 March, 2011 by jmacg

In my part of a research and writing project on New Zealand’s e-waste situation, commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment, I’ve been tracking down import statistics for various IT and TV equipment. It’s been a mission. To get Statistics … Continue reading →

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Poor man’s sunflowers

Posted on Saturday, 26 March, 2011 by jmacg

Last year we grew Jerusalem artichokes for the first time. They looked good in the garden with their height, lush foliage and cheerful yellow flowers that looked like a poor man’s sunflower or a large daisy on stilts. The plant … Continue reading →

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Mesopotamia at the end of the road

Posted on Sunday, 13 March, 2011 by jmacg
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A wedding and Mr Whippy

Posted on Saturday, 12 March, 2011 by jmacg
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Correctly English in 100 days

Posted on Tuesday, 8 March, 2011 by jmacg

Tortured Chinglish is nothing new. Consider this book, published by the Shanghai Correctly English Society, in 1934. The blurb reads: “This book is prepared for the young man who wishes to served for the foreign firms. It divided nealy hundred … Continue reading →

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