The country is hardly done patting each other's back for a job well done on the soccer world cup when they slap cuffs on a journalist who published and uncomfortable article about our new police chief. Ironically this is just days after the previous one got a 15 year jail sentence.
From the BBC: “Sitting up straight is not the best position for office workers, a study has suggested. Scottish and Canadian researchers used a new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show it places an unnecessary strain on your back. They told the Radiological Society of North America that the best position in...
…there’s a gem of a little pub called Steak and Ale, and a band called “Black Cat Bone” played a gig on their stage. A fitting description from their profile page: “From the Silverton Swamps in the Far East of Pretoria comes Black Cat Bone. Born from a Muddy Waters lyric and raised amongst the patriot...
Read the letter from journalists, and the ANCYL’s amazingly mature response My favourite bit: “The ANC Youth League will never retreat from its programme to expose the possible corruption and tax fraud of any person in South Africa and will do everything in its power to expose Millionaire Journalists who do not pay tax...
I’m not sure, for the sake of my own sanity, that I should continue on this topic. This past Friday I ordered a pizza from Mimmo’s in Zambesi drive, and it turned out a disaster. I was told it would be a 15 minute wait. As in my previous article , I don’t really care if...
This past Thursday night I spent at Tings & Times in Hatfield, my second visit there. The invite I got clearly stated that the bands playing are Gently Scar’d and Walt, in that order, starting at 8PM. Looking forward to returning there and the prospect of their simply delicious food, I made plans to...
The object of my new affection, called a “Hangdog” made by Gecko grips. I’ve had it for a while, but it’s been long since I used it – had to clear out wasp nests in the pockets…. Anyways, with my new quest to climb spectacular routes, I’ll be spending a lot of time hanging...
This is a bit of a guilt post. There’s been so many things I’ve wanted to write about, but somehow the inspiration to actually do it escaped me. A slight case of lost creativity, perhaps a proof of the use it or loose it philosophy? 2009′s been rough, good and exciting, all rolled into...
Armed with tickets to the Sun City spring bash, I went to party with all those pretty people on Thursday. To clarify the garish name for the show, it's short for Van Coke Cartel, Fokof Polisiekar, aKing and Heuwels Fantasties.
An economics professor at a local college made the statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, “OK,...
