I recently attended a vertical tasting of Bouchard Finlayson Pinot Noirs, with a couple international examples thrown in. It got me thinking about Pinot Noir, and then about language, and then whether it is just better to get drunk. I decided it actually is better to think, so here are my thoughts.
Stop for a moment. Put your phone away. The full length trailer for the Dark Night Rises – which is set to open worldwide on July 20 – is here. Christian Bale as back as Batman, joined by Anne Hatheway, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman. See the full clip inside.
A South African man is being used as a bargaining tool by terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda. The 36-year-old SA national, who also has a British citizenship and whose name has not been revealed, was abducted in Mali last year by members of al-Qaeda. His freedom is now being offered, but only in exchange for Britain’s release of the militant Jordanian preacher, Abu Qatada.
South Africa’s next poaching epidemic could emanate out of the trade in lion body parts. Lion bones are being used as a replacement for tiger bones to concoct traditional Asian medicines like tiger brew wine because of the demise of the region’s tiger populations. Lion are already being poached in the northern section of the Kruger National Park.
https://youtu.be/6Y8aeo3QUZ8 London Mayor Boris Johnson Drops The F-Bomb On TV [Video] – Boris Johnson launched a foul-mouthed rant at a TV interviewer as the race to be London’s mayor reached its crucial final days. In a sign of the pressure he is under, Mr Johnson described the line of questioning as ‘f****** b*******’ [dailymail] Ian F Back […]
While T.G.I.F. garners praise from all corners of the working world, many of us lack the sort of hard-nosed attitude toward the beginning of the work week that would increase our chances of making it past Wednesday in one piece. To that end, we present our latest satirical column, O.F.I.M. (Oh, [Insert Appropriate Eff Word […]
Cast your mind back to your days as a wee lad, or lass. Barring an unfortunate condition of some kind, the chances are that your father shaved. He definitely shaved. Nay, he shaved, definitely. Every stroke of the blade/pen knife/shard of glass was deliberate, powerful, pregnant with intent to do grievous harm to the brutal […]
Nokia is no longer the world’s biggest selling cell phone manufacturer. For the first time ever, Korean handset manufacturer Samsung has outsold Nokia in the last quarter – by an estimated 93 million mobile phone units compared with Nokia’s 83 million. It’s also predicted that Samsung has outsold the iPhone in the smartphone market in recent months.
One of the positive things to emerge from the Kony 2012 saga was the fact that discussion around some of Africa’s many problems increased. One could say that more people know about some of the things we deal with, than before Kony 2012. Charity organisation, Mama Hope, has since released a response video, seeking to break what it calls stereotypes of black African men.
Derided or not, proponents of the KONY2012 campaign have managed to make Kony famous, or at the very least a topic of conversation. And now it would seem authorities are close to capturing him as well. There are three international armies hunting him, and according to Uganda’s army chief Aronda Nyakairima, Joseph Kony is currently operating in volatile border areas between Sudan and South Sudan:
Oh awesome, this makes total sense. The UK’s Ministry of Defense is planning to install surface-to-air missiles on top of residential flats in east London for the duration of the Olympic Games. The bulk of the missile array is intended for the Lexington Building Water Tower, which has about 700 people living in and around it.
Troubled former South African Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, passed away in an Eastern Cape hospital this morning after a long illness, according to an ANC press release.
At the tender age of 18, photographer Shawn Reeder won a trip to Yosemite National Park and promptly fell in love with its “beauty and awe”. Since then he’s been compiling wonderful, high-definition footage which he has finally deemed ready to share with the world.
It’s been the rhetorical question on everyone’s lips for quite some time: will Cricket South Africa ever get the unlawful bonus money back from those who received it? There seems to be a chance that they will. CSA is attempting to recover R3,3 million from suspended chief executive, Gerald Majola and former chief operating officer, Don McIntosh.
The Diageo World Class South Africa competition pits South Africa’s top bartenders against one another for a shot at the prestigious title of Master Bartender! Bartenders create monthly cocktails to be judged Diageo’s team of mixologists. This episode, Chantelle makes us a Grape Ciroctini Check out their Facebook page, to stand a chance of winning […]
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner yesterday. Amongst the issues he got off his chest was the legalisation of marijuana. See him tell Barack Obama that “pot smokers vote too” after the jump.
CISPA – the ugly cousin of other internet-crippling bills SOPA and PIPA, whether Facebook admits it or not – passed late last week in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives. Worse, the bill was amended before it passed to allow even more types of private information to be tapped and shared by government agencies in the US.
One of Australia’s richest men, mining magnate Clive Palmer, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a replica of the H.M.S. Titanic, and is planning to launch Titanic II at the end of 2016. Our report will go on, after the jump!
Obama, Kimmel Have Comedy Faceoff At Correspondents’ Dinner – President Obama got the first — and biggest — laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. He poked fun at some of Hollywood’s top stars, including Kim Kardashian, the cast of Glee and Donald Trump, sending him up with a seemingly serious allusion […]
I was chatting to someone the other day who is kicking himself for not putting money down on the famous 100 to 1 multiple we ran three weeks ago – the one that cashed out R600,000 to lucky 2oceansvibers. He said he put R100 down for the two last weeks’ bets and they didn’t come […]
If you are involved in the marketing or advertising department of any one of South Africa’s retail chains, be warned that some model agencies do not want your business. In fact, one agency in particular believes that working with you may well make them a “laughing stock.” For the last five and a half years, […]
The Civil Aviation Authority has finally approved and validated of G-Connect’s In-Flight Wi-Fi solution. That’s right, very soon you’ll be able to fly from Cape Town to Johannesburg with in-flight internet. It finally feels like some progress is being made in SA, internet wise at least. Full info inside.
The trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor at the Hague has come to an end with a guilty verdict in all of the eleven counts against him after nearly five years of proceedings. Taylor is the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes at the U.N.-backed International Criminal Court.
Nando’s didn’t hesitate accepting the challenge that Santam had set them this week. In fact, Nando’s delivered a day early, and then bettered it, showing they definitely weren’t chicken. Some might call it a very good example of symbiotic radvertising.
Donald Trump flew into Edinburgh yesterday. He met with members of the Scottish parliament and told them that wind turbines would be the “destruction of Scotland’s tourist industry”. But he got some static from local activists before the time when a protester rubbed a balloon against his trademark hair – and made it stand up! Evidence inside.
Last year, James Cameron called on filmmakers to start shooting film at 48 frames per second – twice the industry standard, and twice as smooth, visually. Peter Jackson was the first to respond, shooting The Hobbit at 48fps. And, according to people who saw a 10-minute preview at CinemaCon this year, it looks like a made-for-TV BBC movie.
Forbes is well known for cataloguing the world’s powerful, rich and famous every year, but they also produce a list of fictions wealthiest characters, drawn from TV, film and literature. Who’s on top this year? A hint, he’s no friend to a thatched roof. Full list of this fictional fortune foolery, after the jump!
While on her way back from school on Monday afternoon, an 8-year girl was pulled into a sugarcane field by a 15-year old male learner, where she was brutally raped and mutilated and left for dead.
I believe it’s safe to say that animal poaching has now gotten completely out of hand. This is a scene I’d rather not try and picture – a herd of 22 elephants, were swooped on by a helicopter, and massacred.
It’s incredible how simple some things are, when they’re explained to you. Like this video sent in by 2oceansviber Dale W, who explains how he gets wireless radio in his scooter helmet, within seconds. Check it out: Seth, I’ve discovered the coolest way to keep connected with my favourite music while on two wheels. Better […]