2016-03-19 18:53
I am around, I am fine and there isn’t anything preventing me from blogging apart from lack of interest. Nothing dramatic has happened in the past few weeks (although Queen’s Day… Read More
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Who says a rolling stone gathers no moss? It's absolutely untrue but I'd like to know if a stone gathers any more moss once it stops rolling.For the time being, I'll carry on rolling....
2016-03-19 18:53
Not that I need to tell you this, but, according to Wikipedia, kryptonite is a fictional element from the Superman comic book series. The element, usually shown as having been created from t… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Not heard of the term before? Nor had I until today. My son told me about it - he heard about it for the first time yesterday.From Wikipedia: 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a term… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Having not been around my son for most of the past 5 years, I’ve missed out on most of his ‘coming of age’ events. You know, important things like when he first got pissed… Read More
2007-04-19 10:53
Read part 1 here.A couple of hours after he arrived here, I took my son for his first stroll around Amsterdam. He was overwhelmed. A rush of new sights and sounds engulfed him. The sensory o… Read More
2007-04-16 15:28
In the UK, an increase in the cost of postage gets advertised several weeks/months in advance of the price change. First and second class stamps are designated as such, ie the monetary cost… Read More
2007-04-16 11:45
Dutch television really isn’t the best. Yes, I know that Endemol (inventors of Big Brother) is Dutch but doesn’t that say it all?Pin-ta-nel (*).It’s all panel discussions… Read More
2007-04-12 08:10
The big boss is one, the head of technical writing services is another, as are most of her team. I’m talking about sexual deviants. You know, poofs and dykes.Although I already have my… Read More
2007-04-10 08:36
The first entry on Scripting News effectively ushered in the first blog 10 years ago. In the intervening years, these online diaries have been touted as the future of media, labelled "pathet… Read More
2007-04-05 11:19
Over the years, urban legends have circulated about the hotel. It is said that fleeing Portuguese settlers poured liquid cement into the plumbing system, or down the lift shafts."Savana"'s i… Read More
2007-04-05 09:47
I’ve got a major deadline to meet today and I just don’t feel like doing the work right now. It’s all about averages (rolling and otherwise) and excesses to do with facilit… Read More
2007-04-04 19:18
The lovely, talented Caroline has made me my own special SoulCollage. She's not sure what it means but was thinking about my nomadic state when she made it. I don't know what it means either… Read More
2007-04-04 12:24
What do I usually do on a Saturday night? Get pissed and get laid, right? No, not last Saturday. Instead, I spent a lot of time looking out of my window. There’s a lot to see out there… Read More
2007-04-02 14:35
Yes, I won an award in this year’s South African Blog Awards! A new category, nogal (*). I’m the first winner of the GLBT category, one of three new categories introduced in this… Read More
2007-03-31 22:20
No, not THAT. That still has to happen. So what did I finally do? I went out and bought myself a bike. In fact, I bought two, one for me and one for my son. His has a few gears, not that he… Read More
2007-03-28 20:28
My copies of 'Shaggy Blog Stories' arrived today! Actually, they arrived yesterday but the package was too large to fit through the door so they had to be picked up from the post office toda… Read More
2007-03-23 00:35
Being tagged can either be tedious or great fun. But, either way, tags can be quite illuminating. I've been tagged by chocolate girl, an expat in Germany. It's a great tag and one that most… Read More
2007-03-21 21:51
My son finished school last year and is taking a gap year before going to UCT next year. He arrives on Friday to spend some time with me in Amsterdam. With a bit of effort on his part (he's… Read More
2007-03-17 19:36
I came:I almost didn’t - I very nearly wasn’t allowed to board the Nottingham flight at Schipol. Blame that on me leaving the flat late, the tram breaking down, and a delayed tra… Read More
2007-03-15 12:01
My daily metro journeys are simple affairs. I read if I have a seat; I stand and switch off if I don’t. Yesterday evening was different. I was standing but not switched off. I was thin… Read More
2007-03-12 08:50
As soon as I woke up, I knew that the previous night had been overly indulgent, even by my standards. My throat was so dry that I couldn’t swallow without grating off bits of it; my ey… Read More
2007-03-09 12:16
Mike over at Troubled Diva has come up with a great idea for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. He's proposing to assemble and publish – in the space of just seven days - a paperback antholo… Read More
2007-03-07 20:29
Although I've been aware that nominations were taking place, unlike last year when still very much a blogger newbie, I've not paid much attention to this year's South African Blog Awards. Th… Read More
2007-03-05 00:54
I've been tagged by the mad, wonderful Babs to reveal three things about me in a variety of categories. So, here you have them:3 Things That Scare Me:My habit for living in the present (and… Read More
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