Three bird visits
In the last week, I’ve been privileged to have been visited by three different types of birds.
A Sunny day in South Africa
Another sunny day in Uitenhage
Die Rooi Onderbroek
Hier is ‘n storie wat ek minstens ‘n dekade gelede geskryf het. Ek plaas dit nou vir ingeval Jan dalk weer laatnag wakker is.
Die Rooi Onderbroek
Dit was ’n snikhete warm Karoodag … die dag van die rooi onderbroek. Die hittegolwe het soos ’n drukkende teenwoordigheid op die Karoovlaktes gerus. Die doodse stilte van warm en windlose Karoodae wat stadsmense nie ken nie, het in die atmosfeer oorheers.
Goodbye Springboks
Goodbye, Springboks
An open letter to my fellow former Springbok rugby fans.
Let us not be sad. After all, as all South Africans know, dead Springbok means biltong.
Will the World end in Wales?
Will the (Springbok) World end in Wales?
During my personal trials this week I’ve been telling myself: At least I’m not a worn-out, toothless herbivore facing a raging red dragon with my back to a cliff, a crag or a crevasse in the Welsh winter this weekend.
Alas, what awaits the hapless herbivores in the land of other people’s fathers tomorrow?
Imagine donating your organs
Imagine this …
You could save seven lives when you die
If you could give permission for your death, which is inevitable anyway, to save seven lives, wouldn’t you do it?
Dear Springboks
An open letter to the Springboks, from the fans.
Dear Springboks
Things have not been the same between us for a long time now.
Springboks: Who’s to blame?
Springboks get macaroni in Italy:
Who’s to blame?
Although attributing blame is hardly ever constructive during a crisis, it’s still fun.
Let’s think out of the box and ask ourselves, who is to blame?
These are again Multiple Choice, which in this case, means that you may choose as many options as you please.
Springbok Rugby Supporters: Let’s Vote
Springbok Rugby – Let us vote
Let’s face it: it’s a bad time to be a Springbok supporter. As we await what has an excellent chance of being an embarrassing defeat against Italy (please, please let me be wrong), let’s consider our options:
To consider options, of course, one would have to have options in the first place … and we don’t, but I like to make things up as I go along.
So here are my few options for us as Springbok supporters. Note that I don’t pretend to offer a solution to the Boks’ woes. If I had that the matter would be different. These are options to us in lieu of a solution:
It’s multiple choice:
Invigilation Stories 101 of 2016
Invigilation Stories 101 of 2016
There are many stranger than fiction stories in teaching of which every word is true.
However, thrice a year teachers have to do something called exam invigilation and during these sessions it is alarmingly easy to become delusional. (OK, I cannot speak for everyone, but I have an active imagination and a few other flaws, so invigilation brings out the wack in me.)