Monthly Archives: April 2007

Cricket and this country

By 6000 | 6000 | April 24, 2007

The Cricket World Cup is on at the moment. Anyone reading in countries that don’t play cricket (Denmark, USA, England etc.) may have missed this fact, but here in South Africa, no-one will talk about anything but “that match” tomorrow. “That match” is the eagerly awaited semi-final between everyone’s long-standing tournament favourites, Australia and South [...]

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Why has no one asked the obvious question?

By 6000 | 6000 | April 19, 2007

The world news this week has been dominated by the shootings at Virginia Tech. I know most of you have now stopped reading already. You’re thinking (as you click onto something infinitely more exciting): “What can this intelligent, good-looking, informed and amusing writer tell us that we haven’t already heard?” Well, only that everyone has [...]

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A fishy business

By 6000 | 6000 | April 16, 2007

Well, the penguins (see below) are gone, but their memory (and the mess around the pool) still lingers on. Nicole has developed an unusual taste for pilchards. Some husbands might be worried about this unusual craving having some “hidden meaning”, but not me. Why? Because the pilchards are being fed to Alex. “The omega oils [...]

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How to win friends and influence people

By 6000 | 6000 | April 12, 2007

You may recall me mentioning my being interviewed by a journalist. That article has now been published (I made Page 7, just next to the advert for Harris’ Patented Haemorrhoid Preparation), although it’s sadly not available online anywhere just yet. One of the comments on my last post was from June who read the article [...]

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Crikey! I’m back!

By 6000 | 6000 | April 5, 2007

So what happened? Well, that’s the confusing thing really – nothing. Life just raced past and I never found a moment to update. I’ve been gone so long that they’ve started work on the ARS and Alex has started walking. Sorry, regular readers: you must both have been at a complete loss for entertainment and [...]

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