The idea was to be free of suffering through apatheia (Greek: ἀπάθεια) or peace of mind (literally,'without passion'),[24] where peace of mind was understood in the…

Rodney Hide seemed to display an empathy previously absent from his persona.

Really? You're having me on :-)

I couldn't bear to watch him making like a demented squirrel and remembering, at the same time, that he's a powerful little snot of an MP.

so perhaps as one has become the story we might tell ourselves and other has become entrenched in the culture.

Sorry, maybe I'm being a bit thick. i agree stoicism has been seen…

( the ) other has become entrenched in the culture.

I have a problem with the term Significant Other as a descriptor for "Partner" It allways seems like you should regard them as the enemy.
;-)

I wish I knew why empathy was in such short supply

I was reminded this week that stocism, so much a part of the europaen colonisation story, is an apathetic philosophy so perhaps as one has become the story we might tell ourselves and other has become entrenched in the…

thinking seriously

Statistics NZ do seem to have been listening and things should improve, especially if disability is added to better-framed surveys like GSS. I have done a bit of work with them myself to progress matters that government agencies had not picked up adequately. I also developed localised disability…

If TVNZ was still a govt department they would have to too, and it would be more than one light ent weekly programme way out of primetime

Stating the obvious, but it's the same reason there's a mere nod at disability as to why there's no minority programming at all…

Sure was. The impression was that they put Sally in the disability box without bothering to think about her prop as what it was — mainstream early-evening TV -

That's what I thought she said. I liked that she saw herself as normal as any other person on the planet…

I know what you mean but I'm not PC, Hilary, and I don't think Sally was using it with either malice or laziness. I found her story about broadcasting funding being turned down because Attitude was the only disability show instructive.

Sure was. The impression was that they put Sally…

and I too have wondered if it might not, at times, be a little white bread.

Better than brown bread, init

Sacha, you looked suitable serious – very thoughtful. Full of, what's that word, gravitas.

Much like yourself dear. :))I agree, great show Russell

It's not their fault Sofie-
but
a .22 with a silencer

Well, a friend came by and we now have possum bait in the tree. Apparently they love this stuff and it's not attractive to birds so fingers crossed.He thinks the tree might survive so it's now a waiting game…

Last I heard, they were all hands on deck stoking the S59 fire. Surely they wouldn't get worked up by Brüno either?

I'd probably get more "worked up" by Bruno, but even then I think I'll register my displeasure by pointing my eyeballs elsewhere. Just as, as I said in…

I don't think so — if Lars von Trier's Antichrist getting booked at the Film Fest (gender equity in explicit genital mutilation!) didn't bring out the SPCS, — to my disappointment --, I don't think Bill having an attack of potty-mouth would do much. Where are they?

Last I heard,…

I was disappointed the item had been dropped from the repeat due to a fear of BSA reprisals.

Aw, to be fair "reprisals" is a bit strong. While I've got my issues with the BSA (and the Censor's Office, come to that), they have to apply legislation and don't really…

Bill didn't utter the words. He explained later that if he did, the SPCS would be firing out press releases and it wouldn't be worth the bother.

I don't think so — if Lars von Trier's Antichrist getting booked at the Film Fest (gender equity in explicit genital mutilation!) didn't…

Enjoyed an amiable chat with Curtis beforehand and I believe we established that there was more he could do as Associate Producer of Attitude. Offered my help with that. He did get ambushed a bit at the start of our segment but I reckon he handled it well.

Yeah, it…

I was disappointed the item had been dropped from the repeat due to a fear of BSA reprisals.

Only from the daytime repeat. It just made things easier.

There's a link in today's post to the online version of the show, which has the cussin'.

It would have been delicious…

The local response to the Lily Allen 'Fuck You' pro-tolerance video meme will make its TV debut

.

Wunderbar!

Meanwhile, the webcam choreography stakes have been raised to new heights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw
and boingboing.

Happy Friday.

