THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES

Between Telkom bouncing me off the Net two or three times a day or cutting off my phone completely, it's impossible to do any regular blogging, good excuse, besides I'm doing other things OK. It'll be hit and miss for a while at best, but if you're reading this, you'll pop back every now and then.

If you just want to look at cute pictures of possums, go here.

SEVENS (tagged by Luke)

Seven things to do before I die
Resolve the dilemma of my love for others vs love of solitude
Visit at least 20 more countries
Publish a novel
Live in a little house by the sea
Master pastry
Figure out how to make love stay
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Seven things I cannot do
Become a ballerina/brain surgeon/supermodel
Become “normal”
Become “less sensitive”
Believe that humans are superior to animals
Achieve superhuman feats of discipline, or any discipline at all
Speak the languages of my own country
Engage in the single-minded pursuit of money

Seven things that attract me
The dark side
Foreign climes
The edge of the envelope
The deepest recesses of the human mind
The deepest recesses of the animal mind
Life’s big questions
What does the future hold?

Seven things I say
Yes, but…
I know, I know ….. I know (a la Sybil Fawltey)
Nee, skattie
Yeah, right!
If you do it now, it’s done
Thanks God it’s Friday payday
I read somewhere that …

Seven books I love
Jitterbug Perfume
Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow
The Secret History
Fear of Flying
Bonfire of the Vanities
Perfume
The Wasteland

Seven movies that I’ve loved
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Fisher King
Chinatown
Fifteen Minutes
Minority Report
Brazil
The Last Emperor

Seven tags
This was the hard one I haven’t reached out to my fellow bloggers, too busy blogging, I’m a slow writer. Anyway, my seven favourite sites are linked at right. Knock yourself out.

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GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE INVENTOR OF THE CORDLESS EXTENSION CORD*

Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?
If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
When an evil masochist dies does he go to hell, or would heaven be a better punishment?
How did a fool and his money get together in the first place? (Steven Wright)
What do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?
Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?
How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
What's another word for Thesaurus?
If you write the word "monkey" a million times, do you start to think you're Shakespeare?

* Origin unknown

THE ‘TACHE IS BACK

Great news for lovers of facial foliage, the beard is back, and so is the moustache, the smooth-cheeked metrosexual thing is o-ver, the rugged, masculine hirsute man is in.

The mullet is still out.

FARLEY MOWAT STILL STRANDED IN CAPE TOWN

They're still there, languishing in Cape Town, tangled up in red tape when there are whales to be saved. Sis man, Cape Town, is this any way to treat your guests?

RUN OUPA RUN

Oupa Seemo accused of tying his dog to the back of his car and dragging it along the road. He said he was "misunderstood".