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A personal place

Surprisingly, or perhaps not so surprisingly, Jay Brannan, to be seen engaged in a sexually explicit (and hilarious) gay threesome in Shortbus, was “raised religious”. Brannan is in South Africa as a guest of the Out in Africa gay and lesbian film festival, accompanying another film he stars in, Holding Trevor. He’s probably still answering […]

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Traffic is cool

I sat in traffic for about an hour this morning. No big surprise there — most people in Cape Town living outside the City Bowl probably sat in traffic for about an hour this morning. What was unusual about my early-morning traffic experience was that I enjoyed it. Not endured it, but enjoyed it. Allow […]

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Origin of the blog revealed

Scientists have found a 60 000-year-old neck bone that suggests Neanderthals were anatomically able to produce the speech sounds modern humans make … That implies that voice-production machinery has changed little over the past 60 000 years. – News report “You have reached the cave of Ak Ar. I’m away right now, but if you leave […]

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Addictive reading

I just finished reading the final Harry Potter. I know, I know, I’m a writer — I should be reading intelligent, “grown-up” fiction. But Jeez Louise, was it exciting! Death Eaters! Dementors! Powerful wands! Body-bind curses! We’re talking serious stuff here. Dangerous stuff. And yes, there were moments during the three-week reading of this monster […]

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Back to basics

I’ll be the first to admit that my neighbour’s cat has seen more action than this blog these past few weeks. But a dire social scene and the weather to match is enough to get any party-goer to sit down and reflect, which is what I have been doing. I have been taking a breather […]

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A meanie in iRhini?

Thabo Mbeki has thrown a spanner into the Bafana Bafana works by suggesting that the national team change its name. “Boys, boys” just ain’t good enough for a national side. (Perhaps it’s time that somebody pointed out that the players themselves ain’t good enough for a national side. Ouch!) It’s not the first time the […]

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Gods with stethoscopes

So I’m walking into a hospital recently when an interesting sign catches my eye: “Designated smoking area”. Nothing out of the ordinary there; I see signs like these everywhere. But of course this is a hospital, a place in which there are rooms filled with people breathing through holes in their necks because their lungs […]