Let’s extend a warm welcome to the Nazi twins

I find this downright disturbing. Nope… disturbing is too tame a word for this. This is fucked-up.

They may remind you of another famous pair of singers, the Olsen Twins, and the girls say they like that. But unlike the Olsens, who built a media empire on their fun-loving, squeaky-clean image, Lamb and Lynx are cultivating [...]

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He’s on a roll!

You want to see a senior marketer go ballistic on a grey Thursday morning in Johannesburg? Dare to criticize the copy of the new ad campaign he is proposing.
Why the peanut asked me for my opinion in the first place is beyond me, because it seems he did not want it anyway.
The funniest thing about [...]

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Burning bridges on a Tuesday

I would never have thought myself capable of blackmailing someone into doing what I want them to do. Let me rephrase that, blackmail is not something I would normally resort to in order to get someone to do what I want.
I will threaten, manipulate, play political games and may even throw the odd tantrum. I [...]

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I am weasel

There is a limit to the abuse any man can take. Really there is! Trust me.
Take last night for instance. The usual suspects and I decide to go out for a few drinks.
[Quick aside: what is it about a Thursday night that makes you want to go out, drink too much and feel like shit [...]

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It is Friday afternoon and you may laugh… so go on!

Sunday’s sermon was – Forgive Your Enemies.
Toward the end of the service, the Minister asked,
“How many of you have forgiven your enemies?”
80 percent held up their hands.
The Minister then repeated his question.
All responded this time, except one small elderly lady.
“Mrs. Jones?” ; “Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?”
“I don’t have any.” She replied, [...]

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Chitty takes the witness stand

I’ve been tagged 5 times(!) in the past 3 months and have NOT taken up the challenge on any one of them. I apologise to all those ppl who actually thought I am good at this sort of thing. This makes me a bit of a spoil sport, don’t you think? So in order to [...]

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Chitty! Chitty! He’s our man! If he can’t… (slap!)

My girlfriend has one of those fancy hand-held Braun multi-mixers. You know the one with all the attachments that allows you to use it for all kinds of things around the kitchen. Quite a nifty piece of equipment, I would say. I haven’t actually used it, but she says it is nifty, so I believe [...]

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Triple vignette (not quite)

Uno. Back from the Cape and for the first time in all the years since moved to Johannesburg, I felt a little sad about coming home.
There can only be two reasons for this;
1. I am getting older and this freaky nostalgic streak that has played havoc with me for the past 2/3 week has not [...]

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Cheap Whiskey

(I am going to snap out of this “serious” mood one of these days, I promise!! Geez, I am even starting to scare myself.)
Watching a relationship fall apart is like drinking cheap whiskey, too sharp and plain nasty. There are casualties all around and it is not necessarily restricted to the two people involved.
My [...]

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Random realisations on a Thursday

I am seldom satisfied with the present. I am always looking out for something better… for greener grass, sunnier skies… and now that summer is here again… skimpier dressed women.
Most times however I find myself blissfully hiding away in a state of mushy nostalgia longing for things that could have been.
Other times I am constantly [...]

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