A friend of mine from Queen's College whom I met in Standard Six (1990) and then again at Parktown Boys' High in (I think?) 1993 has re-established contact after almost 13 years.

I've written over 16 000 words since November 2006. Why can't I write a book?

During various series that I did actually watch, I picked Will Young, the little Norwegian hobbit who won World Idol, Heinz Winkler and Anke, and Taylor Hicks, long before they actually won their respective titles.

For a long while, I've been sporadically collecting titles of spam messages hitting my inbox. I've now found the line that will transform noise into poetry. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Today, the petrol price went up again, this time to R7.01 per litre in Gauteng (where half the country's population lives). Knock-on effects include increases in the cost of transporting, well, practically everything. This includes food and clothing – you know – the little things …

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Brazil is experiencing a crime wave that, after reading the articles, seems to be similar to ours: senseless violent crimes, with a blatant disregard for human life. Of course, that's my opinion, and in the words of our own esteemed president, a "perception".