Monthly Archives: December 2007

Up the mountain

By 6000 | 6000 | December 30, 2007

“Two out of three ain’t bad”… So fat, sweaty rocker Meatloaf told us back in 1977. He went on to say that he wanted me, he needed me, but there was no way he was ever going to love me. I could have told him that. We went up Table Mountain yesterday evening for sundowners. Sundowners [...]

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Just messing around

By 6000 | 6000 | December 28, 2007

I’m playing and experimenting with various themes and plugins for WordPress. That’s why each time you visit the site, it looks slightly different and (probably) a bit crap too. Length has never really been a problem for me, but I am very concerned about the lack of width. My passages seem to be a little constricted and [...]

2 Comments | Tagged , , | Posted in admin, learning curve

Yes, it’s different here

By 6000 | 6000 | December 27, 2007

“Proper Christmas” just doesn’t work in South Africa. I tried to point this fact out in the article I wrote for the December issue of Emigrate2 magazine. There are plenty of reasons for this, but here’s the biggie: it’s the middle of bloody summer. So: no chance of snow, it’s hot, it’s light, it’s bright and [...]

8 Comments | Tagged , , | Posted in emigration, this is south africa

Protected: Alex does dancing

By 6000 | 6000 | December 23, 2007

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Glued to their blooming PlayStations

By 6000 | 6000 | December 21, 2007

Look, there’s a serious point in all of this, namely that the “nanny-state”, a lack of decent funding and the constant threat of petty litigation have forced local councils to prevent Britain’s children from… well… “being children” anymore. But fewer, smaller, safer, more expensive playgrounds mean more obese kids and a sorry decline in “those fascinating crusty objects” – [...]

1 Comment | Tagged , | Posted in politics, that's a bit mad, uk
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