But whichever way you take it, and whatever it is that you take, make sure it’s mostly legal.
I’ll be going away on vacation this weekend, so thought I’d leave you with these two classics which I’ve been playing on repeat in the car this week.
REO Speedwagon – Take It On The Run
The Eagles – Take It To The Limit
Come on now, one more time…
Happy holidays!
I’ve been away on holiday and just got back a few hours ago. For the first time – at least the only time I can remember – I came back feeling truly rested.
Every other time – at least as far as I can remember – I returned from a holiday, whether locally or overseas, feeling very tired and wishing I could go back on holiday again.
I guess the reason for this happy turn of events is that, while away I did pretty much nothing. Nada! Zip! Zero! Or at least as close to nothing as you could possibly do. And if nothing excludes sitting on my fat ass [yes I’ve noticed it has gotten fatter] watching television and videos, eating, drinking, talking to friends and family [when I felt I had to say something], and a little reading, a little facebooking, a little blogging.
I was in Durban, mere kilometers from the beach, but I couldn’t bother going. I did visit a cousin, and I sat on my fat ass and ate good food, and drank wine, and talked and drank more wine and some Aquavit too. I visited another cousin and did more of the same, but this time whisky was our drink of choice.
My camera and camcorder stayed put in the boot of my car – the whole time I was there. I did not even bother to remove them while unpacking. So no photos this time; just vivid memories of lazing.
While there, I had a birthday and turned 47, but had to be reminded by family that I had only turned 46. That’s kind of disturbing because I’d spent a whole year telling everyone I was 46; even filled out some forms stating that as my age. Boy, was this holiday needed?
I’m going to make a point of doing more nothing on future holidays… if my friends and family will oblige. Thank you very much!
Anyway, I’m back and all ready to get fatigued again. C’mon world, give me your best shot!
One more fitful sleep (yup, it’s really hot, even up here on the Highveld) and I’ll be undertaking my annual road trip down to Durban for the holidays. Hometown!
Before I leave though, I’d like to wish you all happy holidays too, no matter how you prefer to commemorate it. All I ask is that you be good for goodness sake, and hope that you enjoy my favorite rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Andrea Bocelli.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He’s making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Remember now, it is possible to be good for goodness sake only…
A whole lot of us, mostly non-Christians and atheists delight in calling Christmas the silly season; I’m no exception.
However, I’d venture that even the most die-hard atheist, anti-theist, or hater from another religion will admit that this time of year is the most festive, particularly those days between Christmas and the Julian New Year. Seriously, you’d have to be pretty psychotic not to enjoy Christmas.
By now, it should be common knowledge [see video below] that the celebrations usually associated with Christmas are in fact of pagan origins, and have been borrowed or annexed by the Church to satisfy various agendas of their own. But that’s what makes Christmas so enjoyable; all the things that are so un-Christian.
I just love the music [yes, the Christmas carols], the parties, the food, ungodly amounts of alcohol, and the fact that we get to spend time with friends and family, who usually reside miles away. And let’s not forget the time off work, the annual bonus, and the chance to spend wildly on things you usually wouldn’t. Only the pathologically pious shy away from these simple pleasures to commemorate a dour tale of religious improbability.
So, whether you’re a Christian or not, indulge yourself this Christmas; god knows [or not] that it’s one of the rare times for partaking in true pleasure we’re allowed in this harsh world.
A happy and creepy Halloween to everyone.
You may remember this song featuring in the late great, Keith Floyd’s TV chef series. A strange choice for theme music, but it worked well nonetheless.
It’s my pick for Halloween. I hope you enjoy.
Commencing today millions of Jews and Christians around the world will inadvertently commemorate the pagan festival of Eôstre.
Hopefully many, many more will be purposefully celebrating Earth Day – an event of much greater significance to humanity as a whole. How sad that man was once in awe of the power and majesty of the natural world in his pagan state, but now reveres invisible beings supposedly conceived of a fertile and enlightened imagination.
How arrogant are we to consider ourselves more advanced than other living things when we continue to destroy the world, sometimes in the very act of pursuing the ignorant and superstitious beliefs of antiquity.
While it may not be practical to revert back to our pagan roots, how can we once again inculcate those wholesome but primitive values that endeared the natural world to us, while discarding our superstitions and irrational beliefs? Ultimately we may not have a choice; it may be imperative for the future survival of all species.
So while you’re partaking in the festivities of this Easter weekend, spare a thought for Earth and its REAL wonders.
Today, the USA celebrates Martin Luther King Day. It’s therefore appropriate that South Africa’s so-called leaders take note of some of the things this icon of the freedom movement, had to say, apart from I have a dream…
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it
I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people
South African leaders on the other hand have a scheme:
I have a scheme to create 5 million jobs…
And it involves giving a lot of those jobs to pals.
I have a scheme to implement the 10 Point Plan on health…
Let’s see how healthy this plan is a year from now?
I have a scheme in education which ensures that teachers must be in school, in class, on time, teaching for at least seven hours a day…
Except when they need to strike and demand more money for ensuring that our kids make the 30% required to pass.
I have a scheme to ensure that our people are safe and secure…
And it involves keeping our police officers’ stomachs in and chests out, mostly.
I have a scheme to restore land to the people who always been an integral part of the struggle for freedom…
Just like Mugabe showed us.
I have a scheme to provide more housing opportunities…
And it involves giving more tenders to pals who will once again build shoddy houses that fall apart as as soon as someone moves in.
I have a scheme to appoint women to the National Prosecutions Department to ensure gender equity…
And it involves giving a women with dubious character the opportunity to fuck justice over so that the glorious leaders can do as they please with the law.
And so on, and so forth; you get the picture…
[hat tip to Odin Rapscallion]
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