Category: General

Heather Mills doesn't have a leg to stand on in her divorce against Sir Paul McCartney.

I have spoken of this before, but never committed it to writing. I have named the so-called deus ex machina, or plot device, that finds its way into movies and television shows. I call it Pd, in the tradition of boring mathematics. Besides, most of the Greek alphabet is already taken, and I don't want to use the Cyrillic alphabet yet.

North Korea, according to satellite data, may be preparing to test another nuclear bomb.

President Thabo Mbeki's spokesperson, Mukoni Ratshitanga. Angry rat shit?

This is my way of remembering an ex colleague, Meg Vaessen, who died this week. Thanks for your help and friendship.

"According to preliminary research, the typical internet addict was a single, college-educated, white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use."

Everyone has heard of Mark Shuttleworth by now, South Africa's celebrated billionaire who sold out Thawte to VeriSign, and then went into space with the Russians.

Have you noticed that the general trend in naming a country "The Democratic Republic of X", or "The Democratic People's Republic of X" or even "The People's Republic of X" usually implies that there is no say by the people expressed in the country's name, except those in absolute power?

I just saw the hit counter of my site get 68,686 which is a cool number. Or not. I wonder who visitor 66,666 was?