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The Without a Hitch newsletter = hilarious true stories of failure + casual, practical tidbits for success. I make all the mistakes so you don’t have to. 🫠 Journal 📖 For a time, I lived in one of the greatest nexus flats in Wellington. It was a weatherboard-clad home on Adelaide Road in

Welcome to the Without a Hitch 👍 newsletter: hilarious true stories of failure + practical methods for success. I made all the mistakes so you don’t have to. 🫠 You’re welcome. Journal 📖 Doctors of folly, culminating with Molly The family doctors we’ve had at our local clinic over the years

Welcome to the Without a Hitch 👍 newsletter: hilarious true stories of failure + practical methods for success. I made all the mistakes so you don’t have to. 🫠 You’re welcome. Journal 📖 On a train, people have little in common but a destination. While people do make a show of conforming

Welcome to the Without a Hitch 👍 newsletter: hilarious true stories of failure + practical methods for success. I made all the mistakes so you don’t have to. 🫠 You’re welcome. Journal 📖 We just want the cash It’s going to happen, eventually. Your kid will put their tooth under the

In brief 🩲 * Journal: Pissant affairs you hope no one notices * Practical: Teaching kids life lessons via R-rated martial arts movies * Read: A quiet and simple campaign of manipulation From the journal 📖 Keeping up appearances It’s not uncommon around these parts for people to remark “I was pissing myself” in

In brief 🩲 * Journal: Grenades in the wash house * Practical: Gonna need glass elbows for this one * Read: The devolution of typical niceties * Art: Elegant mess From the journal 📖 We sold our house and moved late last year, and the experience – trauma – still features in my dream themes. Recently I had

In brief 🩲 * Journal: Hear the one about the chicken and the margarine? * Practical: A sometimes misguided quest for LOLs * View: Crossroads; a distinct lack of quills From the journal 📖 Our local council sponsors barbeques to encourage neighbours to get out and talk to each other. A few weeks back we