MINI LEOPARDS AND BENGAL TIGERS -Thursday 30 April 2009

I thought the picture on the left looked a bit odd. Either this leopard had a very small and strange-looking head, or the cat had a strange-looking body.

Actually, it’s a very rare species of leopard native to Russia’s southern border with china.
On average the Leopard is no bigger than a domestic than cat.

The fur color of the Asian Leopard cat also varies from region to region. It is yellow in the southern populations, but silver-grey in the northern ones. The chest and the lower part of the head are white. It has black markings that may be spotted or rosetted, depending on the subspecies.

This nocturnal cat is solitary, except during breeding season.
It climbs trees skillfully and is also able to swim.
Leopard Cats are carnivorous, and feed on a variety of small prey, including mammals, lizards, amphibians, birds, and insects. In Northern region, the subspecies of Leopard Cat also eat hares. The diet is often supplemented with grass, eggs, poultry, and aquatic prey.

A Russian man was recently robbed of his Mercedes.
In the boot of the car was his pet, an Asian Leopard Cat that, at €270 000, was worth more than the car!

This cat also has a cousin called The Bengal cat – no relation to the Bengal Tiger.

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TOKOLOSHE MAN - Wednesday 29 April 2009

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission has ruled that a Free State radio station’s interview with a man who claimed that he was being raped nightly by a tokoloshe did not exceed the bounds of freedom of expression.

One complainant claimed that Radio OFM made fun of a man who was mentally ill.
A second complainant’s claim was far more interesting.
‘It is a fact that the Spirit Incubus rapes people in the evenings’ he said.

My mother used to warn me when I was a little child. ‘Don’t play outside after dark. The tokoloshe is going to catch you,’ she used to say.

When I questioned her she explained that a tokoloshe was a dwarf-like bad guy who roamed around at night looking to catch little unattended children.

In Zulu mythology, Tikoloshe, Tokoloshe or Hili, is a decidedly more threatening guy.

The dwarf-sized creature is said to be a hairy bear-like humanoid with a head like a teddy bear.
It has a thick, sharp bony ridge on top of its head, from the forehead to the back of the neck, and with this ridge it can down an ox by head-butting it.
It also has a ‘skull hole’ created by a red hot metal rod.

Because Tokoloshe has an annoying habit of biting off people’s toes and raping women while they are sleeping, many people in South Africa raise their beds by placing it on bricks to protect themselves from this small menace.

The only reason why you have probably never seen a tokoloshe is that only people who have been cursed can actually see the tokoloshe, and anyone who has is not supposed to tell a soul.
Legend has it that if you saw one and told, the poltergeist-zombie would return to seek retribution.

Besides, tokoloshe has the ability to render itself invisible simply by swallowing a pebble!

Anyone who attempts to fight the Tokoloshe will be banished to the African underworld and it is thought that their children will age rapidly and crumble to dust.

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SO WHO IS CHERYL COLE - Tuesday 28 April 2009

On Friday I posted a gallery of FHM’s 10 sexiest women in the world.
I did this because I seriously had nothing to write about.

It turns out that gallery attracted more visitors to the site than usual, and resulted in many discussions on various forums, which in turn attracted more visitors to the site.

I also received emails asking for more.

It seems that, like me, many of the guys had never heard of Cheryl Cole who was voted the sexiest woman in the world for 2009.

Cheryl Ann Tweedy, born 30 June 1983, was working as a waitress when she decided to audition for ITV’s Popstars, and in November 2002, she was announced as a winner alongside Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh and Girls Aloud was born.

Girls Aloud are listed in the Guinness Book of Records Girls for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one in the UK Charts with their platinum-selling début single Sound of the Underground.

They also hold the record for most consecutive top ten entries (18) in the UK by a female group.

She became Cheryl Cole when she married Chelsea’s Gary Cole.

One of the comments on one of the forums was ‘ what a great link for a Friday morning. Ever the opportunist, I have decided to post a regular Friday gallery of beautiful girls, but a far as possible, I will feature South African girls.

