Mike Crowl's Random Notes

First published in Column 8 on the 8th December, 1993 Poetry – what is it? Who needs it? Does it mean anything? Has it any Economic Value?...

First published in Column 8 on the 1 st December, 1993 I hope you’re sitting while you read the next sentence. Let me say, Thank God for ...

First published in Column 8 on the 15 th December, 1993 I know Christmas is sometimes called (most aptly) the ‘silly season,’ but some co...

First published in Column 8 on the 22 nd December, 1993. I must have had a bit of a year in 1993: this should have come across as witty, bu...

First published in Column 8 on the 17 th November, 1993 Having avoided writing about politics during the election run-up ( apart from my ...

First published in Column 8 on the 27 th October, 1993   In spite of the strong urgings of the recent Otago Daily Times editorial, I’m go...

First published in Column Eight on the 20 th October, 1993   When I read those self-help How-To books something curious happens. I agree ...

First published in Column 8 on the 13 th October, 1993 Whoops! My column last week brought two phone calls about two different matters, b...

First published in Column Eight on the 6 th October, 1993 The third anniversary of my first Midweek column comes midway between today an...

 At the beginning of Sept I wrote about an approach to one part of learning Spanish that I was trying. It was slow, but was working well en...

First published in Column Eight on the 22 nd Sept, 1993   Before my wife went overseas to visit her family, we spent an evening with some...