"Andy, where's my 15 minutes?" -David Bowie
“Who on earth invented the silly convention that it is boring
or impolite to talk shop? Nothing is more interesting to listen to, especially if the shop is not one's own.”
Jaysus, but it's one piss-poor book. Let's deal with the
editing first. I'll admit that I'm as prone to error as anyone and I can't proof read for shit - but that someone is actually credited as having edited this book defies the imagination. There are numerous repetitions.
Now, if previous to this statistic Dublin wasn’t the most
likely city in Europe to meet your maker then I would respectfully suggest that crime isn’t really falling at all, so much as escalating. In that sense I can very much understand the government’s frustration at the rate of falling. Negative falling, I think it’s called. Maybe they can use that in their election campaign. Crime is falling negatively
I love this programme. And I’m also slightly in lust with Hugh Laurie - who’d have thunk that Bertie Wooster had such a gritty & sexy side to him?
When it comes to skiing I am absolutely fearless. I am also
absolutely clueless. A dangerous combination, I think. We were absolutely wrecked by the end of the day. I had a very pleasant Indian meal in Burlington followed by a few drinks close to my sister’s apartment.
Photos from the men's magazines of
yesteryears.
We broke up.It was mutual.
And amicable.
I feel like Captain Shiteski right now.
We had a relationship review at the beginning of this year and it made me realise that if we don’t work, I’ll be okay, I’ll get over him
the worst day of my life
From then on Peas was a bit wary and stopped linking to her Archives on her site. But google rarely forgets. So one can still get there with a bit of sleuthing.That's today.If there are three people that should never ever come across my blog, they are in order of importance:
My ex S
My ex R
Small Bum
But ESPECIALLY not my ex S.
This has got to be the biggest fuck up ever. He found it without me
even having saying anything. I went out with him for 6 years. This blog would've hurt him like nothing on Earth.I'm actually sort of floating on this dark cloud of Hell, not sure whether to throw myself in front of a bus, or just drink myself to death on the bottle of whiskey I have sitting at home.Henceforth, please spread the word. My new address is:
http://mushypeasontoast.blogspot.comToo little too late.
Anyway – why do I go to this effort to haul out the history? Is it some vindictive reminder to Peas of all the crap times she has had to deal with over the last year?"50% of me wants to stay with you, the other 50% thinks its better I leave now."
He left.
Small Bum broke up with me.
I am devastated.
As we celebrate Human Rights Day, it remains to be seen
whether we have the will to know one another and to debate with one another; whether we are willing to spend more time listening to one another, educating ourselves not be too quick to judge as illegitimate the concerns and expressions of any group; and whether we have the courage to engage in a truth and reconciliation process even with regard to the challenge of openly confronting the cancer of deeply dehumanising racist stereotypes that developed over many centuries.The resolve to educate ourselves to not be too quick to judge as illegitimate the concerns and expressions of any group must include not being too quick to judge as illegitimate the concerns and expressions of the African people, the historic victims of racism, who remain deeply disturbed that some in positions of power still think it is normal to speak of them as "kaffirs", and others among our white compatriots think that it is natural to ask the question - since they are Black, how do we know they are not criminals!
Anyway, it’s nothing that a good Cohiba and a glass of Glenmorangie Madeira cask- matured can’t cure.
We live in the most beautiful country and are blessed with the finest people you could imagine, therefore good must eventually triumph over evil. If I can believe that, then so can you and you must — otherwise we are all lost.
It has been suggested that the international appeal and export achievement of the Cube became one of the contributing factors in the reform and liberalization of the Hungarian economy between 1981 and 1985, which finally led to the move from communism to capitalism. Financially, the Cube was so successful that Rubik became the first self-made elite in a communist country.
Stopped into a cafe on my travels yesterday in a particularly trendy part
of town.
“I’ll have a cup of tea, please”, I said to the waitron.
“What
kind of tea would you like?”
“Erm, tea tea.”
“Ok, well we have green tea,
white tea, oolong tea, jasmine tea, mint tea, camomile tea, strawberry and
raspberry tea, chai, bla-”
“Stop. Just put a normal teabag in a cup and pour
some boiling water over it.”
“What kind of teabag? Green tea? White tea?
Oolong tea?”
“Fuck off.”
I went for a pint instead. It’s the same with
coffee now. People are so into these mocha-choca-halfcaff-lattes that when you
ask for a cup of black coffee they stare at you like you’ve just raped them with
a whale’s cock.
How long before it starts on Guinness?
The contract for South African Breweries (SAB) to produce, market, sell and distribute Amstel lager has been terminated, Heineken NV said on Monday.Heineken would build a brewery in South Africa and Amstel would be sourced from existing European breweries until the new brewery was complete, the company said in a statement.SAB said it would stop brewing Amstel with immediate effect in a statement on Monday.
The reasons for ending the deal are a bit spurious and the classic case of simply looking for a contractual loophole to get out of a binding contract.
Amstel initiated the arbitration in 2006 following its conclusion that the acquisition by BevCo of a 15.04 percent shareholding in SABMiller resulted in a material change in ownership of SABMiller, the statement said. Amstel considered this to be harmful to the interests of the Heineken Group.
Ha Ha.
"Amstel will be a fantastic addition to our premium brand portfolio and will bring significant scale to our existing beer business".
If I were a marketing man in Brandhouse I would very seriously start marketing this version damned fast.
There is the one serious gap in the market in South Africa, and that's for a decent light beer. One that doesn't diminish one's manhood (generally the "beerbelly around the braai" notion), or fizz like champagne (as does Windhoek Light), is not too sweet (as is Sterling Light), is actually a low alcohol beer (as Castle Lite is not).
