http://www.blogminx.com File under 'blogging', 'money' and 'WTF?' Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:52:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Subscriber(s): My apologies for the lack of posts through 2009. A mix of a white-tshirt job, an insomniac baby and the amputation of both hands (well, not that last one) have all contributed to my general writerly slackness. Those who wish to keep abreast of further minxness may do so ... http://www.blogminx.com/2009/12/this-is-not-a-blog-post/ Questions on my mind this week: 1. If I go to Sydney for the weekend, does that enhance my foreign policy experience? 2. Is it really possible to read all the magazines in world, as Sarah Palin claims to have done? Even a speed-reader would struggle, I think. 3. Is buying a url ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/10/the-week-that-was/ This morning I have blown the dust off my blog and checked its pulse (faint) because I missed it, and I missed you guys. Is everyone well? Great. I've been busy working, but I also took a trip to Tahiti earlier this month and last weekend I had my first flying ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/09/a-rolling-blog-gathers-no-moss/ Over the past week or so I have spent many hours watching super-human feats of strength in the Olympic Games. World records have been broken as contestants somersaulted off diving boards, ploughed through the pool, quadruple-flipped their way across a gym mat and cycled until their muscled legs could cycle ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/08/when-was-the-last-time-you-faked-it/ I arrived home last night to find one of 'those' letters waiting ominously on the table. No, not a Dear John; a letter from the tax department informing me that my tax payment was well overdue and I needed to pay up YESTERDAY. I was self-employed most of last year and ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/08/when-the-tax-man-knocks/ 1. Your AdSense ads are displaying random content (eg. Rich Minx is currently showing 'roofing' ads - why, Google, why? How will I make my 4c weekly target at this rate?) 2. An email from a reader has just arrived, thanking you for that scintillating post last week about omnivorous cyclops ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/07/5-signs-your-blog-has-wandered-off-topic/ Gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson would have made a great addition to the Blogosphere. Imagine the potential posts as he made his drug-addled way through the desert to Vegas in search of the American Dream, and along the presidential campaign trail a few years later in search of an honest politician. True, ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/07/hunter-s-thompson-should-have-been-a-blogger/ The other day I was driving along, minding my own business, when the following ad came on the radio: "We're announcing some great deals at [local electronics store] but this information is embargoed till 11.55am." It took a moment to sink in. So... basically what they're telling me is that they have ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/07/dont-tell-me-what-you-cant-tell-me/ I never receive snail mail these days, so it was with mild excitement that I opened the mailbox to find a leaflet that implored me to help save a 50-year-old local church (ancient by NZ standards) by donating towards its restoration. I'm not a church-goer so I can't say I ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/07/my-mailbox-begat-a-plea-for-funding/ A long time ago, back in the glory days of January 2008, I wrote a mission statement: "I will train for long-distance running (at least a 10km run; maybe a half marathon)." Well, here we are in June and I've run a half marathon. That's 21km. In miles - well, it sounds ... http://www.blogminx.com/2008/06/going-the-distance/