IOL has reported on a growing incidence of women finding themselves unemployed on their return from maternity leave. Not only is this morally objectionable, it is illegal. Here is the article: Working moms get a raw deal By Nalisha Kalideen South African companies are increasingly forcing women out of their jobs when they return from…
I linked off Michele’s blog to this amazing photoblog called Jinky Art. It is very simple and focusses on photos of children and simple objects. Definitely worth taking a look at this one. It has made its way into my daily list of blogs to visit! Here is a picture that really appeals to me:
This weekend was a bit frustrating from a blogging perspective mainly because I couldn’t get into TypePad at all to post stuff. I could reach the main page and other blogs hosted on TypePad but when it came to actually logging in, no dice! So if you popped in looking for updates this weekend, my…
My friend, Wildchild, is a lesbian living in the Western Cape province. Anyway, I visited her blog to see what has been happening in her life and found this post about being a lesbian. This is something I know very little about and I suspect half of that is rooted in male fantasies about girl…
I giggled when I read this article on Ananova about a Buddhist monk who seems to have decided to break his vow of celibacy by doing the deed with a prostitute only to find she was a police officer undercover: ‘Celibate’ monk tried to pick up undercover cop A Buddhist monk decided to break his…
I came across this article which bears repeating. It is scary how some people drive here and from what I understand about traffic enforcement in Europe and in the USA, this must come as a bit of a shock to readers from those parts of the world: More than 350 000 speedsters trapped AN astonishing…
It has been raining pretty much since last night. They sky has been grey and the temperature pretty cool all day. I can’t say today is my best day ever, work-wise. My day centres on my timesheets and how much time I am billing. I am so used to working like this that sometimes when…
There is a wonderful story on CNN titled "Rescued by Stephen King" which details how a previously unheard of author of an amazing 44 plays and 9 novels rapidly signed a $2 million book deal after author Stephen King wrote in his column on Entertainment Weekly that: My gig at EW isn’t writing book reviews,…