We start off this Friday with Lieschen Botes.

I hope you enjoy.

As always, I welcome comments and suggestions.

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Friday 24 April 2009

FHM SEXIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD 2009

1. Sheryl Cole	2. Megan Fox
3. Jessica Alba	4. Britney Spears
5. Keeley Hazell	6. Adriana Lima
7. Elisha Cuthbert	8. Kristin Kreuk
9. Anna Friel	10. Frieda Pinto

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TAKING A BREAK FROM ELECTIONS - Thursday 23 April 2009

Every newspaper, magazine, TV station and website is overflowing with elections elections elections and more elections.
We won’t know the final outcome of the elections for a couple of days at least (hopefully we wont have to wait for months like our neighbor Zimgabe) so I thought I’d be a bit different and hopefully bring you a smile.

The following ads were all - really - placed in newspapers around the world.
I swear.

Braille dictionary for sale. Must seen to be appreciated.

FOR SALE BY OWNER: Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica. 45 volumes. Excellent condition. R1,000.00 or best offer. No longer needed. Got married last weekend. Wife knows everything.

Help wanted, singer for rock band. Must be female or male.

Four poster bed, 101 years old. Perfect for antique lover.

Wanted: Part-time married girls for soda fountain in sandwich shop.

Wanted, man to take care of cows that does not smoke or drink.

Three-year old teacher needed for pre-school. Experience preferred
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Wanted. Widower with school-age children requires person to assume general
housekeeping duties. Must be capable of contributing to growth of family.

Tired of working for only R20.00 per hour? We offer profit sharing and flexible hours. Starting pay: R15.00 per hour.

Full sized mattress. 20 year warranty. Like New. Slight urine smell.

Free Yorkshire Terrier: 8 years old. Hateful little dog.

Free puppies: part German Shepherd, part stupid dog.

German Shepherd, 85 lbs. Neutered. Speaks German. Free.

Snow Blower for sale…only used on snowy days.

Cows, calves never bred…also 1 gay bull for sale.

Nice Parachute – Never opened. Used once.

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EXTREME DNA - Wednesday 22 April 2009

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses. The main role of DNA molecules is the long-term storage of information. DNA is often compared to a set of blueprints or a recipe, or a code, since it contains the instructions needed to construct other components of cells, such as proteins and RNA molecules. The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in regulating the use of this genetic information.

That’s a mouthful by any standard, I know.

But it took great minds years and years to develop the technology that today allows forensic scientists to use DNA in blood, semen, skin, saliva or hair found at a crime scene to identify a matching DNA of an individual, such as a perpetrator. This process is called genetic fingerprinting, or more accurately, DNA profiling.

Last week, Thai police needed no such technology to match the DNA found in evidence at the crime scene to the perpetrator.

When Atthapol Maenkrathok made his getaway after robbing a woman on the overnight train fron Chiang Mai to Bangkok, he had a slight mishap involving the train wheels and the track.

This caused him to leave his bag containing his identification card on the train track.
As if this was not enough, he also left five of his toes on the track.

Police found him at a nearby hospital, where he was being treated for a severed foot!

Atthapol is under investigation for involvement in 18 other reported thefts on overnight trains after police found 20 cellphones, eight cameras, nine watches and 52 amulets at his home.

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ANOTHER SOUTH AFRICAN DOG SHINES - Tuesday 21 April 2009

Yesterday I wrote about Lisha the Labrador and her undogly obsession with
Being a foster mother.

Today’s featured dog, Patrol Dog Alec of the Umkumaas Dog Unit, is decidedly dogly.

On Sunday, the unit responded to a charge of housebreaking at a holiday home in Pennington on the Kwazulu Natal South Coast.

A Pietermaritzburg man had been socializing at the house until the early hours.
He had left his bag, containing his bankcards, cellphone, cash, jewellery and a 9mm pistol in the bedroom.

