My friend Mike and I have been working on a plan for a new product. Mike likes to look me in the eye and say: “Arthur, we are not geniuses.” This is his way of reminding me that we need to get a move on, because somewhere, someone else has already thought of the same idea, and may get it done faster or better than we can. Almost anyone who has tried to think up a new business idea knows this desperate feeling well.
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Jeffers’ ‘Lost and Found’
To pasture, to pasture
There are only two white South African men on the programme of this year’s Poetry Africa Festival. This means I can officially say my nominal cultural group is being ‘represented’ at an event. What’s more, my one representative is Stephen Gray, which is a bit like being represented at a conference of super-heroes by Father Christmas.
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No TV in the bedroom, not even a little one?
I have always sworn that I will never have a TV in the bedroom. But I am only starting to figure out why, and my reasons have not been very good. A little TV in the bedroom could even be healthy for relationships, as long as you understand why. I have always sworn that I will never have a TV in the bedroom. But I am only starting to figure out why, and my reasons have not been very good. A little TV in the bedroom could even be healthy for relationships, as long as you understand why.
The helping problem
Why do we want to help those we love? We often forget that it is almost always the wrong thing to do. I’m not talking about diving into a burning aeroplane, I’m talking about the little things, like giving advice on how to boil an egg, or offering to teach your girlfriend how to play pool.