Those close to me will know I don't willingly embrace new technology or methods for Getting Things Done. Well, the universe is laughing at me on two counts ( Read more... )

Title: Whiplash
Author: Tracey Farren
Publisher: Modjaji Books, 2008

Every so often a book comes along that stops me dead in my tracks and this is one of them. Part tragedy, part transcendence and part fairy tale, Whiplash brings the plight of Capetonian prostitutes to the vivid life without glorifying the profession and also without passing judgment ( Read more... )

The past few days of vacation in my home town have been fantastic. I've a friend over from Kuwait and we've been playing tourist in Cape Town. I've done absolutely no constructive work for almost a week but it's been so important to just chill out, drive around the Cape Peninsula, eat good food and chill out. J and I have known each other for a few ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the first official screening of KiTTY KiLL. The journey up until that point was quite a challenge since the original venue bottomed out on Thursday with some sorry excuse that they'd seen that we'd placed an ad in the "what's on" section of the Cape Times and didn't want "just anyone walking in off the street" for the screening. They ( Read more... )