Rocker Ozzy Osbourne (now 61) is known to his fans as the Prince of Darkness. To some, who are clearly not such big fans, he’s the Prince of Shakes. He gained the second after he appeared with his family in the reality TV series “The Osbournes”...
Wed, 02 June 2010 10:41 PM / 4 comments
I’ve mentioned “Shit My Dad Says” before in these pages somewhere. For those not aware, @shitmydadsays is a Twitter account setup by Justin Halpren in which he tweets the always amusing, frequently crass, and often profound...
Sun, 23 May 2010 6:22 PM / 2 comments
I like big books. Big, thick door-stoppers. Books that routinely push my carry-on luggage over the weight limit at airline check-in counters. Books like these.
I like small thin books too. To be honest, I like books of all sorts.
But earlier...
Fri, 21 May 2010 7:04 PM / 15 comments
A quick personal post, if you’ll indulge me…
My brother from another mother and his lovely wife have just taken delivery of their first healthy, bouncy baby – a 3.1kg boy who would be the Travis James of my posts’ title....
Fri, 21 May 2010 2:50 PM / 2 comments
Just how young is too young? Where does the line between performance and perversion get drawn? Do parents have the right to put their children at risk through condoning their participation in sexually inappropriate behaviours? And can charges...
Sat, 15 May 2010 8:55 PM / 9 comments
Now cracks a noble heart.
Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Let four captains
Bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage;
For he was likely, had he been put on,
To have proved most royally.
Rest in peace...
Thu, 13 May 2010 2:30 PM / 4 comments
Samsung are giving away a R200,000 prize to one lucky entrant in their Be Your Own Boss competition! The prize is made up of R100,000 worth of home office equipment and a R100,000 share portfolio together with professional portfolio management...
Wed, 28 April 2010 11:53 PM / 1 comment
South Africa today marks 16 years since the nations’ first truly democratic elections were held in 1994. The day is celebrated by a national public holiday, Freedom Day, and stadia all over the country will see celebrations, dancing and singing...
Tue, 27 April 2010 11:11 AM / 7 comments
Video hosting site YouTube have started removing many of the parody video clips that blossomed into the Hilter Downfall Rants meme after receiving DMCA takedown notices from the original films’ rights owners, German production company Constantin...
Wed, 21 April 2010 3:47 PM / no comments
Best known for his novels including Brave New World and wide-ranging output of essays, Aldous Leonard Huxley edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and film stories and scripts.
Huxley was a humanist...
Sat, 17 April 2010 5:48 PM / 1 comment
Another South African making us prouder & prouder!
Hollywood Reporter/Heat&Vision Blog is reporting that:
Sharlto Copley, the little-known South African actor who shot to fame in "District 9," is in talks to topline "I...
Wed, 14 April 2010 5:18 PM / no comments
Electronic Arts (EA) Sports will release the newest instalment of their FIFA soccer game series in a few weeks time. (27 April in the USA, 29 April in the Rest of the World).
The game takes the same format as all the previous releases of the...
Sun, 11 April 2010 3:08 PM / no comments
This weeks’ Friday photo was taken during our recent Ama-Zing Race outing. The Coke Cooling Tower overlooks the Soccer City precinct out at Nasrec. It is the only remnant of the original coal-fired power station that was located on the piece...
Fri, 09 April 2010 4:58 PM / 4 comments
Following the disgraceful conduct of Julius Malema during his press conference at Luthuli House yesterday, we have taken a decision this morning to stop any further mentions on the BlaBla Blog of this “little man”. This self-imposed moratorium...
Fri, 09 April 2010 9:36 AM / 3 comments
Malcolm McLaren, the legendary one-time manager of punk-rock band Sex Pistols, has died aged 64. McLaren was believed to have been diagnosed with cancer a while ago, and passed away on Thursday morning after his condition suddenly deteriorated.
In...
Fri, 09 April 2010 12:23 AM / 7 comments