d’Afrique du Sud

I went to pick up my new passport yesterday. There are a few things about it which I don’t understand.

Firstly, the English/French-only languages throughout (Afrikaans is now completely removed). Wikipedia claims that “The South African passport [...] lists the other official names of South Africa on an inner page”. No, it doesn’t.

Then the Coat of Arms … view full post

My final blog post for the year

My final blog post for the year, because I don’t feel comfortable ending 2004 with animated 80’s tv nostalgia, as funny as it is.

Before I get there…
I was watching the BBC coverage of Sunday’s tsunamis disaster shortly after the earthquake struck, at around 5am. At that early stage, they were reporting only 9 confirmed deaths. That figure, as we’re all … view full post