Bill Bailey Thank God for Darwin
Dylan Moran I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm not expecting it.
This morning I listened to Aden Thomas interviewing Ian Neilson, the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town, on Cape Talk. The interview was about what Eyewitness News is calling the IRT costing “bungle”. The use of the word bungle confuses me. Mixing up your medications and taking the pink pills instead of the yellow ones is [...]
(If you’re reading this in Facebook you may need to come along to http://tonylankester.com/2009/10/music-mash-1/ to do this….or click on “View Original Post” at the bottom of the Note) A while back I created this audio mashup containing tiny clips from ten songs for a friend’s birthday quiz…Give it a listen and see how many songs [...]
I don’t know what made me think of Hagen Engler recently, but through a near-random series of mouseclicks I ended up on his website/blog. Actually, that would have been what made me think of him – I was on his website. Hagen is Editor of FHM Magazine and one of the more underrated writers in [...]
Jayne and I went to the theatre the other day. For the young among you, theatre is like YouTube but with curtains, an interval and winegums. And no buffering. The Kalk Bay Theatre is one of those endearing performance spaces that restore my faith in live theatre. No-one is out to make a quick buck, [...]
When a stranger leans over to me and says “Won’t you keep an eye on my bag/seat/table please…I just need to have a quick smoke/go to the loo/feed my meter” an irrational anger, induced by an icy fear floods my system. Is it just me? Don’t misunderstand – I have no problem with random acts [...]
Came across this video on YouTube – don’t know why it is titled “Banned Advert” because the description says it wasn’t. It’s very powerful…well done SABC 1 (ever think you’d hear me say that???)
I received an email today in a response to an idea I’d sent someone. It was one of those “let’s put something together here that we all benefit from” ideas that I was quite excited by. The response read simply: “I like the idea in principle.” That was it. Except for a signature line that [...]
