Ain’t no mountain…

After weeks of teasing me about my limited athletic ability, I allowed a mate to bully me into doing some indoor rock-climbing. Now I don’t usually partake in anything that involves being suspended in mid-air, but he promised me there’d be hot girls there. Yeah… he is quite the motivational speaker.
After completing a series of intricate warm-up [...]

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Toothache

I am not a violent person, but there are times when I would seriously consider bitch-slapping anybody who walks around with a silly Bluetooth headset attached to their ear. To make matters worse, these headsets don’t always work very well, which is why people who wear them generally have to yell to be heard.
“What’s that, [...]

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Time in minutes slips away

I went to see the doctor today. Nothing serious, just my yearly check-up to make sure that everything is ok and still hanging the way it should be.
The appointment was for 10am and I arrived 5 minutes late. Not to worry, I thought. Doctors’ schedules hardly ever run on time and seeing as I had an appointment, [...]

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Damned if you do, and…

Have you ever found yourself engaged in a conversation and wish you hadn’t? Of course you have! We all have. If you haven’t… then lucky you!
There is the classic situation when the wife or girl friend will eventually ask a man, “Does this make me look fat?” All things being equal, there is no safe [...]

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Singles Awareness Day

It’s a strange thing, but one rarely sees commentary on Valentines Day from anything but the most cynical perspective. I been to many blogs over the past few days and the only thing I have read so far is how crappy Valentines Day is.
Somehow the day of the year intended for single people to express [...]

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No coin for Charon

Well, it seems that my determination not to be confrontational and piss people off has flown right out the proverbial window.
Things at work have been hectic lately, ever since rumours started going around that some organisational changes are in the pipeline and that people may be moved around. There has been speculation about who might be moved and where. [...]

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A generous dose of gallows humour and dark comedy

The gf and I watched a bunch of DVD’s on the weekend. I insisted that we hire Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic.
What can I say? It was a slow weekend and the heat was unbearable.
She wasn’t happy with my choice, citing such things as brutality, vulgar language, violent crime, etc.
None of the above could [...]

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Anal retentive…

Sneezing in public can be a downright complicated situation.  It is especially complicated when you are in a crowded lift and someone practically sneezes right at you.
Do you say “Bless you” or “Gesundheit” like your mother taught you when you were young, even when you’ve been doused in a tsunami of infectious germs and bodily [...]

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