December read, just got started. Last book of 2025.

Following the #ΟΠΕΚΕΠΕ corruption scandal in Greece, it has become clear that European party political corruption operates in the Premier League. It is generational, deep-rooted and brazen.

I can never get used to that gloopy, bright-orange cheese from a can that pops up in so many American food prep videos.

“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” — Albert Camus

“To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself.” ― Henry Miller

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox church in Vienna, Austria

This, all day long.

ΕΛΥΤΗΣ «Τρία πράγματα να χαίρεσαι στην ζωή σου,την υγεία, δύο φίλους και μια αγάπη»

Merry Christmas. Hope you get to share the day with family and friends.

A summer of heavy rain has meant that we've been battling snails a lot of the time. Thankfully, not all doom and gloom.

Sunday braai and a nice, gifted bottle of red wine. I'm not much of a wine drinker; I'm more the taverna table wine type of drinker.

Above average Monday.

See the Minnesota shooting for yourself. This is the legal test. And here is why this may get worse:

Darrel is a masterful storyteller. Highly recommend reading some of his blog posts.

First ever fig. Bird ate half before I got to it. I ate the other half. Was nice and sweet but would have been sweeter in a few days if the bird didn't get to it.

Zimbabwe's greatest export. On a hot summer's day, a tall glass filled with ice, cordial and water. 🇿🇼

X has become a stream where a bunch of people continually ask AI stupid questions to validate their own point of view or discredit people with differing views. Don't complain when AI makes us stupid.

The Super Bowl halftime show has left me with more questions than answers. Like, what does a trip to Puerto Rico cost? Are their cigars really that good? And most importantly, could I pull off wearing a fedora?

Vintage publishef this book in 1990. As dad liked to say; it's terrific and terrifying. A classic. How to read the many pasts and presences of contemporary South Africa. A timeless meditation on a beautiful land, its people and its delightful pronouns. Salutes!

Either Elliot's account is hacked, or he has turned into a crypto bro who has moved to Dallas and is stealing other people's car pics from Instagram.