You know what I hate? The person who calls to ask me to rate the service of the car dealership I just visited. I have never – EVER – had...

The aggressive-looking man pushed into the line ahead of me, and I gave him a sharp look. “Were you here before me?” I barked. He gave me...

“You can’t make this sh*t up”, said my embattled wife, as she booked our screaming six-year-old in for an emergency op after a sleepless...

I’m not sure I like spring anymore. I used to love September/October - a time of the coming of warmer days, earlier sunrises and lots of...

I value only three material things in this world. My wedding ring, and two of my three watches (ok ok, I’m really fond of my Garmin, but...

My wife gave me a treat on Sunday.   My mom stayed over for the weekend, so, with the agency to offload the kids, we went off to the spa...

On Sunday morning, I went to Bootlegger for a cappuccino. I like my cappuccinos slightly salty, and I was somewhat disappointed that I...

Years ago, a golfing buddy of mine coined a phrase my mate Deon and I still joke about: “The margin between playing really well and...

It’s been a tough week so far, I won’t lie.   I think I picked up a bug over the weekend, and once again the old bod is not firing at...

First off, let me say it’s been an amazing week for sports fans, expats and weekend stock pundits. Dricus came back from being severely...

My cousin Igor shared this term with me: What’s the effort-to-fun ratio?   In other words, for the extra amount of effort you expend,...

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them...

How do you build a puzzle? We’ve all done it. Whether it is the 30-piece puzzles attempted by my young child or the 1500-piece monsters...

Did you know Andorra is its own country?   I didn’t. I thought it was this small little town up in the Pyrenees, wedged in between France...

This year, I discovered a song that I really liked. I don’t listen to the radio much, with small kids we don’t go out dancing anymore,...

My cousin Sergej turns 50 today. Happy birthday, el nefo. We have always been close (my big 5-0 is coming up in a couple of months) and,...

I love sci-fi movies. The best of the “alien invaders” kind is arguably Independence Day, the 90s classic where Will Smith and Jeff...

What do Rassie Erasmus, Jeff Bezos and Paul Azinger have in common? One is a rugby player and coach (a team sport), the other is one of...

This is how I think the convo went in the locker room at the 2019 World Cup. “OK chaps, let’s list the five critical objectives we need...

I remember starting my first big corporate role at Tourvest. The team was excited about this fresh face (I was pretty young), and one...