Small accomplishments and large ironies

MTAF Weekend Omnibus

Apr 12, 2024

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Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the past week’s editions.

David Slack Daily

But here's my point about the large irony in what Luxon is saying

David Slack

April 10, 2024

But here's my point about the large irony in what Luxon is saying

Grim old week in the media business, eh? And it’s only Wednesday, to rework an old upbeat line of poor old Neil Roberts. One of the larger dark ironies of it all has been the line the Prime Minister is serving up to anyone asking him about the sorry state of things and what the government might do about it.

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Brooke is on the TV, being a Minister!

David Slack

April 8, 2024

Brooke is on the TV, being a Minister! She is going to talk to Jack on the TV! It's hard to watch Jack on the TV without thinking to yourself: How can anyone be that good-looking, and also be even brainier than they are good-looking? Talk about lucky!

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The only thing we have to fear is tenants themselves

David Slack

April 12, 2024

The only thing we have to fear is tenants themselves

1. Which of these acronyms describes the experience of travelling on a Cook Strait ferry? a. RORO b. FOMO c. RARO d. FML 2. What is the acronym for the experience of watching the government risking a $200 million break fee, spending up large on old mates to tell it…

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Dead on target

David Slack

April 9, 2024

My targets for today are: 1 newsletter sent out by 4.30pm 800 words of copy delivered to a client by COB, as we say in the world of BAU 1 dinner served by sunset GST return So far so good. Longer-term targets are: Get some website copy finished before I get on a plane on Saturday week.

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Everything will be just fine

David Slack

April 11, 2024

In our earlier days of national self-loathing, we made a special place for the attitude derided as she’ll be right. You don't hear many people younger than age Boomer using that particular expression these days. But that doesn’t mean there are not younger people in possession of such an attitude.

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More Than A Feilding

Small accomplishments and large ironies

MTAF Weekend Omnibus

But here's my point about the large irony in what Luxon is saying

Brooke is on the TV, being a Minister!

The only thing we have to fear is tenants themselves

Dead on target

Everything will be just fine

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