When he went to retrieve his bag it was gone and he realized that someone had broken into the home.

Police followed footprints leading from the house to the beach and found three men carrying two bags, walking along the beach.
When the culprits realized that the police were onto them they fled into the nearby bushes.

Alec was then released by his handler Inspector Brendon Rensburg and gave chase.
He tackled one of the men, who was promptly arrested.
Then he went after a second one and managed to catch him too, but the man repeatedly stabbed the dog.

This did not deter Alec, who clung on until his handler could arrest the culprit.

The third man managed to get away.

The dog was taken to the Doonside Veterinary Hospital and was in a stable condition.
He was stabbed in the neck, on the side of the body and on the back, but the vet said he was not in any danger and was expected to make a speedy recovery.

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SA DOG ON OPRAH - Monday 20 April 2009

It comes as no surprise that Susan Boyle has been invited to appear on Oprah.
Her singing did after all reduce me to tears and I immediately recognized a very special talent.

The fact that a dog from South Africa has been invited to appear on the Oprah show did however surprise me.
Now, Lisha the Labrador is by no means an ordinary dog, but she is special in a very undogly way.

Lisha is an obsessive foster mother.
She has never had puppies of her own, but the 9-year-ld has raised many a litter.
In fact she is so drawn to new babies that whenever she spots a new arrival she will sit down next to it and wait to be introduced.
The minute she is introduced she will immediately start licking the young ones. She also loves playing with her foster children and even shares her bones with them.

And, it does not matter what species the newborn comes from.
She has played foster mother to more than 30 orphans, including potbelly pigs, white Bengal tigers, cheetahs, and even a pigmy hippopotamus, a mongoose and a baby porcupine.

All the babies are raised in the home of Lisha's owner, Rob Hall, on the Oudtshoorn Cango Game Reserve.

South Africans will only see the show in August, as January’s are currently being screened here.

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SUSAN BOYLE: THE BOOK AND THE COVER - Friday 17 April 2009

I was unable to resist judging a book by its cover when Susan Boyle walked onto the stage for her performance on Britain’s Got Talent.
So were the audience and the judges.
It showed on their expressions and their body language. They even sniggered.

There is no mild way to put it. Susan Boyle is a frump. A decidedly unattractive frump at that

At 47-years-old, Susan, from The West Lothians in Scorland - which she describes as ‘a group of villages’ has never had a boyfriend and has never been kissed.

Before she started singing one of the judges asked her what her dream was. She replied that she dreamed of emulating West End star Elaine Page, and the judges and audience literally laughed.

Then Susan started singing and I felt an involuntary tear roll down my cheek.

By the second line the panel of three judges led by music guru Simon Cowell were visibly shocked.
By the end of the first verse the entire audience, including all the judges were on their feet and tears were gushing uncontrollably from my eyes as she soared through ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ from Les Miserables.

You may wonder why I was crying.
Well, in this world so utterly obsessed with packaging – from the right face, the right shape, the right clothes, the right bling, the right smell and the right overall image – the un-packaged artistic power of this un-trendy woman proves that un-pampered people can be special too.

By Wednesday the clip of Susan Boyle had been viewed over 5.7 million times on youtube.
I am sure that an opportunist smelled money and acted very quickly, because the application to embed the video has been ‘disabled on request’ on youtube, so you have to click on the link to view the performance.

View it! You simply have to.

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THE $500-MILLION RUSSIAN MUSICIAN - Thursday 16 April 2009

Whether it is Oksana Kolesnikova or Oksana Pochepa is uncertain, but what seems certain is that an 'Oksana' is going to cost Mel Gibson a pretty penny.

Her representatives have strongly denied that the 31-year-old and married Oksana Kolesnikova is involved with the actor, while 24-year-old popstar Oksana Pochepa has openly claimed that she is the one who is romantically linked to him.

Kolesnikova is a classically trained pianist and singer who performs five-nights a week at the Polo Lounge of the Beverley Hills Hotel, frequented by Mel.
Pochepa on the other hand is a pop singer and model signed to the Icon record label, that is owned by none other than.......... Mel Gibson.

