Turning SA on its head
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???)
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.
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Irrational Rant – the tyranny of email fascists
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 [...]
Oct 15 2009 | Posted in General Thoughts | Read More »
Farewell Monica
About ten years ago I sat in a icy mobile SAfm radio studio in Grahamstown during the Festival. I was “driving the desk” for a recording that was taking place. Behind the microphone was Monica Fairall, and her guest was a holistic healer of some sort who specialised a swinging crystal pendulum that was meant [...]
Jun 23 2009 | Posted in General Thoughts | Read More »
Tweeting the Revolution…Roger Waters needs a re-write
I’m a relative newcomer to the Twitstream. Usually a rapid adopter of new technologies, I’m not sure why it took me so long to get my head around the value of Tweets. I half-heartedly opened an account a few months back, but it has only been in the last week or two that I’ve become [...]
Jun 17 2009 | Posted in General Thoughts | Read More »
Cabs on Call….or not. My daily rant.
I type this from the back of a taxi barreling its way to Cape Town airport. I’m not entirely sure why we’re barreling, though, because I’m going to miss my plane and there seems to be little point risking life and limb to shorten the four hour wait until the next flight. It’s still going [...]
Jun 17 2009 | Posted in General Thoughts | Read More »
A refreshingly great blog
Given the amount of schlock on the internet (and yes, I include much of what I write under that disparaging blanket) it’s always refreshing to come across a blog that isn’t (a) self-indulgent (ditto my caveat above) (b) an attempt at omnipotent prosthelytizing on the state of our planet/nation/backyard (ditto again, sigh) or (c) just [...]
Apr 28 2009 | Posted in General Thoughts | Read More »
Elections 2009: How did the media fare?
So it is the evening after election day. Like millions of others, I am curious about the results – having queued at Home Affairs for three hours to get a temporary ID, then another two hours at the polling station to actually make my mark, I feel sort of part and parcel of the process. [...]
Sanctimonious bigot gets my blood pressure up
I’m usually pretty open-minded when it comes to reading or hearing the views of foreign journalists about South Africa. I enjoy hearing their perspectives, even if they are sometimes a bit naive and dewy-eyed. Occasionally I will get frustrated that they fail to see a broader picture or take our unique context into consideration. Rarely, [...]
Apr 23 2009 | Posted in General Thoughts | Read More »
Oh no! They got Matt!
Hours after posting my rant about the ANC YL’s response to the Nandos ad, I went back to the post to see if it was still there (we all do it – its the Blogger’s equivalent of looking into your tissue after blowing your nose, we can’t help it). It was. But then I tried [...]
Apr 22 2009 | Posted in General Thoughts | Read More »
ANC Youth League declares war on cocks
Sometimes writing a blog entry is hard work. Occasionally, though, someone gives you material – an idea, a reference or image to work from – that is so rich, so ripe with possibility it makes you want to hurl yourself at the feet of the giver, weeping with gratitude.
