Musings on the occasional use of truth in politics. Nearly ten years ago, in the autumn of 2002, while I was flying from (I think) Chicago back to NYC, I had one of the most dramatic and disturbing conversations I ever experienced in the US. My practice over many years had been never to talk…
A few fun food facts for you today – to both inform and revolt. Despite my tall and generally stick-like appearance, I can stack on the weight – in fact at this height (6’4″), my weight has varied by 56 pounds (25kg, or the weight of a good sized springer spaniel). I maintain in fact…
For years I have been wanting to go on the Otter trail – probably the most famous trek in South Africa, and certainly one of the world’s great coastal trails. Thanks to some great organizational work by M*rtin, four of us walked the trail last week. A magnificent experience, with great company, and incredible seascapes. …
The saintly Paul Krugman (of whom more later) often helpfully tags his columns in the NYT with the descriptor “wonkish”, or “slightly wonkish”, signifying some more or less baffling piece of economics theory. I like ‘wonkish’ more than say, ‘nerdy’, probably because if Krugman likes it, then it’s good enough for me. I mention this…
As is my practice now, I only took my little Fuji F900EXR camera with me on our recent trip to Malaysia and Bali. I continue to be impressed with this tiny but powerful camera, and have recently been exploring what be done with a little further processing. Over the last 6 months or so, I…
Those that prefer plants turn your eyes away now – This steak is medium rare! We finally got to sit down at the Chickadee and hubby Mr K’s steakhouse last Friday, and a very pleasant evening it was too, defined by the awesome steaks and other fine food on offer. Shown above is the 1kg…
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