Lifestyle

… I love living here because: The clouds move. It’s kind of crazy — you can look up at a mountain (OK, the mountain) and watch clouds rushing over it and concealing it. One second it’s sunshine and blue skies; the next it’s totally cloudy and cool. It keeps you on your toes. The sun […]

I have always worked on the assumption that for every topic there is one individual in the world who is the ultimate expert on it. Of course the subject has to be narrow enough for an absolute expert to exist. By my reckoning this should, in all fairness, preclude the rest of us from ever […]

I had a rather unsavoury encounter hanging on to a pole (the steel kind as opposed to the Eastern European kind) on the London underground train system this December. As the train pulled off, I became aware of a commotion moving towards me, hidden in a sea of people. The commotion swore a lot and […]

Aside from the internet’s usefulness in being able to complete every quiz crossword ever, being home to the blogosphere and providing P2P connectivity and downloadable music and movies, the Darwin Awards are the greatest social contribution it has made. Without the Darwin Awards, which far outshine trinkets such as the Oscars, Olympics and Nobels, how […]

I love my dog. Her name is Lucifer; I call her Loolies for short. Every morning I get up naked and shout out the window: “Lucifer! Stop crapping on the grass!” It’s guaranteed to freak the Catholic neighbours out. Loolies and I are a lucky couple to be living in this, one of the older […]

As a journalist by profession, writing is something that I usually do for cash. So when an email invitation arrived in the Yahoo! inbox from Thought Leader I was suspicious. Because here was this newly established website staffer who suggested I post bits of writing on here without the promise of a positive reflection in […]

I love it when I hear people saying things like this, totally unselfconsciously: “Ja, well, no man …” “I’ll be there now-now. I spoke to him just now and he said they haven’t been ready until now.” “Ma bru, it was so kiff, you wouldn’t frieking believe it.” “No man, he’s talking kak.” “I’ll check […]