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My blogs
| Industry | Publishing |
|---|---|
| Occupation | writer/editor |
| Location | Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Introduction | A recovering film maker, best known for prodigious somnolence but also widely reviled (think needles and wax effigies) for my work composing cryptic crossword puzzles for the New Zealand Listener. |
| Interests | Words, science, technology, literature, sleeping, food. |
| Favorite movies | Dr Strangelove, The Running, Jumping and Standing Still Film, various Laurel & Hardy, The Big Store, Daytime Tiger, Singing in the Rain, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, Nashville, MASH, Manhattan |
| Favorite music | Concert by the Sea, The Planets, just about anything by Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Carmichael, even Irving Berlin. |
| Favorite books | Puckoon, The Sotweed Factor, A History of Western Philosophy, The Chambers Dictionary, No Ordinary Sun, The Meaning of Liff. |