Clip of a chimp in less than desirable circumstances “taking matters into it’s own hands”. Sad and hilariously funny at the same time. +1 for chimp. (Via Ross, thanks!)
Category: Stuff
General stuff about this and that.
An excerpt from a instant message conversation I was having with a friend earlier, she made a typo making for a brilliant comedy moment! [14:55:14] XXX: oooh cake [14:55:14] XXX: i just ate a sushi platter 1 litle of orange juice and a pack of biltong [14:55:15] XXX: I think I’m going to popo [14:55:21] XXX: pop [14:55:34] Brendan P: hahaha, that just came out all wrong 😉
After reading this post from the Greenpeace blog on the critically important battle going on right now for the Arctic, this paragraph really struck home for me;
As Ben Metcalfe, one of the original Greenpeace crew once said; Once you have witnessed an injustice, you cannot claim ignorance as a defence for inaction. You make an ethical choice: to act – or not.
“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “Please know what I mean when I say nothing” – Mason Jennings “Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.” – Thomas Jones “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. ” – Nelson Mandela “It is not the strongest of the species…nor the most intelligent, that survives. It is the one most adaptable to change.” – Darwin “Never ruin an apology with an…
It’s been a lovely week and half here in King Williams Town visiting my folks and seeing Family. But on Monday I’m off to Cape Town! Really looking forward to this and seeing old friends again. Long overdue! I’ll be staying at a friends lovely guest house, Sorgh Vliet Lodge. Fantastic 🙂 If you ever in Cape Town and looking for a place to stay, check it out. This weekend I spent with my folks and visiting my Cousin. We had a lovely evening there with family and friends last…
Update: Weather has foiled our plans! We’ll be meeting at the Coast Guard Hotel for 7.30pm rather. Braai (BBQ) is still on for Friday evening on Mousehole beach. If the weather is not great we’ll do the pub! I’ll update here again on Thursday. Everyone is welcome, kids too as always! Bring your own meat to braai, drinks and anything else you like 🙂 Looking forward to seeing you all then!
Another very late post! This is for a review of one of the best books I’ve read and certainly the best I read last year. (hence the “late”…)
Neverwhere is a story and it’s properly told. It made me feel like a boy on an adventure, my favourite state of being.
So my friend Muddy shared this with me over lunch today. I had a good chuckle and had to share! A women was looking for a new parrot. She walks into the parrot shop (as you do) and started browsing what was on offer. She comes across a stunning bird for a ridiculously low price. She enquires from the shop keeper why this was? He says that the bird had a “history”, that it had previously lived in a brothel! The women had no scruples with this so decided to…