Oksana Kolesnikova	Oksana Pochepa

click on image to enlarge

Either way Mel Gibson is going to need a Braveheart to deal with what could be Hollywood’s most expensive divorce ever.

Robyn Moore, who has been married to the actor for 28-years has filed for divorce, and California law could turn out to be her Lethal Weapon that would leave Mad Max on The Edge of Darkness.

When the two met through a dating agency and married in 1980, Mel was an unknown and struggling Australian actor and Robyn was a nurse. Under the circumstances, a prenuptial agreement was the last thing on their minds.

Under California Law, with no prenuptial agreement in place Moore will receive half of the Oscar-winning actor’s estate, estimated at $900-million, which includes a $9m island in Fiji and a 400-acre ranch in Costa Rica.

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FINALLY: EQUALITY HAS ARRIVED IN CAPE TOWN - Wednesday 15 April 2009

During the apartheid era, and the early part of post-1994, I had my share of altercations with various Bodies Corporate in areas like Seapoint and Claremont.
It was quite common in those days to have the police arrive at your door after complaints about noise and unruly behaviour.

But this sort of thing never happened on the Cape Flats or in townships like Gugulethu and Langa.
Everyone there understood that a party was a party.
It seems that equal rights have finally arrived.

But, there are always two sides to a story, and I find it hard to believe that a 71-year-old grandmother was shot in the hand by police in Kayelitsha over the Easter weekend, simply because the music at her grandson’s birthday party was too loud.

Grandmother Fikiswa Goniwe claims that the trouble started when police arrived and told them to turn off the music.
They turned down the volume but police returned later.
They forced their way into the house, and when Goniwe ‘tried to explain that the DJs were waiting for their transport to take them home, police became angry and shot her. They then started shooting randomly at other guests at “the big party”.’

Methinks that there is more to it than that.

Can you imagine, no matter where you live, that you are having a party at home.
Someone calls the police to complain about the noise, and they arrive guns a-blazing and force their way into the house while shooting randomly at your guests?

Hayi ugogo.
There is surely another side to this coin.

I know that the incompetence and attitude of the SAPS is the flavor of the month and that articles highlighting this will probably attract more readers.
I also recognise another opportunity to highlight the short-comings of the ruling party in the lead-up to elections.

But Hayi IOL.
There is surely another side to this coin.

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THE BENEFITS OF OLD AGE - Tuesday 14 April 2009

I never think of myself as being old, nor do I feel old, but let’s face it, I’ve been around for a while.
At least that’s the way I feel and think.

The fact that a website that specializes in ‘Getting old’ jokes recently caught my eye probably suggests differently.
Thought I would share some of them with you because it doesn’t matter how young you may think you are, eventually you will get there.

‘You know your getting old when’ one-liners
· Your sweetie says, "Lets go upstairs and make love," and you answer, "Honey, I can't do both!"
· You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
· You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
· Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
· Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.
· Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you’re barefoot.
· You don’t care where your spouse goes, as long as you don’t have to go along.
· It takes longer to rest than to get tired.
· ‘Getting lucky’ means finding your car in the parking lot.
· An ‘All-nighter’ means not getting up to pee.

But, there are also benefits to getting old.

At 85 years of age, Morris married Jessica, a lovely 25 year old.
Jessica, showing lots of compassion for her older husband, decided that they should have separate bedrooms, feeling that her husband would over-exert himself spending the entire night with her.

On their wedding night, Jessica prepares herself for bed and the expected ‘knock’ on the door.
Sure enough, the knock comes, they unite as one and Morris retires to his own bedroom.

After about 30 minutes, Jessica hears another knock on her bedroom door.
It's Morris again, and he is ready for more "action". Somewhat surprised
she consents to more coupling. When they are done, Morris kisses his bride, bids her a fond goodnight and leaves.

