Category Archives: 2009 kids in tow tour

Seen it all before

One of the biggest eye-openers you can have is seeing a story in the press which you have personal knowledge of. When you read the article, you can marvel at just how inaccurate and mis-representative the reporter or journalist is being. Applying this new-found enlightenment to other stories in the media can lead to chronic cynicism when [...]

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Why does our society hate children?

Try flying with a small child and retain your love of humanity. Incoming from The Guru: Perhaps of interest? http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/and-all-jazz/200910/why-does-our-society-hate-children Oh yes. I have to admit that I laughed out loud as I read James C Kaufman’s take on the recent Southwest Airlines throws mother and child off plane because child is too noisy story. [...]

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This is it

I have been waiting for the perfect time to share this little bit of video footage with the 6000 miles… reading public. And this is it. Because today marks the release of the Michael Jackson documentary and this is my bit of Michael Jackson tribute. Don’t get me wrong – I’m no fan of MJ [...]

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Broken garden

Just before we embarked on the 2009 Kids in Tow Tour, we had an evening of very strong northeasterly winds in Cape Town. Those of you from this area will recognise that northeasters are fairly rare and bring with them the heat of sub-Saharan Africa. Not all of it, obviously. I mean, I am in [...]

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I’m making excuses…

It’s something that I have won many awards in – or at least, I would have done if there were awards to be won for making excuses. Which, I guess, is an excuse – I hope that you can see the dedication therein. I still haven’t uploaded the pictures from London (including those of the pathetic and [...]

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