Contributors

Here at Man of Errors we have a wonderful staff of reporters for 2012 all following their own interests. 

Eleanor is probably our most popular reporter, and we can look forward to another year of her insights into the difficulties of raising two thirty-something adults and a baby sister.  Although Eleanor began school in 2011, this will be her first full year at school and there is a great deal of anticipation around the office about what this year has in store for her, and what she has in store for her parents. 

Hamish is new to the team this year, and has been especially brought in to deal with all of our strange requests.  Initially he is being sent out to India to rescue a series of book reviews from the incompetent bore who was driving down ratings with his idiotic prattle about Happy Refugees and Singapore.  The unflappable Mr. Krotchpong will undoubtedly save the day.  Later in the year he will sent into a classroom in modern New Zealand disguised as fourteen year old girl to uncover how our children are really being taught by the so called “professionals” in education.

Also new to the team for 2012, Undecimus will be bringing us all the news, views and insights that the past has to offer with his exciting mix of chauvinism, racism and cheerfully confident wrongheaded opinion dressed up as fact with psuedo-science.  Every Monday Undecimus will review The Evening Post from 1912, bringing us his eclectic take on the Wellington of 100 years ago.  Killed by a tram in 1929 at the tender age of 79, Undecimus is looking forward to his resurrection, and seeing how the glorious British empire has matured and prospered in the years since his death.  Long live the King!

JP has written pieces for us before, and we are glad to announce that we have taken him on fulltime this year as he begins  to write his rock-ography provisionally titled They Said I’d Never Make It.  JP is promising a detailed, and utterly enthralling insight into the popular culture of the 80s, starting thirty years ago in 1982.  Along the way he promises to explain his rise from the ashes of Perverted Thrust, into the phoenix of The Wake, and the ignominy of his later musical career. He will be giving us a post every Friday, with the odd piece of ephemera from 1982 dotted through the weeks and months to come.

Finally, of course, there is little old me.  Man of Errors.  Actually, this is a photo of little, old me.  This year you can expect more of the same from Man of Errors.  I will be attempting to live a better life following a set of unrealistic goals, I will be sometimes raging against “the direction society is taking” (as if I know what I’m talking about); I will probably change the direction of the entire blog twice; and I will have a big sulk at some point and refuse to post anything for a few weeks.  Man of Errors’ weekly updates on his goals will happen every Wednesday.  Looking forward to it.

Here is a short clip explaining my goals for the year.