It’s been a bit of a standing joke with me over my life that I’m the night owl. I’ve seen way (way) more sunrises after staying up rather than getting up. I’m usually one of the last to leave a party (don’t you find they only start to get fun when three quarters of the… Continue reading How to (almost) become a morning person
Month: February 2009
South African Literary Awards and the internet
If the purpose of a literary award is to expose and market the winners to a wider audience, the South African literary awards are doing a terrible job. Somehow I ended up on the Wikipedia page for the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize. The page was missing the 2008 winner, so I followed the link to… Continue reading South African Literary Awards and the internet
Is the stock market a ponzi scheme?
While writing a blog post on that poisoned chalice of a topic – HIV and nutrition, I came across a post by Graham Poulter, asking whether the stock market is not just a ponzi scheme. Ah, the joys of the hyperlink. The HIV nutrition topic is one of those that may never get finished, so… Continue reading Is the stock market a ponzi scheme?
Motivating ourselves, success and doing.
So many of us don’t do all the things we feel we should. Dreams deferred, out of control todo lists, promises to learn this, do that, frustration at our inactivity, looked back upon years later with a sense of regret and wasted opportunity. The being/doing balance is a tough one for us as humans to… Continue reading Motivating ourselves, success and doing.