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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”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 444 of Re-Modified Lock Down Currently Level 2. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 71 days Swearing is an appropriate topic for Ruminant Pink Friday ™. I grew up in a household where there was a high tolerance level for swearing. My father taught me to perform maintenance onContinue reading “Ruminations on profanity, swearing and exclusive clubs”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 444 of Re-Modified Lock Down Currently Level 2. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 64 days On the 31st of May I turned 60 and an appropriate topic for Ruminant Pink Friday™ is thus some ruminations on being 60. I did not choose to be 60 it just sortContinue reading “Ruminations on being a 60-year-old South African Mlungu, Colonialist, Privileged Man”

Aweh fellow Ruminants & Groupies in day 437 of Re-Modified Lock Down Currently Level 1. Period as a semi-retired pensioner: 57 days Generally Ruminant Pink Friday™ ruminations seek to be irreverent, eccentric, and whimsical. Every now and then I need to throw in a polemic and today is that day. This may be to doContinue reading “A polemic on what you are responsible for”