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Aweh dearly beloved fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 514 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 3 and with alcohol. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 135 days Last week I commented on climate change denialism and the recently released IPCC report on the science of climate change. This provoked some comments regarding the fact that IContinue reading “Ruminations on Who is to Blame for Climate Change and the Transition to Net Zero”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 507 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 3 and with alcohol. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 128 days Last week I proposed some advice for dealing with our less rational fellow humans. George Bernard Shaw said, “Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and besides, theContinue reading “Ruminations on Wrestling with Pigs and Adventures with Extremists”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 500 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 3 and with alcohol. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 121 days We have now reached the 500-day milestone for various levels of Covid 19 lockdown, and the virus is mutating and still going strong. In Johannesburg, as a cold winterContinue reading “Ruminations on Vaccination and the Covid-19 Pandemic”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 493 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 3 and with alcohol. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 113 days I decided to choose the uncontentious topic of privilege and specifically white privilege for today’s Ruminant Pink Friday ™.  The topic of inequality and privilege is topical. There isContinue reading “Ruminations on White Privilege”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 486 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 4 and still alcohol free. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 105 days The topic of today’s Ruminant Pink Friday ™ is about the nanny’s out there and the nanny state and their desire to prohibit things. There is a significantContinue reading “Ruminations on the Iron Law of Prohibition”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 479 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 4 and still alcohol free. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 98 days The topic of today’s Ruminant Pink Friday ™ unfortunately needs to be about a personal perspective on the scary events of the last week in South Africa. Much has beenContinue reading “Ruminations on Looting, Impunity, Defiance and Hope”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 472 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 4 and still alcohol free. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 98 days The topic of today’s Ruminant Pink Friday ™ is an updated and abbreviated excerpt from a speech I gave at Nerine’s 50th birthday celebration regarding our family and marriage inContinue reading “Ruminations on Marriage, the Philosopher, and the Matriarch”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 465 of Re-Modified Lock Down Level 4 and alcohol free. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 91 days So firstly, Nerine is on the mend and slowly recovering from Covid. Oxygen and temperature good. Feistiness returning daily. The topic of today’s Ruminant Pink Friday ™ is going to beContinue reading “Ruminations on an Inauspicious Career and Being an Old Weed”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 458 of Re-Modified Lock Down Currently Level 3. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 84 days So firstly, we have Covid in our house again and Nerine tested positive on Tuesday after feeling sick on Monday. We are monitoring her very carefully. I had the first dose of theContinue reading “Ruminations on Being Pecked to Death by Morons”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 451 of Re-Modified Lock Down Currently Level 3. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 77 days The topic of our search for meaning and substance abuse is the topic for today’s Ruminant Pink Friday ™. The puritans among you may think that you find your best inspiration when youContinue reading “Ruminations on Campfires, Bakleiwater and Finding the Truth”