Another award…

Well, I say “another”, when I would probably be more accurate in using “an”.

In a country with 50 million people, approximately 25 million of them being male and approximately 25 of those being bloggers, it’s nice to be recognised as being in or around the top 80% of my chosen pastime as 6000 miles… was ranked in the Top 20 Male Bloggers in South Africa in a survey released today.

Apparently, the criteria used in judging included:

Twitter popularity, Social Media, general media coverage, aggregators, search engine rankings and general popularity.

It’s actually a shame that there’s nothing there about cute profile pictures, because if there was, I’d be a clear winner.

As it is, I’m delighted to have been named in the Top 20, rather than the Bottom 5 – so many thanks to Claire et al over at momtrepreneur.co.za.

They keep coming…

That’s Keean’s rabbit (freshly in from Bloemfontein) on the left and, on the right, a bunny from sisters Kristen and Lize in PE.

And here’s Keean explaining to his local radio station exactly why he has decided to send his rabbit down to Nic in Cape Town (and winning big brownie points at school).

Keean on OFM

Awesome.

Many thanks to Tim at OFM for permission to use the audio clip.  

Cape Party in Sense Of Humour Shock

We’ve had “a few” run ins with the Cape Party over the years here on 6000.co.za.

We suggested that they wanted to turn the Cape into France:

Normandy is a bit out of proportion, but that Southern coast looks dangerously familiar.

We questioned where they got their logo from:

Did all three of them sit down and have a meeting about it? Was it a rough doodle? Or was there some other source?

And then we roundly mocked them when they did badly in the 2011 elections:

It’s not just me, it’s the entirety of the Western Cape that thinks your idea is a bad idea.

But fair play to the Cape Party, when the wicked weather over the Eastern Cape effectively removed a large chunk of the N2, they stepped in with this comment:

 

Nice try, guys. Nice try.
Keep dreaming.

Handover 1

Rushed day for us today, with many commitments, but I had to find time to share this news:

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This is from the first rabbit4nic handover at Nic’s house this morning.
The guys from You Magazine were there to meet Nic and record the event as we handed over the bunnies from Charné in Pretoria and Emma in Durbanville (who I may have called Sarah earlier. Sorry Emma. *blush*)
It was a bit overwhelming for Nic with so many people around – it’s sometimes difficult to remember that he is 9 years old and not well – but it was great to get the bunnies to him and will make his treatment so much more bearable.
We have further arrivals from Bloemfontein tomorrow and Port Elizabeth on Tuesday and we’re actively looking for the best way to use this appeal to help out other kids in Nic’s situation.
Watch this space.