Ready to drift off, she hears yet another knock, and there is Morris again for more action.

As Morris is ready to leave after the third time the young bride tells him "I am thoroughly impressed that at your age you can perform so well and so often. I have been with guys less than a third of your age who were only good once. You are truly a great lover.”

Morris, somewhat embarrassed, turns to Jessica and says:
"You mean I was here already?”

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GOOD FRIDAY: NORTH INDIAN STYLE -Friday 10 April 2009

It’s Good Friday and tradition calls for us to eat fish.
But, we don’t have to religiously stick to pickled fish do we?
Lets be a bit more creative shall we?
It is after all a long weekend and we don’t have the budget to go out every day and night, do we?
This very delicious North Indian style masala fried fish with deep-fried paneer is guaranteed to put a grin on your face.

Kingklip is the ultimate fish to use for this recipe, but if the budget is tight, we can use firm hake fillets.
Paneer is a cheese made in India.
Don’t allow it to intimidate you. It is really very simple to make, but if you don’t have the energy, you can use a firm Tofu.
Be warned though, there is really no substitute for the real thing.

THE FISH
Ingredients:
6-7 fish fillets
For the marinade:
2 tbsps oil
1/3 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp cumin pwd
3/4 tsp saunf pwd (fennel,aniseed)
1/4 tsp garam masala
salt
Make a paste of all the above ingredients.

Method
Clean fish. Apply the marinade to all the fish fillets and keep aside for 20 minutes. If you are going to make your own paneer, marinade the fish first, because the longer it sits, the better the flavor.
Fry in shallow oil, in a heavy based pan on medium heat, for about 6min a side.

THE PANEER
Ingredients:
Paneer/Tofu +- 300 grams
Gram flour 1 cup
Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp.
Roasted cumin powder 1/2 tsp.
Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp.
Chopped coriander leaves 2 tbsp.
Salt to taste

Method:
Mix gram flour and all the spices together.
Add a little water and beat the mixture to form a thick and smooth batter.
Cut paneer into medium-sized thick rectangles, dip in batter and deep-fry on medium heat until golden brown.

MAKING YOUR OWN PANEER

Ingredients
2lts full cream milk.
6tbls plain yogurt
4tbls lemon juice

Method
Whisk the yogurt and lemon juice together.
Put your 8 cups of milk in a big pot and heat just until the foam starts to rise. Turn off the heat and gently stir in the yogurt/lemon mixture.
Clumps of cheese will form as the milk curdles and separates from the whey.
You wont have to do much stirring and it should start to separate in seconds.
Line your strainer with a fairly large piece of wet cheesecloth and strain the mixture. you can use a nylon stocking if you dont have cheesecloth.
Wait until it cools just enough so that you are able to handle it. It should still be quite warm, even hot. Then, start twisting the top of the cheesecloth, squeezing all the water out.
When you think you've got all the water out. Squeeze it again. Squeeze the hell out of it.

When you've done that, put the cheese that you have made (leave it inside the cheesecloth), between the flat surface of two plates, then place a heavy weight on top of it. A large pot filled with water works fine.
Set aside for about four hours.

Check it every so often to see if any more water has come out. If so, just drain it from the plate and keep pressing the cheese.

When it’s done, take off the cheesecloth, and refrigerate it in cling wrap until you are ready to use it (at least half an hour)

Indians soak the paneer in iced water for three hours. It is claimed that this improves the texture, but the fridge works just fine.
Paneer will last for three days in the fridge. If you intend keeping it longer, freeze it.

Traditionally this dish is served as a starter, but Indians also serve it with dahl (red or yellow lentils in a curry sauce) and rice, as a main course.
I find that it works exceptionally well as a main course when served with a fresh green salad and/or chips.

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SETTING THE TREND - Wednesday 8 April 2009

I read with interest about two trends that are currently on the increase.
The first one is a move towards writing in plain language, as opposed to the jargon that has been churned out for years by those trying to assert their superior intelligence by using language that we don’t understand.
The second one is that the popularity of social websites like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter are waning, and their millions of users are moving on.

