Thought Nuggets || February || 2025

Thought Nuggets || February || 2025

Thought Nuggets I’ve read, watched or listened to this month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more. The decline and potential fall of the ANC empire A recent set of reports, revelations and decisions by the ANC may serve as a...
Thought Nuggets || January || 2025

Thought Nuggets || January || 2025

Thought Nuggets I read, watched or listened to this month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more. Where Are the Grown-Ups? [Sep 2024] Sam Harris talks about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the cesspool of X, Tucker...
Do You Have A Word For The Year 2025?

Do You Have A Word For The Year 2025?

Do you have a word for the year? I do. Thanks to a friend of mine. 10 years ago, during December, we were walking in the mountains of the Drakensberg and he asked me, “So, do you have a word for next year?” I hadn’t, and I had no idea what he was talking about? The...
The World’s Top Therapist || Bob Newhart

The World’s Top Therapist || Bob Newhart

Yesterday, the amazing Bob Newhart, a US stand-up and sitcom star, who regularly influenced my life, in a career that spanned more than 50 years, passed away. While he is no longer physically present, his incredible contribution will live on for generations to come,...
SA Election Winners In A Sandpit For an Hour

SA Election Winners In A Sandpit For an Hour

Imagine taking the leaders of this week’s top 8 National political parties (Cyril Ramaphosa, John Steenhuizen, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Velenkosini Hlabisa, Gayton McKenzie, Pieter Groenewald and Herman Mashaba) and dropping them into a sandpit for an hour,...
An Ode To LinkedIn

An Ode To LinkedIn

LinkedIn, you beauty. Full of humans trying to catch a break. Find a job. Make a sale. Be affirmed. You stand out from the crowd. You’re not X with all its anger and ugliness. You’re not Insta, pushing beautiful bodies and plastic smiles. You’re not...
What Criteria Does Wordle Use for Its Answer List

What Criteria Does Wordle Use for Its Answer List

AFTER DINGO YESTERDAY (21 May 2024), I started to wonder about what words are on the Wordle Answer List? I thought Dingo was a proper noun, and proper nouns can’t be used. How did they get there? What criteria is used for them being there? I figured I might have...
A Push Up Challenge And The 10 000 Hour Rule Problem

A Push Up Challenge And The 10 000 Hour Rule Problem

THE ONES ADD UP! An accounting phrase, I am told. Simply meaning that if you don’t pay attention to ‘the ones’ and let them slide, thinking they’re so small and therefore not worth worrying about, you one day look back and realise that over...