A survival guide for non-South Africans

What is a braai? It is the first thing you will be invited to when you visit South Africa. A braai is a backyard barbecue and it will take place whatever the weather. So you will have to go even if it's raining like mad and hang of a cold. At a braai you will be introduced to a substance known as mealiepap. ( Read more... )

So, after the MS Licencing victory the other week, you reckon that there is nothing more impossible left that could be achieved. Wrong. Today a Jehovah's Witness came to my door, and I kept him talking for so long that he eventually told me that * he* had to leave.

20 minutes left

..hhhmmmhmm...got the key of the door...hm-hm..hmmm-hm

Hah! You would never believe it. I just came off best in a "discussion" with Microsoft Licencing division.

Hmmmm. Weird how life turns out. On the spur of the moment I decided to google a friend I went to school with to see what she was up to, and turns out she is now making waves in the classical music world. All the best to her. And I wonder where it was that I went wrong and let my dreams slide. How things would have turned out if I had gone ( Read more... )

Hehehehehehe!

Got woken up this morning by something attempting to pierce the bridge of my nose and simultaneously hanging a 2-3kg weight on aforementioned piercing device. NOT a good way to wake up. 2cm more to the left and it would have been my eyelid and eyeball being pierced instead of my nose.

Hey, does anybody out there have $10 Bill by Cop Shoot Cop?

Shouldn't they be approaching museums about this first if it's genuine?