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So Boris sent me this. I thought it was silly, but funny. And safe (er), I am sure, ever since Shaikh Dr Tahir ul-Qadri published a fatwa declaring that terrorism is bad and that suicide bombers will go to hell. Al Qaeda on Strike Muslim suicide bombers in Britain are set to begin a
I saw Jozi last night. It was everything that the reviewers said it was: charming, endearing, off-beat and left-of-centre amusing, but in the end, no great shakes. (Sorry Robbie.) What people did not say was that the team had a fantastic and rare opportunity to make a really interesting, and funny, and
The relationship between me and my 3G/HSDPA service provider can hardly be more strained. If we were a married couple and in a movie, the movie would be called The War of the Roses and I would be Kathleen Turner trying to poison Michael Douglas. I called MWEB many, many times
I think of myself as a good writer, potentially. But then I read a sentence like: “But the rocket engineers’ sense of how to articulate awe, how to inhabit teatime-news psychology, how to manipulate their way around geopolitical fears and ambitions, was very small indeed, which may explain
Rebecca burped and apologised. I said, “oh I have unleashed a beast of some kind.” I was taking responsibility for our Kruger Park ritual tradition custom of opening a beer at 07h00 in the morning as we trawl between the camps at 30kms an hour, and frequently more
I don’t know why they changed the name of the Civic Theatre. A big sign board claimed that “Johannesburg Civic Theatre” was too much of a mouthful, and that “Johburg Theatre Complex” was infinitely snappier, which in the long version it clearly is not. Shortened, as always
It is a popular misconception that a single girl’s best friend comes in various textures and colours, is on average between six and nine inches in length, has a variable speed button and works with a couple of D-cell batteries. The truth is that a single girl’s best
I am sorry, but that Robertson’s Spice ad where the mama tucks her chicken under her arm, climbs the highest mountains and sails the roughest seas to get the best spice for it, is just incredible. Like, not credible. Like no sane person can believe it. I watch
Somebody sent me this link this week: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuma:_Tales_of_a_Sexual_Gladiator with the byline: Does life imitate art? The text of the page itself is not particularly illuminating or ironic, but I thought it was worth sharing. Betty Noire
I have recently found my exchange-family siblings on Facebook. That was very exciting – like this I discovered that even Miet, my Italian mother, can now be reached on email, which is great. These days, considering the hullabaloo that surrounds an actual letter (envelope, stamps, trip
Not following anyone at the moment.
