Sideswipe: Jam meister

Bob Marley's talent receives a dubious honour. Photo / Supplied

Bob Marley's talent receives a dubious honour.

Recall day to beat insomnia

Trouble sleeping? Before you reach for the pills, read this: "The simplest cure for insomnia: get comfortable and close your eyes, and then replay your day in your head, in every detail. Start from the moment your eyes opened, and replay every movement - getting out of bed, starting the coffeemaker, even going to the bathroom. Leave nothing out. It works. I've never made it to mid-morning in my mind movies. I inevitably fall asleep." (Source: Zen Habits.net by Leo Babauta)

Money for nothing from Winz

"No wonder Work & Income do not have any money for those needing food grants," writes this reader. "I just found out that they are still paying my counsellor $50 a week for my sessions. I stopped going to that counsellor a year ago, even after me telling them this a year ago and the counsellor's practice telling them frequently during the last year."

It's the Easter sphere hunt

A Seattle school renames Easter eggs: Jessica, 16, decided to volunteer in a primary school and had an idea to fill little plastic eggs with treats and jelly beans and other candy for the end of term. "I went to the teacher to get her approval and she said that I could do it as long as I called this treat 'spring spheres'," said Jessica. "I couldn't call them Easter eggs. When I took them out of the bag, the teacher said, 'Oh look, spring spheres' and all the kids were like 'Wow, Easter eggs.' So they knew," Jessica said. (Source: MyNorwest.com)

Easy misunderstanding

"A friend works in a library," a reader writes. "A lady came in and asked for a book called I Run for Cade. Countless searches of libraries in New Zealand failed to find this book so they asked the lady to write the title down. All was explained when she wrote: Iron Facade."

Questionable way to happiness

A reader assures us there is a liquor shop in Rotorua called Route 2 Joy. "Go figure."