The folks that make Media7 are uniformly friendly, down to earth and interesting people. Had…

Looking forward to meeting Sally Wenley who sounds like good value.

Sally is an incredible sort and could just as easily hold her own on the obscenity / swearing segment. One of many incidents I recall was wandering down Ghuznee St (I think it was) and having to interpose…

Well, there is a gentleman who hangs around sometimes, but he's more endearingly grumpy than apoplectic,

Sometime ;)
I will conquer!
I am woman.
We will survive.It's gonna be palm or silver fern,if she is strong,I can do 3. 3 is the lucky number.

Palms: my mother has one of her last few remaining first cousins living in Auckland: she's grown a dear wee thing called a ponytail palm
for many years at her…

Islander, you would love Sofie's garden. It is like the Garden of Eden. Only better.

No apoplectic landlord?

Aaron Spiller tries so hard, and he looks like a demented Fox Terrier that just doesn't understand why you're not pleased he's crapped on the rug.

He's yet another character I went to school with, too. His name was Jamie at the time.

*however, kereru lurrrve kowhai! They're killed 2 of mine...

demented Fox Terrier

who built that fucking awesome wardrobe for Pascalle last week – a compelling breed of reptile indeed. I'm liking Judd better, too.

Not nearly as cute though? ;-)

Not quite — the really lovely lovely thing about Dowdell's performance is that Aaron Spiller tries so hard, and he looks like a demented Fox Terrier that just doesn't understand why you're not pleased he's crapped on the rug.

And just to lighten things up a bit, Aaron Spiller (Wesley Dowdel)l is this close to displacing Munter as the most adorable idiot on Kiwi television.

Not nearly as cute though? ;-)

No spoilers, please. I needed an early night, so I'm MySky guy later on.

No spoilers, but Robyn Malcolm can break my heart without opening her mouth. Loretta is showing traces of human DNA — which is sad and terrifying all at once. And just to lighten things up a…

Loving. That. I am a firm believer in our anglosaxon language. I even like the C word

Well, here's a couple for ya Jackie :)
Holy Fuck!
My fucking awesome Puka Tree is no more!
some fucking vermin by the name of lil' fucking possum has stripped all the bark…

hey, you can't hit a six every time at bat

Craig R using a cricket metaphor.

That’s made my day.

I cried last night — damn you all to hell.

No spoilers, please. I needed an early night, so I'm MySky guy later on.

hat's a great way of putting it – and a big thank you from me, James, for Outrageous Fortune and Diplomatic Immunity.

I'm a bit meh-some about 'Diplomatic Immunity' — hey, you can't hit a six every time at bat --, but I'm still waiting for 'Outrageous Fortune' to hit…

Will the bits that don't appear in the one that goes on the web site be available somewhere?

The sweary bits will be on the website. The substitute part is a repeat of our recent arts panel.

And I'm going to have to record both versions now, aren't I?

I'm just waiting for the DVD release.

At the beginning of the programme place a warning about the content; introduce the segment (and the video) with another warning; swear like sailors. I think you'd be on good footing before the BSA.

We weren't really thinking as far ahead as the BSA. It was more a matter of…

But it is school holidays, and it was better to leave it out than hogtie the grown-ups' conversation.

Of course, it's a legitimate decision to make, my point was that it wasn't one that was necessarily forced on you, and that the conversation wouldn't be hogtied.

At the beginning of…

I'm a little surprise TVNZ hasn't concluded that Media7 is 'current affairs', and thus could be aired whenever as long as there are appropriate pre-programme and in-programme warnings.

And it's a PG daytime slot, rather than a G.

But it is school holidays, and it was better to leave it…

Of course, we've had to do something completely different for the single daytime screening of the show.

I've been looking out for things like this following the introduction of 3plus1. TV3 has infomercials until 6am on a Saturday, but now only until 5am on a Sunday – because the time-delayed…

Griffin-driven screwing around

That's a great way of putting it – and a big thank you from me, James, for Outrageous Fortune and Diplomatic Immunity.

though I imagine Moses wasn't averse to the odd 'f bomb' himself. "These tablets are fucking heavy. Stop being so fucking lazy and carry them down the fucking mountain yourself!"

