I recently watched one of those dreadful programmes on the television dealing with various types of make-overs. It had everything from the simple hair-style changes and teeth-whitening, to the more extreme elongating of the phallus or reconstructing of the face to make you look like some hybrid of Cher and the late MJ (RIP). After  [...]

The omnipresence of mobile or cellular communication is here. My beef is with text messaging. Originally I was a fan of this. It was easier to renege on social commitments because you never heard the disappointment in the voice of the reneged. A relationship of convenience could be swiftly severed with a detached text as [...]

I was unfortunate enough to accompany 70 grade 3 and 4 kids on a school field trip. We boarded two buses, in Thailand these are the open-air, windowless designs, and set off for the first destination. The students with their youthful exuberance, the excitement at not attending class and going somewhere new created quite a [...]

What makes a man short? What makes a man tall? Genetics, point of perspective and geographic location or those around you perhaps. Surround yourself with a gang of midgets or little people or the vertically challenged and you will no doubt be tall. Move to China. Stand alongside my grandmother (4ft 9in) and again you [...]

Dryness. Why is my mouth so goddamn dry? I must imbibe something at once. The search begins for the gratification that is seemingly necessary for survival. If my mouth is so dry, why I are my armpits suffering summat akin to the Thai Monsoon season? Have I taken too much- I am all alone, in [...]

Another week has rocketed by in a blur, leaving me with the fairly sublime feeling of not quite knowing what happened. I guess this is not a bad thing anyway because if you’re not having fun, thank Christ that time is actually flying. This sublime feeling is often outweighed however by that blend of sheer [...]