tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919058607965185882011-04-22T02:15:24.012+02:00un‧de‧fined  /ˌʌndɪˈfaɪnd/ [uhn-di-fahynd] –adjective 1. without fixed limits; indefinite in form, extent, or application 2. not given meaning or significance, as by a definition; not defined or explained: an undefined term. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/undefinedUndefinedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015642027827622739noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191905860796518588.post-5790723576330346062007-12-24T00:20:00.001+02:002007-12-24T12:26:24.560+02:00

It’s that time of the year again. I haven’t even done Christmas shopping yet. For some reason I am just so far removed from the idea of Christmas. It is something that is not even remotely a fixture in my life this year. It will come and go and have little bearing.I am looking forward to the promises that New Year holds. 2008 will be the year of the rat in Chinese astrology. I am not a believer

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So Zuma has made promises far and wide to all and sundry. He has also announced no major changes in economic policies. Personally I do not know whether that is a good or a bad thing. What commentators have duly pointed out is that Zuma will inherit the same constraints to provide jobs to people that Mbeki faced. It is unlikely that he will come up with a magic formula to create more jobs. This is

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SA’s opposition political parties must be some of the lousiest ones in amy democracy on the planet. Even the opposition parties got involved in the ANC leadership race debate in a way in which they virtually pleaded for Mbeki to be elected without explicitly saying so. How pathetic. Instead of exploiting the situation to increase support for their parties, they just took a fatalistic view

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Much has been made about the race in the ANC between Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki for the post of party President. Being no fan of Mbeki, I hoped Zuma would win purely for the purpose of getting Mbeki out. Zuma is by no means a suitable candidate, but I always saw him as the lesser threat. Zuma is an emperor without clothes who will have a hard time at being taken seriously. Mbeki on the other hand

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The recent ANC leadership race made news worldwide. I am sure that those pieces of serialised newsclips hardly cared to describe a feeling that is prevalent amongst South Africans. Mbeki is such a spindoctor that Zuma is seen as some demon that will destroy South Africa. Zuma is by no means a demon, but he is certainly a poor candidate. Despite that, the Polokwane vote was a vote against Mbeki

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It seems there is a trend blowing amongst webdesigners of South African public sector websites like a storm. Some idiots have taken it upon themselves to make every link open up in a new browser - and I'm not talking about opening links leading to new sites only but even those within the same site. Apart from being really, really annoying, it is not necessarily good practice. The whole idea of

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I was searching for the website of the African Union and came upon this site, which rather took me by surprise...Americans United (AU !) is an organisation that promotes and protects the seperation of the Church and the State. Considering what an appaling theocracy that country has become, whereby a President can virtually no longer be elected unless HE goes to church and believes in a god, it

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I originally wrote it for commentary.co.za in response to the whole Zimbabwean thing but then it became so long I decided to post it here instead.I’ll stray a bit from the topic at hand but it goes to set a greater and consistent contextual description of perception.Yesterday I read in Saudi Babylon how a British diplomat succinctly described what amounts to quiet diplomacy, although that term is

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Alot of well-known, reletavely famous and some obscure people have died in the past few months. For the greater part, their deaths have come and gone and I think it over-rated to make a fuss about it. But today I saw that Ernest Gallio passed away at the ripe old age of 97. I'm not a wine fundie, but I do like a bottle with dinner. One of the brands I have always found easy to drink and likeable,

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www.politics1.com reports Michael Jesus Archangel as a candidate for the US Presidential elections of 2008. He might be the most representative idiot of that country. His website is definately worth a look, but you will have to do your best to hold on to your sanity.

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For anyone interested in travelling to the Victoria Falls, I went some time ago & thought I'd share some traveller's advice with you.I found the locals to be very warm and friendly and it made me realise the importance between distinguishing between a country's people and its politics, esp. as we are spoonfed perceptions by the world's serialised media. A max. of 4 day / 3 nights visit is all you

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Phew! Well the New Year has come & gone already & I've been otherwise occupied. The Pagan lights and decorations have been removed, the Child Within's gifts put to use, eaten and packed away... This is the first time in a very, very long time that the New Year coincides with what really feels like a new beginning to me. It is more of a going on, but in going on it feels like a new continuation [

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And the winner in the category for best "Seasonal Wish Expressed (either implicitly or explicity)", our dearest friend Kleinbooi Kooi for his personal wish, which follows:I wanted to send you a holiday greeting, but it is so difficult in today's worldto know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I met with my attorneyyesterday, and on his advice I wish to say the following:Please

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Oh Ye, yeah Ye, Lancelot. Rise like the noble Knight in Shining Armour I knoweth Thee to be and defend thine Kingdom.Following my recent comment blog "On Conservation", little did I expect that I would be called for to heroically defend the principle of that comment like a Lancelot fighting for his King. Of course I am talking a total load of shit way out of context, but I just encountered

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Tony Halls & Vernon Gibbs, two game rangers and the first gay couple on the African continent to get married under South Africa's new Civil Union Act."We did not have a very romantic wedding night because we have two baby bat-eared foxes that kept us up all night wanting to be fed and cuddled. And then someone brought in a black eagle with a broken wing and we hadto take care of that. Black

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I just read South Africa's new Civil Union Act, which makes provision for gay couples to marry. In the Preamble, it says:AND WHEREAS section 9(3) of the Constitution provides that the state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including [...]"Then in the Section "Formula for solemnisation of marraige or civil partnership", under 11(2) it

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If Dubya had sex on his mind nearly as much as his predecessor, the White House website would have been full of cockslips, cumslips and titslips.From the White House websiteDubya: " We talked about, interestingly enough, the Darfur [sic] round. [South African] President [Thabo Mbeki] is concerned about whether or not the World Trade Organization round will go forward. He recognizes, like I

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Stiff - The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach of all names, must be one of the more humourous morbid reads of late if you can stand not being grossed out...Read some Extracts. The Coen Brothers would feel right at home. Mind you so too might the Adams Family.

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"The arrogance of stewardship [as informed by the Genesis mythology] consists in the idea of superiority which underlies the thought that we exist to watch over nature like a highly respected middleman between the Creator and Creation."Arne Næss, founder of Deep Ecology movement in Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy.

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An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Monday after a passenger with severe gas problems struck matches to mask the odour of flatulence, an official said.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/07/1165081061811.html

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"America's Secret War" by George Friedman is without a doubt the most insightful and comprehensive book I have encountered about all the BS we have seen coming from the Dubya Plutocracy. Now, if this is not a well-orchestrated attempt of Dubya propaganda, then BOY, have I underestimated him. The point is that the presentation of the War on "Terror" in this book is forcing me to make a monumental

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The pic shows Xenu as depicted by the BBC's Panorama (Source: Wikipedia)Yesterday I read about about the Church of Scientology. The same Tom Cruise's church that litigates anyone who cares to make comments about it on account of Scientology being copyrighted. What prats. If they are truly interested in obtaining "knowledge" as their name suggest, then surely it merits an open public discussion

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I recently posted this comment to the Commentary blog on the debate that lead to the legalisation of gay marraiges in South Africa (with some changes).The whole gay marraige thing has not been dealt with in the most appropriate context. The whole debate centred around whether or not straight people should or should not, on account of being a majority, permit homosexuals to marry. The ACDP and

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