Amstel Light has a good snob factor, tastes pretty good as far as light beer goes, and would also appeal to the female market who are a large portion of the light beer market. It would also easily leverage off the brand value that SAB have so kindly developed for the new licence holder.
Good luck I say. I just hope that unlike my friends at SAB you will continue to give me my beer in a decent sized bottle.
Researching for this article I visited this site. JoeSixPack, which did a good job of encouraging me to visit Philadelphia.
What is interesting is that while the team is playing particularly well it has been difficult to single out individual man-of-the-match performances (last week's going to an opposition team member & this week to BJ Botha in the heart of the scrum). The only negative is the way that Pietersen, who when he has a bit of space is nimble and dynamic, is just too predictable under pressure - it is so obvious that he is going to avoid the tackle through a misdirected grubber or flung away pass.
+ Hope I can use this title a few more times this season.
A NEWLANDS West man drove his Jeep Cherokee with his entire family on board into the ocean, apparently after an argument with his wife, at the weekend
.........wife was too angry to comment....
..........the local fishermen found the whole scene hilarious.
South Africa should not see itself as the "criminal skunk" of the world because many other countries in transition had the same high crime prevalence.
And this reminded me of an earlier post (yes the same beating drum) where I concluded thus.Adults are confused and at a loss," says Psychiatrist Bernard Yudowitz. "They
don't know what standards to set for their children or themselves. The bells
that used to ring in your head to say no aren't ringing any more."
Urbanologist Edward Banfield and others see a slippery morality emerging
from the 1960s: the idea that disadvantaged groups "have a kind of quasi right
to have their offenses against the law extenuated, or even to have them regarded
as political acts reflecting a morality 'higher' than obedience to the law."
Says Gerald Caplan, director of the research branch of the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration: "Is the black fellow who steals a car a victim of
society or its enemy? Is Spiro Agnew a political victim or a predator on
society? People have varying answers."
It seems that every group has caught the knack of rationalizing away violations of the law, from Watergate conspirators to antiwar bombers and young black criminals who define assaults as "political acts." Says Frederick Hacker, a University of Southern California professor of psychiatry and law: "There have been an increasing criminalization of politics and a politicalization of criminals. It's reached the point where
there are no criminals in San Quentin any more. They're all freedom fighters."
It seems clear that some of the old values and restraints have been battered
by recent upheavals—war, riots, assassinations, racial strife, situational ethics, the youth rebellion. As disillusionment sets in, fewer and fewer Americans look to the churches, schools or Washington for moral leadership.
Stern observers of today's widespread ethical torpor tend to agree with the 19th
century French criminologist Jean Lacassagne: "A society gets the criminals it
deserves."
Much international sport, in its current form, originates from Great Britain largely as a result of their colonising ways in the Victorian era. The days of early 20th century cartographers colour-coding the imperial possessions of France, King Leopold's Belgium and notably the pink coloured atlas of the British Empire are long over. Perhaps more than any other coloniser the legacy of the British Empire lives on in the sports played to this day in those countries. Most notably cricket.
The truly global game of football has crossed every boundary and is no longer limited by historic geography but now falls under the almost imperious control of FIFA, as our own 2010 world cup preparations are revealing. As much as we'd like to believe that we control the game through our national sporting bodies, these bodies are mere puppets in the hands of FIFA.
The intervention of FIFA in Kenya being a classic case in point.
This week we have an announcement that South Africa's "Premier Soccer League's (PSL) search for a new CEO came to an end when Norwegian Kjetil Siem was announced as incumbent Trevor Phillips' replacement."
Why do sports codes seem so bent on having foreign coaches and administrators? Particularly those of developing nations. This is particularly evident in Asian cricket coaches. Take the following. India (Greg Chappel - Australia), Pakistan (Bob Woolmer - England), Bangladesh (Dav Whatmore - Australia), Sri Lanka (Tom Moody - Australia).
I just find it odd that when it comes to sports administration the grass is always greener from the other side. Foreign coaches play up to the media and generally come off well when they are thrust under the glare of camera flashes and behind a bouquet of microphones. Our new football coach is a classic case in point where he is making all the right noises at this stage but has yet to deliver.
I am not sure that in general foreign coaches deliver anything particularly special on the pitch. Quite frankly, as far as results go, foreign cricket coaches are not doing a great job at all. As this article points out.
I cannot believe that with a population of 1.1 billion people (and counting) and a growing contingent of talented former players that India cannot find an able local coach. The same applies for South Africa.
RUAN Pienaar, who launched a thousand hangovers
with his intimidating touchline
conversion to win Saturday night’s Super 14
clash against the champion Crusaders
at King’s Park, volunteered to take the
last kick of the match.
RICHMOND resident Bob Downs lived through a hundred years only to be stabbed to death in his bed by a gang of burglars. Yesterday morning the small midlands town was still reeling over the senseless murder of Herbert James “Bob” Downs, a 100-year-old builder and woodworker who was killed on Thursday night. His domestic worker stumbled on his cold body in his bed when she reported for duty yesterday at 8 am at 109 Russell Street, where Downs lived for 72 years. Initial police investigations established that Downs died after he was stabbed with a sharp object in the chest.
For some time a dozen or so years ago we were neighbours of the energetic "Old Man Downs", at 106 Russell Street. Despite the fact that the police have swiftly arrested a suspect, this is devastating.
Is someone really close to me (my family) next?
