Fireman: Hot, but not that hot Aaah, summer in Cape Town… now that we are past the ‘beach going’ point, the tourists must be freaking. It was bad enough when it was just 30 degrees C, now that it’s pushing past 37, staying at the air conditioned hotel is probably becoming a popular activity. Yesterday was textbook fire conditions, temperatures going up to 40 and over with a nice strong gale force wind. And so the city burned.It actually got … Read More »

Not always that easy, but still pretty damn awesome most of the time. Today the temperature will be going up to 33 degrees C in Slaapstad, but we have aircon, and no more roll outs, so it hopefully won’t be too bad. Besides, all I need is water, headphones and loud music and I’m happy. How in hell I am going to survive my run this evening is another story, but maybe it’ll have cooled down a bit by then. … Read More »

I call this game ‘Cat-in-a-Box’. It’s simple… take one box, cut a few holes in it, put some dangly things on it and wait. Here are some pictures I took this morning of my cats in their box… Sonic doing his best to bite through the small hole in the front Tiger attacking from the back Sonic trying some self-hypnosis Sonic suddenly noticing Tiger advancing from the back

I know I’m not the only one who wishes they were back on holiday, and while I may not have any booty baring pics, I do have a nice shot of moi and a erm, stuffed seal. “Mwah, mwah daaarling!” Before you start wondering what I was taking over the holidays, it was at the Museum. I was being cultured and civilized. Er, as you can see. Now I’m back at work, back at class and it’s not even Friday … Read More »

My cats may be hardcore ghetto cats from the Cape Flats, and they may be badly behaved, but I’d choose them over purrfect fluffy boring cats anytime! Sonic aka ‘the EMO cat’ Tiger aka ‘I’m with Sonic’