WRITING IN PLAIN ENGLISH
I am sure you are all familiar with phrases like ‘Herewith as per our previous discussion in the instance of our prior telephonic interaction’, ‘not withstanding the fact’, and ‘in order to facilitate the implimentation of .‘
These writers usually throw in a few Latin words like ‘de facto’ and ‘inter alia’, and end with ‘contact the writer hereof.’

So now we are going to write ‘ Regarding what we spoke about on the phone yesterday’, ‘besides’ and ‘so that we can do it.’
We will also start using words like ‘in fact’ and ‘amongst other things’, and we will end with ‘give me a call.’

SOCIAL SITES GOING DOWNHILL
The second trend can probably be put down to greed and a lack of vision.
Social websites started as a way for students to communicate with each other. Initially, social sites were seen as a trendy place for young people to flirt, show off, tweet, twirl, and commune.
When these sites, driven by income potential, went public, they opened it up to everyone.
Another writer fittingly puts it as ‘Not so long ago, these sites were cutting edge. Now, your granny's on Facebook and threatening to poke you.’

Those in the business of making money has also cottoned on and stars like 50cents and Britney Spears employ ghostwriters to create the impression that they are interacting with their fans personally.
Several couples found that social sites meant marital problems when their partners discovered that the embers of past relationships could be fanned into life by a few online messages.

Social sites have also become a place to play cops and robbers, with Interpol and Intelligence agencies now using social sites to track and monitor activities, and those on the other side of the law quick to recognise the opportunity to lead authorities down the wrong track.

The bulk of the users on these sites are young people, and they certainly don't want a permanent record of their activities that mom, dad and even gran can access. Let alone the police.

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A PERMANENT CLOUD OVER ZUMA - Tuesday 7 April 2009

The NPA’s long-awaited statement that charges against Jacob Zuma will ‘no longer be pursued’ came as no surprise.

The media has for weeks been insinuating that the charges would be dropped, and after all the media hype, one news site had the balls to yesterday morning lead with the headline ‘Readers expect Zuma charges to be dropped.’
Of course we expected it to be dropped. You have been telling us for weeks that it will be dropped.

Anyway, the charges have now been dropped.
Ultimately, the only thing that this has achieved is to ensure that in the public’s eye Jacob Zuma will forever have a cloud over his head.

We will not go into the speculation and accusation of ‘who manipulated who?’
The media has and is exploiting that well too.

Jacob Zuma, if innocent as he has always claimed, should not have done everything in his power, and allowed the ruling party to do everything in it’s power, to have the charges dropped.
The honourable thing to do would have been to have a court of law rule on his innocence.
That way we could have all moved on.

I for one, will now forever doubt his innocence.

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PARIS GOES GAGA - Monday 6 April 2009

Ok, I simply wanted an excuse to post another pic of Paris Hilton on the site.
She may not be the most beautiful woman in the world, or the brightest crayon in the box, but there is just 'something' about Paree.

The caption said Paris goes Gaga over Lady Gaga.
Apart from the name sounding vaguely familiar, I must admit, I didn’t have a clue as to who lady Gaga actually was.
So, obviously, I Googled Her Gaganess, hoping to find a feasible angle to justify posting the pic of Paree.

It turns out that LG, like our heroine PH, comes from a stinking rich family and went to the same super-rich Manhattan Catholic girls’ school – Convent Of The Sacred Heart - as said heroine.

Lady GaGa – real name Stefani Joanne Germanotta – however seems to have real talent and has written songs for Britney Spears and The Pussycat Dolls before deciding she wanted a taste of the limelight too. So she gave herself an image overhaul, transforming herself from a brunette in braces and jeans to the bleached blonde siren we - correction - you know today

She took her name from the Queen anthem ‘Radio Gaga’ and in less than a year, she has become pop’s hottest diva, scoring number one hits on both sides of the Atlantic with Just Dance and performing with the Pet Shop Boys at this year’s Brit Awards. All this at just 22.

