So it's a new year. 2013 has arrived, and with it another potential failure is brought to the fore; although an un-advertised failure it may be.

Men no longer have any manners because the women no longer have any self-respect, and so there is no need to try and impress: why waste time?

As someone who has standards, I have at times been one that discriminated in some ways on a level of class.

There is a saying that goes: “pink sky in the morning is the shepherd’s warning; pink sky at night is the shepherd’s delight”.

Pondering the week’s reports of the presidential Boeing that South Africans are to invest in for President Jacob Zuma, a few interesting questions were drawn to mind.

To be honest...Black & White is SOOOOO yester-year! It should have gone out of fashion with apartheid!

I will clarify a life philosophy that could even work for a blonde (no, I can’t be called a racist for that!).

When I was asleep, I am convinced that Scotty beamed up the clever people, removing all traces from the earth.

As were others, I was inspired by the article “I am a Racist”, as it deals with a daily frustration that we all experience in South Africa.

When faced with a crisis we are forced to do things that we may or may not have done in the normal day to day routine of life.

You are bound to be tempted to get involved in the unknown (or known?) wonderland of long-distance dating.

We all know Yoda... From time to time he crosses my mind when thinking of an intelligent way to respond to a difficult situation.

If life were like Facebook we’d all have a ball...Our pictures and thoughts all stuck on a Wall.

Loosely defined, “society” is an ever-evolving combination of traditions, values, ideas, politics, and other factors like statistics and events.

News24 is a great site, to be honest, but it’s all about news: bad news; good news; who really gives a flying … erm… hoot? It’s the controversy that stimulates readership of any newspaper, and even more so an online news site.

What do you do when the peace you are so used to in your life is wrenched away by somebody that just has no right to do so?

I have noticed lately that women read some of the strangest books that give “insight” about men, and follow them as Gospel.

Let us look at some of the brave people that have chosen their story-line and their fellow players.

So you clicked on the headline link, yes? What does that make you? A sexual deviant? A scandal slave? A political follower? How do you perceive yourself?

Being in the IT business I work with several connectivity and data suppliers, and regrettably Telkom continues to feature as an "upstream" supplier to more than ninety percent of my clients.

My theory is that a new form of dating will change the way we interact with members of the opposite sex for generations to come. I have called it "Parallel Dating".