My favourite Moses-related routine – can't recall from where – has him looking at the tablets containing the Commandments, looking…

I saw him do a routine where he reckoned swearing was invented by St Paul.

I think it's in the same show (I have the tape from long ago) he suggests that the pope should be a frequent swearer, always having to bend down and kiss tarmacs upon arriving in…

Russell, any chance you can block the broadcast of this episode of Media7 to the Hawkes Bay region? I'm starting to worry that my Mum might see it.

James: I'd have more faith in your Mum — if she didn't disown you after all those years of Griffin-driven screwing around,…

I saw him do a routine where he reckoned swearing was invented by St Paul.

The thrust of it was that if you were beetling along the road to Damascus on your donkey, and God hit you over the head with a thunderbolt, then F* H***!!! is the only possible…

Ah, Mr Connolly..

I saw him do a routine where he reckoned swearing was invented by St Paul.

The thrust of it was that if you were beetling along the road to Damascus on your donkey, and God hit you over the head with a thunderbolt, then F* H***!!! is…

I'm starting to worry that my Mum might see it.

Well my mother thinks you're fucking awesome, if it's any consolation.

That's so sweet

Reckon. Thanks for the support, everyone.

Not a f*cking atheist? He's letting the side down.

No but if it gets out (once the US gets up from wallowing in f*cking Jackson grief).
It might hurt the fucking obscene amount of money made from those fucking adolescent potboilers. ( So dont tell anyone) And it makes a…

Well thank the goddesses for that, Russell. At last!

It'll be up on YouTube v soon too. They just had to blur the tranny-boobs. YouTube doesn't do boobs. Even when they're genetically male ...

Sacha AND Fuck You. This is one Media 7 I'm going to have to wait and watch with my partner.

That's so sweet.

Of course, we've had to do something completely different for the single daytime screening of the show. It's been a fucking complex morning.

The local response to the Lily Allen 'Fuck You' pro-tolerance video meme will make its TV debut on tomorrow night's Media7. 9.10pm, TVNZ 7.

Woot!

Perhaps the best explanation of why cussing isn't necessarily gratuitous: "Fuck off doesn't mean "go away" it means "FUCK OFF."

Ah, Mr Connolly...

I saw him do a variation on that discussion where he pointed out further differences...

"Go Away is for when your child is coming towards you with…

I have been to several over many years, as presenter and audience. It is potentially a really good part of the democratic process, but committee members are busy people. They walk in and out, help themselves to morning…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ihZ5xJSNw

Derek & Clive – This Bloke

Harlan: What would you say to a little f*ck?
Woman [ looking down at the diminutive Ellison with disdain ]: Go away , little f*ck.

Sacha, please report in re both events. I hope the select committee members pay attention.

If its anything like my select committee experience (presenting the Young Nats submission to the Employment Relations Bill), only if you're saying what they want to hear. I do wish one Government member of the…

More interestingly Daniel Radcliffe sez he's an atheist.

Not a f*cking atheist? He's letting the side down.

Also got an auckland governance select committee submission to present earlier – interesting day. That other Media7 panel sure sounds f$^%king…

P.S. Plays NSFW sound recording on loading the page...

the better riding posture of the hybrid was the main thing I was looking for.

You should have gotten yourself a recumbent .. ;-)

I've tried one of those GTs with the locking suspension, and that one was a good tarmac bike, but it would last about 10m at Woodhill before gracefully folding up into a little pile of tubes and spokes. I'm gathering that's not what it's for.

I think so. I looked…

Anyone remember the infamous Neville Purvis episode?

Sure. It was on TV last night. Look out for a repeat of C4's Rocked The Nation 2: 100 top pop culture moments (or something like that.)

Try not to do what I did the first weekend I got my new MTB Russell.

