Nik Dirga

Production Editor, NZHerald.co.nz, New Zealand Herald

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I'm an American journalist who now lives in New Zealand, production editor for New Zealand Herald online.

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At Nz's biggest ukulele festival because I'm a good parent. And hearing cover of Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere" which is kind of awesome.
Really getting tired of the cleaners at work deciding to clean the kitchens right during dinner time.
Overheard in the newsroom during Hobbit week: "He's busy, he's interviewing a dwarf right now."
RT @HaydenDonnell: It is as we always suspected. The devil is using Two And A Half Men to poison our minds. t.co/2YEY1CRO

Two And A Half Men star begs fans to stop watching

nzherald.co.nz — One of the stars of Two And A Half Men has called the show "filth" and begged fans to stop watching it in an extraordinary outburst on YouTube. Angus T Jones, who has been playing Jake Harper since the sitcom made its debut in 2003, said fans should boycott the show in a video promoting Forerunner Christian Church.

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RT @chris__schulz: I thought the headline 'Hore gets cheap discount' won all the awards, but this may top it (courtesy of @pattttycakess ...
Yes, I was rocking out to the 1978 Battlestar Galactica TV show soundtrack. I'm not ashamed. #abitashamed
The first coffee machine I tried was down for cleaning; the second inexplicably shut off; the third out of beans. And on that day I wept.
Hilarious, because it's true: I learned it at the movies, and it's not true - SFGate t.co/4kCFBc9c via @SFGate

I learned it at the movies, and it's not true

sfgate.com — There's a moment in "Up in the Air" when George Clooney comes home and pours himself a big fat drink that, for a moment, made me think I wasn't drinking enough. In real life, if you go to a restaurant and notice who is eating the really fattening food, it's almost always someone overweight or younger than 25.
Overheard in the newsroom: "You know, any animal with nipples can be milked." #H
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