2018 new year party

We did the countdown at Karrien's massive house/mansion.  She's such a mightily generous host. I was touched and very much taken aback. We had so much great food!

white fang

I had the story somewhat read to me (in fragments) when I was a kid.  Many decades later I finally read the unabridged work.

It really grips like a wild python.  Every episode of the wolf dog becomes etched in my mind as it is conveyed by masterful story telling.  The fight will the bull dog is soul shakingly well portrayed.

Kids and Juveile alike stay away.  This is dark, grim and disturbing.  A full grown adult can appreciate and associate with the apathy and the merciless of the wild, or life for that matter.

murder on the orient express

Such an intriguing and lovely read.  Great twists in the end.  Hercule Poirot is such and unlikely and assuming protagonist but the story was tight, smart and congruent till the very end.  Now let's watch the movie and compare. I was surprised that Johnny Depp was not case as Poirot because his eccentricity fits perfectly.

my sister's wedding

They are now married after 16 years together.

LAMP

I set up LAMP on Google cloud (whee.!)

Unix is a pain but Ubuntu is tight, I have to give it that.  However it's still Unix, 'nuff said!

mma

Of all the places,  this took place in medini mall.  I witnessed the brutality and I vouch this was not staged.

housekeeping down to a fine art

Danny is a friend who is a globetrotter/globetrekker (I have lost track of what they call themselves these days).  To facilitate his frequent travels,  he lives out of a suitcase; literary.   He has all his belongings in a suitcase (small).  He lives in hotels and has no fixed abode.  He seems to have only one pair of jeans and one pair of shoes.

He however travels round the world constantly.  His flexible job allows him to do so.  He's been to all the mainstream locations as well as the exotic locations which are off the beaten path.  He has endless amazing stories to tell all the time.

I will never be Danny.  I need my running shoes,  work shoes, hiking shoes, loafters, etc.;  amoung other modern conveniences.

I can however try to be as much as Danny as possible.  For the past 6-8 months I have self imposed an embargo on the stuff that go into my apartment.  All things except food are prohibited, I turned down free gifts from supermarkets, I threw away gifts, I threw away stuff belonging to other people and feigned ignorance.  I govern the stuff inventory of my own place of stay with an iron fist.

As an add-on,  being a stout antagonist in regards to housework (I have written extensively about this,  previously published as 'all housework is evil' on a blog post which was eventually closed down),  I established some rules. Things simply stay where they are
 I make no effort to makes things tidier yet I make sure with absolute certainty and with no amnesty and no compromise all things stay exactly where they are.. I have even cordoned off areas where no man shall pass.

I feel better.  I no longer clench my fist and shout to the skies on thunderous nights on my zeal to abnegate housework.  The current situation is not perfect but it is manageable (for now).

Yes some may scream psychopath but Danny will probably just frown and tell me I can do better.  Ah... It's all a matter of perspective isn't it.