Archive for the ‘People’ Category

South Africa In The International Headlines

 

Lately it seems that South Africa is getting a lot of international attention. Caster Semenya, Winston the homing pigeon, and District 9… It started off with Caster Semenya‘s gender conspiracy. As most of us know by now the majority of opinions now believe that “she” is a hermaphrodite… I don’t…

Royal Insanity!?

 

I’m sure this isn’t the first time you’ve been told that certain members of the ruling classes are weird, but this might be the first time you’ve heard some of these exceptionally strange tales of royal weirdness. The Cucumber King of Burma In 931, King Theinhko of Burma ate the…

Cannibalism Is Not Technically Illegal Under German Law?!?

 

Though this is an old story, I don’t think it can ever become less disturbing than the first time one heard it. Armin Meiwes, a computer expert, met 43-year-old Bernd-Jurgen Brandes in early 2001, after Mr Meiwes advertised on websites for “young, well-built men aged 18 to 30 to slaughter”,…

A Violinist In The Metro

 

A Violinist In The Metro … If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?