'Tasha is black' is one of my favourite shibboleths of old skool Av Club

Yeah, my friends are always sending mixed messages: one minute they're at the Matterhorn saying no to Michael Imperioli and the next they're hanging out with me, drinking cask wine from paper cups in Aro Park… show some consistency!

Yeah, my friends are always sending mixed messages: one minute they're at the Matterhorn saying no to Michael Imperioli and the next they're hanging out with me, drinking cask wine from paper cups in Aro Park… show some consistency!

I was walking to work down Willis Street once and had to do a double take because walking towards me was Sir Ian McKellan wearing an immaculate charcoal grey suit, fedora and scarf. It made my week.

I was walking to work down Willis Street once and had to do a double take because walking towards me was Sir Ian McKellan wearing an immaculate charcoal grey suit, fedora and scarf. It made my week.

I'm getting pretty confused about whose hand is whose down the Danny/Gillian/Yvette end of the line-up.

I'm getting pretty confused about whose hand is whose down the Danny/Gillian/Yvette end of the line-up.

@avclub-a7894649f023b61a850c178d9870aee1:disqus Ha, the tactics are the same everywhere; the previous Labour government here introduced an electoral finance reform law that sought to do things like *gasp* limit the influence big money had on politics and the opposition launched a series of billboards comparing the…

@avclub-a7894649f023b61a850c178d9870aee1:disqus Ha, the tactics are the same everywhere; the previous Labour government here introduced an electoral finance reform law that sought to do things like *gasp* limit the influence big money had on politics and the opposition launched a series of billboards comparing the…

I paraphrase that Shakin' Stevens line whenever I make outrageous claims about myself and my achievements. I actually did it earlier today in reference to my upcoming final game for my social indoor netball team, following a boast that I bestride the Wellington Indoor Sports Arena like a defensive colossus.

I paraphrase that Shakin' Stevens line whenever I make outrageous claims about myself and my achievements. I actually did it earlier today in reference to my upcoming final game for my social indoor netball team, following a boast that I bestride the Wellington Indoor Sports Arena like a defensive colossus.

Amazing stuff, K Thrace, I just want to give you massive props for how long this short post must have taken to put together.

Amazing stuff, K Thrace, I just want to give you massive props for how long this short post must have taken to put together.

Yeah, I was hoping for a spoiler space too

Yeah, I was hoping for a spoiler space too

Definitely a top 3 Stones album for me (actually, #3 behind Exile and Sticky Fingers).

Definitely a top 3 Stones album for me (actually, #3 behind Exile and Sticky Fingers).

I like to think of the Liz la Cerva stuff as being another example of the running theme throughout The Sopranos of how the good times don't last forever: when the show began she was essentially Janice, the sister of the guy running the show and now that both her brothers are dead she's been forgotten and hardly anyone…

I like to think of the Liz la Cerva stuff as being another example of the running theme throughout The Sopranos of how the good times don't last forever: when the show began she was essentially Janice, the sister of the guy running the show and now that both her brothers are dead she's been forgotten and hardly anyone…

You, sir, are an alcoholic!