The Merry Widow’s Club
Barely a month into acceptance of my new-found status as a widow, I started receiving telephone calls from both total strangers and distantly acquainted men. At first, the calls were totally innocuous,...
View Article3. Drowning in Red Tape
Part of the joy of being a member of The Widows Club was comparing our various experiences with red tape, bureaucracy and the general ineptitude of people employed specifically to annoy widows. When...
View ArticleEbola Virus & The Threat Theory
On acquisition of their new single status, both widows and divorcee’s are bestowed an extra, implicit and totally ludicrous ‘I’m after your husband/boyfriend’ status. The status is delivered with a...
View ArticleMatchmaker, Matchmaker don’t make me a match
There are two types of people in this world. Those that spend their days avoiding other people’s affairs, and those that don’t. The latter group, the ‘do-gooders’ are the dross and algae of modern...
View ArticleBlind Dates Rule. Not!
The rules of dating change dramatically once you hit your 40’s. When you are 20, you don’t think twice of informing the Neanderthal at your front door that your sister (not that you actually have one)...
View ArticlePut a Cork in it!
Lost for WordsFiled under: Humour, Life Tagged: competition, humour, joke, Miscellaneous, words
View ArticleRandom acts of nature
‘Hound-dog-man’ date scenario (see blog http://wp.me/s46MAw-12 for details about how you got here in the first place) : So blind date day has arrived safe and sound, completely unhindered by your pleas...
View ArticleTo all the wines I’ve loved before
I was sent this link by my sister-in-law who is my loyal drinking buddy. We live by the ‘life is too short to drink crappy wine’ philosophy. Having had to endure the hardship of drinking really bad...
View ArticleBeyond the back of beyond
For reasons that I’m not entirely sure of, I decided that a bit of R and R was needed to reboot my malfunctioning system. Now, any sane person needing a quick getaway would choose an easily accessible...
View ArticleHamba kathle, Madiba
I’ve just been informed that Nelson Mandela has passed away. I’ll continue this post some other time. Hamba kathle, Madiba. My second day at the health spa turned out to be reasonable in terms of...
View ArticleBeyond the back of beyond – Day 2
My second day at the health spa turned out to be reasonable in terms of quality of life for prisoners inmates residents. My husband – bless his cotton socks – braved the trip into the back of beyond...
View ArticleMicrosoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating
Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating http://ars.to/1d1dEHI You have GOT to be kidding me… Interesting idea, Microsoft, please start R&D on men’s undies that deliver a small...
View ArticleDates from Hell and Klingons
Everyone has had at least one of these. If you haven’t had the pleasure, good luck! Dates from Hell are usually (but not restricted to) blind dates. Invariably, the Date from Hell believes he is an...
View ArticleSpeed dating is very, very slow
Single people the world over have a similar complaint. There’s nowhere to go to meet people. Enter the entrepreneurs! These are people who presumably have been single once, found it distressing...
View ArticleWTF?
Filed under: Humour, Life Tagged: blog, humour, rambling from the dark side, words, WTF?
View ArticleHappy 11/12/13 – Soweto Gospel Choir: Madiba Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHHjP7XrBq0Filed under: Death, Life Tagged: 11/12/13, blog, Madiba, Miscellaneous, Nelson Mandela, rambling from the dark side
View ArticleA fascinating infographic on the cost of a date
Was your last date worth it? Please let me know. –>Visualistan: The Cost Of A Date Around The World [Infographic].Filed under: Dating, Humour, Life Tagged: advice, Blind Date, dating, infographic,...
View ArticleAlien Invasion
Some months later after the Speed Dating debacle (see post: Speed Dating is very, very slow), I was blackmailed into attending an unofficial Singles Evening arranged under the auspices of a fund...
View ArticleEthereal Dating
With the advent of technology and the dawning of the age of internet and text/sms dating, the possibilities for disaster loom large for single people. You should refrain from listening to those who...
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