March 2011
102 posts
1000 Awesome Things: 30 March 2011
I havnt done this in a while so here are a good few extra:
■#942 Somebody flashing their high beams at you to warn you about the cops
■#941 The Universal Fry-Sharing Policy
■#937 The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk
■#936 Perfect parallel-parking on the first try
■#933 The first scoop out of a jar of peanut butter
■#932 Wearing sandals when you shouldn’t be wearing sandals
■#931 Intergenerational...
My first response!!!
This was written by my pal Waseem in response to my lil summin summin I wrote on Japan a little while ago (go to the archive if you missed it.) I dont agree with everything he has to say but I respect it when people express what they think. AND I like it even more when what they think makes me wanna think a little more. Especially when their views are put down eloquently. Thanks Walabee. If you...
Blogging Sadness
No internet sucks. I have been dying. Not because I cant get hold of people or because I feel outta the loop, hello, I am part of the Blackberry generation, I do all that ish on my phone, I mean jeez I open my eyes and read the news courtesy of numerous subscriptions to keep me up to date (Okay truth be told, I mostly just skim through most features. With one eye open and my head glued to the...
1000 Awesome Things: 23 March 2010
#950 Big, fat asses
#947 Neighbours with pools
#946 The first shower you take after not showering for a really long time
#945 Spending all your money on sweets
#944 Your pillow
1000 Awesome Things: 22 March 2010
#956 Using Rock-Paper-Scissors to settle anything. (I grew up saying Ching-Chong-Cha. I still do.)
#955 Sneezing three or more times in a row
#954 Rain hair
#953 When cashiers open up new check-out lanes at the grocery store
#952 When someone tells you that you have something in your teeth
1000 Awesome Things: 18 March 2011
#971 When father Christmas has a real beard
#967 Illegal naps
#966 Living with someone who doesn’t mind killing spiders
#964 The day when you first realize you can drive
#959 Planning for snoozes
LIBYA: UN Security Council's game changer
On Thursday, in the face of Gaddafi’s growing success, the UN Security Council finally decided to authorise a range of “necessary measures” against his military. But the real question is whether it’s a day late and a dollar short, leaving Gaddafi the champion of a desert called peace - to paraphrase Tacitus in North Africa some 2,200 years ago. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.
In a 10:0 in-favour...
Ukuthwala
So yesterday the Commission for Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities opened up a can of worms by talking about ukuthwala. So basically, this is a wonderful custom practiced in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal and elsewhere, where girls are kidnapped, usually when in their early teens, then raped and set up in families for lobola. In case you were...
Japan totally deserved it. Naaaaaat.
So while rescue worker in Japan pull survivors outta the earth, families hoard/queue for days for food, and nuclear experts freak out over the possibility of a Chernobyl-like nuclear meltdown (an unlikely possibility by the way. I’m no expert but I know enough about nuclear science to know that nuclear disasters like the one Japan is experiencing can sorta be compared to heart attacks. All are...
1000 Awesome Things: 16 March 2010
#980 Old, dangerous playground equipment
#979 Anything that can grow wings
#976 Flossing
#975 Airplane/Bus/Train toilet flushes
#973 Sleeping in new bed sheets
1000 Awesome Things: 14 March 2010
#987 Picking the perfect nacho off someone else’s plate
#985 Eating things past the expiry date (Not dairy though. Yugh.)
#984 Eating the last piece of dessert somebody left at your house (Especially when someone brings stuff to your house and then its still there the next day, like birthday cake or pizza)
#982 Picking your nose (NOT in public though please)
#981 Wearing underwear just out of the...
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to...”
Brashy. I need.