I suspect anyone thinking the correct environment for an MTB could be found in a forest would surely end up, won't they?

Bloke Wronged…

No-one swears like Ray Winstone. I forget which movie it was in which he called someone a "f*cking sh*tc*nt", but it changed my life(asterisks for the benefits for those with work filters).

Well, I adored Ray Winstone's (swear-free) reading of Henry VIII as a football hooligan with ADHD and a…

No-one swears like Ray Winstone. I forget which movie it was in which he called someone a "f*cking sh*tc*nt", but it changed my life(asterisks for the benefits for those with work filters).

Well, I adored Ray Winstone's (swear-free) reading of Henry VIII as a football hooligan with ADHD and a…

(It's looking like there might be twice as many people with some form of influenza this winter, which isn't trivial.)

No its not trivial, having just gone thru a bout of ordinary flu (no animals were named) its nasty.
Coughing so hard it made me throw up, and its gets…

It's a GT hybrid

Try not to do what I did the first weekend I got my new MTB Russell

I've tried one of those GTs with the locking suspension, and that one was a good tarmac bike, but it would last about 10m at Woodhill before gracefully folding up…

"Fuck the fucken fucker, the fuckers…

went out and bought a new bike

Try not to do what I did the first weekend I got my new MTB Russell.

Straight out to Woodhill, age and enthusiasm not matched by my skill, as a consequence the end of my collar bone is about 2-3cm from where it…

"f*cking sh*tc*nt",

Was that "Sexy Beast"?

Swine flu: can we get rid of this moniker? If it's good enough for the Spanish it should be good enough for the Mexicans.

Don't think so. First spotted in the States and if memory serves, a visit to Mexico does not a State make.:)

Thank you, Ellsworth from Deadwood. Thank you.

Right, _Deadwood _ – that show elevated swearing like no other.

There was a great discussion a few years back on the ABC's Australia Talks Back , on Radio National, hosted by Sandy McCutcheon, on the subject of the f-word. A guy called…

Our government has ordered 300,000 doses of an experimental swine flu vaccine from an American company. The vaccine will arrive within a month, but, barring emergency, won't be approved for use until around December.

That'd be the same Baxter International that earlier
this year sent out…

Swearing on TV: unfortunately Censor Bill has no jurisdiction, it's the Broadcast Standards Authority you should invite.

Quite so. They do occasional research on "Acceptable language: swearing and blasphemy on radio and television", trying to measure public standards. I did such research for them years ago--it was kind of fun…

'I may have fucked my life up flatter than hammered shit, but I stand here before you today beholden to no human cocksucker.'

Thank you, Ellsworth from Deadwood. Thank you.

Woohoo! You'll be riding over the harbour bridge in no time, with Mr Slack tucked in behind for some aero draft action on the descent. Slack by name, slack by nature and all that...

Robyn has had a swine cold.

Wow. i think I had the exact same bug on the exact same days . It did make the MJ news that little bit more surreal.

(but what would my local mechanic think of it?)

So … has anyone had it?

Robyn has had a swine cold.

So … has anyone had it?

Haven't had it, but the case of Zachary Wilson is a bit close to home for us, his dad works for a close relative's business. Very sad all round.

Might have it. I'm at home at the moment with mild flu like symptoms and I had the flu shot back in May. My partner came back from Wgtn a couple of weeks and ended up in bed with it for a week. Her nephew from Wgtn, currently…

Before long they'll be putting motors on those bikes, then giving them four wheels and doors...

Extra wheels and (sometimes) doors come with the Velomobile

Or with a motor-bike, comes a real side-car

Dang.

cheers,
Matt

a swearing consultant to whom he sends his scripts to make them more, um, colourful

What a cool job! I know some people who are gold-standard, bet they didn't know it was a career option.

Yes, that's all from one episode. What must his mother think?

Well it's certainly quantity, but it's not really quality swearing. For that you can't go past The Thick of It. Armando Iannucci has a swearing consultant to whom he sends his scripts to make them more, um, colourful.