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When my ISP found me they must have held a party, because they had discovered their cash cow.

Yes, I spend a lot of time on the Internet; both professionally and privately. The queen of my heart says I am married to that box in my study.

But be that as it may. I have a huge, - nay voracious - appetite for news. I read anything from Vladivostok to Bremen; from Zanzibar to Abuja; from Putsonderwater to Abenab.

You name, I read it. I concentrate on print ...

They say this is the world's hardest riddle.
Can anyone figure it out?

I turn polar bears white
And I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
And girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
And normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
And make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.

90% of Harvard students couldn't figure it ...

For a period of two years I lived in Ausspannplatz close to the police headquarters. This area was previously the place travellers would stop and leave their wagons before entering Windhoek. (“Aus spann” means to let the cattle free to graze.) There is a small park and two traffic circles in the area. This is the downtown of the city.

As in most cities and towns around the world, the downtown has become a night life area filled with bars and casinos. Of course, where there is money ...

I am just loosing words to describe this so-called 2010 Parliament in Namibia. Firstly, it was forced upon us as it is under a cloud of “rigged” elections.

Its legitimacy is being disputed in Court. Secondly, it consists of a mostly recycled clique (as MPs and Ministers) of the past five years which was tainted by political party worshipping, dozing, absence without official leave (awol), passing the ill/un-researched and unconstitutional laws, reading for leisure, chatting (whispering), ...

Good day all.

While I was listening to one of the radio stations this morning, I started to feel bothered and did not not why. Something rang wrong and I could not put my finger on it. Unusual, I thought.

Then - eventually- it struck me. This station runs a competition and they request that entrants to this competition send them a fax to a certain number with all the details.

Easy enough. I make a note of the fax number and once at work .............. that ...