...like a predatory whale

He had not run for very long before he realized the two cops were only pacing him. They could see something he could not. With each frantic step a sense of dread nagged at him. The more calm and calculating they were, the further behind he left his common sense, and his panic ratcheted up. As he ran, the black and white radio car glided silently along behind like a predatory whale.

Raymond Chandler? Dashiell Hammett? Elmore Leonard? Nope, just a 'blotter' incident write-up from the San Francisco Police Department. Someone over there is really putting some thought into those things...

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New Zealand Sports Star Drugs RingPurely a google-bombing experiment: Sports stars, TV celebrities (sport star, television celebrity, ex sports star names, named or name)?

NZ New Zealand sports and TV stars arrested in drug ring bust. Read more...

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Google MoonGoogle continue to entertain. We now have Google Maps: the Moon and the prospect of the official Moon-based Googlunaplex (now hiring).
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Feedburnerrighto, I've plugged all the various XML/RSS feeds from my various blogs into feedburner, so I can keep a better track of how many people are actually reading the sites via feedreaders.

So, anyone who is doing so, could you please update your RSS feed link to point to http://feeds.feedburner.com/noizyblog.

And, if you're so inclined, add or update these ones as well...

• The Wellingtonista [http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wellingtonista]
  
• Noizypod [http://feeds.feedburner.com/noizypodblog]
  

Cheers.
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Cease and DesistI created the Wellingtonist in February, after having discovered and admired the Gothamist and Londonist sites earlier this year.

It's such a good idea for a blog. Just write witty and informative posts about the city you live in, with local people providing the info and comments on the things that interest them. All very noble; community spirit and all that. And ultimately, of course, with the potential of getting noticed by the heavy-hitting publishers of the Gothamist empire, and bought out for some extraordinary sum of cash.

Well, they finally noticed us, but only to say (very politely, it must be said) that 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but...'

Ah well. So the site's had a bit of an overhaul to avoid any unpleasantness (although's there only so much you can do, I think, with a 3-column fixed-width layout like that - most of it's just common sense). And a new moniker. We are now The Wellingtonista.

And, on a totally unrelated note, I find the Google 'similar to' search for my blog to be eerily observant.
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