Sep 3, 2008
Day 2 and 3
There is a stillness in Ramadaan; a special type of quiet that wraps around us. A stillness that renders us malleable; a warm and pliable soul, ready to receive all of Good. Those things that rub against our grain; loaded words that bring on brain-hives and the desire to strew expletives over the offender — for no well-reasoned argument will dumb the... read more
Sep 1, 2008
Day One
It was hard for me to bask in a spiritual infusion today, when my brain must’ve been trying to escape through my eye sockets, for all the pain I blinked back. Hello Caffeine Dependency, you are such a bastard. A website I was working on had its database eaten by some e-tokoloshe. That translated into two full days of work having to be compressed into... read more
Aug 21, 2008
The not-quite-Ramadaan-greetings post (updated)
The best e-card site ever (ever!) has come up with a range of messages just for Ramadaan.As these have been conceptualised in line with their usual facetious-tongue-on-dockers-clad-butt-cheek offerings, do not send on to people who take themselves too seriously. They’ve also introduced a create-your-own e-card function which, as evident below, I... read more
Aug 7, 2008
HHP and the 2008 Citizen Book Prize (this post has nothing to do with Hip Hop Pantsula)
In the early days of Electric Spaghetti, circa 2005 (when the template was ghagha green and orange and the profile pic of a young intern journalist with a floppy fringe that ate one of her eyes) I clicked on the navbar’s ‘next blog’ button and tripped over the writings of a young man angry with Grahamstown’s garden gnomes. That, his... read more
Jul 26, 2008
Notes to the Unconceived #2
Always examine the reasons behind your dislike of someone. It is either that they remind you of your own shortcomings or that they exhibit characteristics you secretly wish to cultivate. This is not to say that you have to like everybody. Some people are just unlikeable. read more
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