He collects believers. Now you're one of them! Check the site next week for the mailbag :D

I technically start at 9 and finish at 5 but I have an hour and a half commute (lousy temporary living arrangements). Most of my work is reading anyway, so I have permission to leave home at 9, read on the train, leave work at 3:30 and read on the train some more. Mmmm, academia.

I worked in the US for 2.5 months last year, ending in July. When I left, the UD$2000 I had in the bank was worth NZ$3200. If I had left it there, instead of getting it out a month later, it would now be worth NZ$2600. When I closed the account the woman at the bank asked me why I was closing the account. I told her it was because Bush had wiped his ass with the economy. As well as the US dollar weakening, the NZ dollar is strengthening because of foreign investment. So our exporters - which is the majority of our businesses - are really feeling the pinch. The crazy thing is how quickly it's happening. If the dollar goes back to where it was, then there are going to be a lot of holes to fill in the NZ export market.

The typo was because I pay so little attention to white coffee. I've learned to say "Tall triple shot mocha at without whipped cream" at Starbucks. But I can never work out if it's said "mowka" or "mocka" so I try to mumble there, or I ask for a long black. I'm not sure what makes it longer, but it was good enough and kept me awake. To be honest, I prefer energy drinks anyway. When I was doing my final year of cosc (last year) I drank 4-6 bottles of V per day. 107mg per serving, plus extra stimulants - taurine, etc... Recommended maximum dosage? 1.5 bottles per day.

Wellington has more cafe's per capita than any other city in the world. you need to have a barista qualification before you can get a job as a waiter now. I think the typical Mac user would be perfectly comfortable ordering a Chai Late. God knows I never could.

You'll be so worried about the nicotine killing you that everything else will fade in to insignificance. :D:D ----------------------------------------------------------------- "On a diet of black coffee and prozac buttered toast" - Primus

Leave uncle Helen alone. I'm afraid to order coffee in NZ now. I'm afraid I'll mispronounce something and become a social pariah. Wait, I'm a geek. Too late. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "On a diet of black coffee and prozac buttered toast." - Primus

I'm also a kiwi, and I vote Marmite as well. Also, what the heck are Australians doing serving pavlova? That belongs in a New Zealand bakery. Under a picture of Phar Lapp. With Crowded House playing in the background. My apologies to anyone outside the south pacific.