So that is why I had to post the pic of Paris going Gaga. Oh yes, I also wanted to flaunt the new lightbox feature that I am slowly and oh so proudly integrating into the yummie site, so click on the pics and be amazed :-)

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SEX BOOM IN ECONOMIC SLUMP Friday 2 April 2009

Escort agencies and gentlemen’s clubs are saying that although the spend per head (no pun intended) is down their industry is not experiencing a slump in business.

In fact, if anything, demand has increased and the amount of women applying to work at these establishments has also doubled.
‘People are spending less, but we are getting more customers,’ according to the owner of a well-known Cape Town agency, ‘ and because of the economy it is very difficult to find work, so the jobless ladies are going topless.’

The real boom however, is happening in the bedroom at home.
Yes, couples are turning to sex to help them deal with the hard times. (again no pun intended.)

And they are not just sticking to the missionary position. In fact they are becoming quite adventurous!

In 2007, the German sex shop chain Beate Uhse, was in deep trouble when the company showed a loss of more than €13-million for the year. In the first half of 2008, the chain showed a further 5.6% drop in turn-over, but by year end they posted a net-profit of €2.3-million, and so far this year business is booming.

The company said it looked like they would almost triple their pre-tax operating profit to €6-million (R75-million)
"Consumers have not given up some of life's small pleasures like erotica even in these tough economic times," said managing director Serge van der Hooft, ‘In fact we are definitely experiencing a boom in the demand for our products.’

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FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS - Thursday 2 April 2009

· A Sloth is a strange animal that spends its entire life hanging upside down from the branches of trees.
· A Porpoise can copy many actions of humans. It can imitate the voice of a man and even laugh.
· A Cow has four stomachs.
· Lemmings are strange animals. When their number in an area increases beyond a certain limit, they jump into the sea and commit suicide.
· A butterfly has 12,000 eyes.
· The Botfly can fly at the speed of 818 miles per hour, faster than a jet plane.
· If a gold fish is left in a dark room for a long time, it turns white.
· A silkworm has eleven brains.
· Snails can sleep for 3 to 4 year's continuously.
· Dogs study human faces to read our mood
· A small porcupine can kill a grown up lion.
· When a hippopotamus gets excited, its sweat becomes red.
· Cats think humans are large cats
· In a sandstorm a camel can close its nose.
· The electric eel can produce up to 500 volts of electricity, sufficient to kill any swimmer who touches it.
· Cobras can kill with a bite from the moment they are born
· A cricket has ears on its front legs
· A blue whale weighs 50 tons at birth
· And of course…..Pigs have thirty-minute orgasms!

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DEMAND FOR SYLVANA EASTON - Wednesday 1 April 2009

My stats show that the most searched for item on the site is ‘sylvana easton.’
I have also, over the past two years since posting her as the January 2007 covergirl on the original site, received countless emails enquiring after her.
Ok, not countless. 146 to be exact.

The emails range from photographers and modelling agencies trying to contact ‘her agent’, to websites asking me to 'help them out' by supplying photos of her to post on their galleries, and of course the countless fans who quote the most ridiculous reasons why I should let them have her contact details.

The good news for those obsessed with Sylvana, is that I have decided to shelve ideals, vision and image, by posting a regular gallery of Sylvana on the site.

Who am I to argue with demand?
If Sylvana is what you want, then Sylvana is what you will get.

I in fact put together a complete gallery of about 30 pics that I was going to post on the site, all in one go.
Then I thought ‘Don’t be silly. Use this to get more regular traffic.’

So, starting on Friday, for at least thirty consecutive days, I will post one picture of your favourite covergirl on her own exclusive page every day, Monday to Friday.

For those who are thinking ‘Who the fok is Sylvana?’, here’s a reminder.

And, because she will have her own page, people who sent me emails like the ones I spoke about yesterday don’t HAVE to view it.