How to (almost) become a morning person

February 24th, 2009 in · 2 Comments

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 people have gone home?)…



South African Literary Awards and the internet

February 17th, 2009 in · 3 Comments

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 the awards page on the Exclusive Books site…



Is the stock market a ponzi scheme?

February 16th, 2009 in · 1 Comment

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…



Motivating ourselves, success and doing.

February 14th, 2009 in · 0 Comments

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 negotiate…