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Air New Zealand Best Blog Award: Complete List of Self-Nominating and Wildcard Nominees
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Complete List of Self-Nominating and Wildcard Nominees. Full List of Self-Nominating Entries (in date order of submission). Indicates a Tumeke top 20 blog. Http:/ www.macdoctor.co.nz/. Http:/ dimpost.wordpress.com/. Http:/ cjlambert.posterous.com/. Http:/ gonzofreakpower.blogspot.com/. Http:/ www.kiwianarama.co.nz/. Http:/ sportreview.net.nz/. Http:/ inastrangeland.wordpress.com/. Http:/ oswaldbastable.blogspot.com/. Http:/ asianinvasion2006.blogspot.com/. Http:/ whaleoil.gotcha.co.nz/. Http:/ www.ro...
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Air New Zealand Best Blog Award: June 2010
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Thursday, June 10, 2010. Air New Zealand* Best Blog Awards Announced. Air New Zealand* Best Blog Award. Thursday 10 June 2010 EMBARGOED UNTIL 14:00hrs NZT. CACTUS KATE WINS INAUGURAL AIR NEW ZEALAND* BEST BLOG AWARDS. Http:/ asianinvasion2006.blogspot.com/. Has won the New Zealand Bloggers’ Union’s inaugural Air New Zealand* Best Blog Award. Http:/ dimpost.wordpress.com/. Was runner up and No Right Turn. Http:/ norightturn.blogspot.com/. Http:/ whaleoil.gotcha.co.nz/. Were awarded joint third place.
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Hikaruland: World Expo of Queues
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Sunday, October 24, 2010. World Expo of Queues. As I write this, I’m actually in Tokyo, but before I delve into things here, I wanted to talk about Shanghai. The purpose of the Shanghai stop was pretty much exclusively to see Expo 2010. See it, I did. See pavilions? Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there would be nasty queues at a major global event hosted by a country over a billion people, but it certainly did to me. It was over an hour’s wai...
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Hikaruland: It Ain’t A Small World after all
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Tuesday, October 26, 2010. It Ain’t A Small World after all. 8220;This is a pen” is the basic English phrase that many Japanese learn at school. It’s also a bit of a pun on the famous Magritte painting about a pipe. My time in Tokyo did feel a bit like a step into Belgian absurdity. I say tourist route, but basically I mean going to and from Tokyo Disneyland. Whether that justifies 3 hour waits for a Winnie the Pooh ride or a jacked up version of the Haunted Man...
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Hikaruland: April 2010
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Friday, April 30, 2010. Friday Jukebox is Hoarse. I’m not going to sugar coat it at all, my voice is buggered, and has pretty much been non-existent for the past fortnight, ergo no April video log…and believe you me it is killing me because I have A LOT TO SAY, but the Benadryl tends to make writing it out not a dignified option. (See that pretty cloud, or is it the skylight? You get the idea.). Monday, April 12, 2010. Stop at Redfern for Birth Control? American...
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Hikaruland: May 2010
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Sunday, May 30, 2010. Eurovision 2010 Final: Do I Have To Sing Now? Just ask Croatia, who didn’t make it to the final. Let me tell you all out there, it was not easy to stay oblivious of the result. Dodging internet information was easy, however, Australian television news was not. I wonder whether next year SBS will consider broadcasting it midday Sunday. Although it might conflict with some sport they’re airing. Make mention of the Big 5 and dash off. And we&#...
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Hikaruland: The Nation at Work?
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Tuesday, October 05, 2010. The Nation at Work? Him: It’s really simple. He makes a few selections which seem to suggest that I’m already a customer.). I’m not already customer. Him: What’s your name? The polite accoster is nowhere to be found. After about a half-hour I manage to get some degree of service by another employee who never quite grasps that I want the cheapest basic phone because I just need one for two days. . Then there’s a computer glitch. I am ra...
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Hikaruland: March 2011
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Well, Blogger, 'twas fun, but I'm a bit older and while you're good, I just need that new symbolic change. Catch me over at Hikarublue. Blue as in Australian, but perhaps I may say a few off-colour things. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Playwright. Socialist. Commentator. Gay. View my complete profile. Where I Go Online. Study Playwriting With Me. MIT Fellowship and Relocation. I've lost my kid.
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Hikaruland: December 2010
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Friday, December 31, 2010. A Long Time Between Drinks. Well, it's been over a month since I've updated this corner of the Internet, and the main reason why is not laziness, but concern for my company. Next year, I will be launching (after much clearance with what I can and cannot say) a new Hikaruland, which will have a new title (also befitting my relocation to Melbourne). It's a new decade ahead, and I reckon it's going to be a cracker. View my complete profile.
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Hikaruland: September 2010
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Misadventures, Pop Culture, and Socialism. Thursday, September 02, 2010. Well, to be honest, August was not a good friend of mine. Late in July, I received a call from a family friend that my mother’s illness had gotten worse. I jumped on the first flights I could in order to get from Sydney to Milwaukee. From that point onwards, I was very fortunate spend the month of August with my mother. Sadly, last night (CDT) she passed away. I would like to mention several of my mother’s accomplishments:. My mothe...
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