Myparentswereawesome:

myparentswereawesome:

Tom

Submitted by Neil

 A pictures speaks a 1000 words. The 1000 words this picture speaks are all variations of 'awesome'.

givemesomethingtoread:

Michael Jackson’s 1983 “Thriller” remains the most popular music video of all time: a 14-minute horror spoof that changed the business. Behind the scenes it gave its star a temporary home with director John Landis, sparked a near romance with actress Ola Ray, and revealed how damaged the young pop idol already was

Michael Jackson died 1 year ago today (NZT).

RIP dude.

Because it's important

Most of the short life of this blog has been consisted of me doing two things: ranting and being a smart-arse. Which is good. It's what I do. This post is different. Suck it up.

While doing a google search for more info on prostate cancer I stumbled upon a blog about one NZ man's journey as he deals with prostate cancer. It is honest, clear, simple, thorough and informative. Above all, it's incredibly, almost brutally, personal. I couldn't stop reading it.

The whole website is wonderfully informative - filled with links, news stories, survivor stories, treatment and dietary advice, ethnic issues and a load of other information. Prostate cancer claims the lives of so many NZ men and it's important to have blogs like that which inform people in such a simple way. The author exposes so much. It's kinda breathtaking.

Why am I telling you this? While reading it I was shocked to find that I knew the author of this blog. His name is Jim Tucker and he taught me how to write. His voice still haunts me whenever I type out a badly worded sentence (this is alarmingly often). I will be forever grateful to him for accepting me in his Journalism course while I was still a wildly arrogant, unconfident, shit-for-brains kid and giving me the foundation to achieve my childhood dream of becoming a storyteller. He's currently the journalism tutor at Whitireia. So, here's to you, Mr Tucker. My small shout-out to the man who taught me how to "fill in the spaces between the ads" in newspapers.

Now, back to the regularly scheduled snark and rant.

soupsoup:

itsbedtime:

This song has been blowing my mind for a hot minute now. BLOWING MY MIND.

Commodores : Nightshift

One of the greatest tribute songs ever. I've spent a good chunk of the morning grooving to it and you should too

givemesomethingtoread:

Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.

I'm so obsessed with this song. It's almost embarrassing. Almost.

The only thing that made me immediately download this song onto my phone? Watching Bradley Cooper walk across the stage of the MTV Movie Awards to the chorus of this song. He looked damn hot. I would do awesome/bad things to that overly smug mofo. Yeah, that's much more embarrassing.