06
Jan
Looking for a Sign in 2013? Have You Checked Uranus?
After a close encounter with a celestial body on New Year’s Eve, I had an epiphany so powerful that I had to go home and change my broeks. It was downhill from then on.
All indications are that 2013 ...
16
Dec
It’s Blood River All Over Again
Today, 174 years ago, the Voortrekkers defeated a Zulu army at the Battle of Blood River. And today, the Boers and the Zulus will join forces to defeat me at the Battle of Gateway Shopping Centre.
Th...
04
Nov
The Vervet Underground
I have seen more monkeys in the last three weeks than I have people. You're probably thinking how lucky I am to be holidaying in some or other pristine wilderness far from the madding crowd. Well, I'm...