Jan 10, 2008 Posted by saaleha

Party like it’s 1429

Tweet You bought a pack of cigarettes on January 2, took one look at the treadmill queue on January 3 and haven’t returned to gym since, you thought negative thoughts, you coveted your neighbour’s wife, you ate carbs after 7pm for the last four days, you blogcrastinated on company time, you still haven’t smsed/emailed your best friend from... read more

Dec 14, 2007 Posted by saaleha

Eish, lyk is this a treatise on twang? Yah neh?

Tweet Do you find that you sometimes subconsciously emulate the tonal inflections of the people you speak to? The phenomenon of ‘twanging’ (the word itself is a souf-efrikanism I believe) is best explained by the action of adapting your natural accent to mimic the one of the person you’re addressing. Twangers are derided by their critics for... read more

Jan 11, 2007 Posted by saaleha

merci, merci beaucoup

Tweet Well, it’s not International Burn-a-Dubya-Effigy Day, but it is certainly International Thank You Day, which should be celebrated with as much gusto and fanfare. So to kick-off, thank you Priya for being a bloggie-muse. Thank you God, the Omnipotent, the Omniscient. Thank you Mummy (who also turned 45 today) for giving me good genes and being a... read more

Aug 29, 2006 Posted by saaleha

rhetorical pontification…(1)

Tweet In my best Paula Cole; Where have all the cowboys gone? - Those swaggering unapologetic bastards who never whinge about being short-changed, whose stock response to karmic moodiness is “fuck you and the pony you rode in on, ma’am” and then proceed to chew on zen and pensivate the tumbleweeds that bring in the rains. read more

Jan 9, 2006 Posted by saaleha

The return to mIRC

Tweet I was 18 f jhb I remember it well. A bronze age. It’s now 22 f jhb – the asl not spared the verdigris. But the freaks are enduring. It’s almost comforting to know that some things in life are loyal, constant and invariable. Like AGEING, TAXES and DEATH; offers to cybersex will always be certain. read more