Pat's hurricane!

It's time to get festive! Here's the greatest drink in New Orleans, the Pat O'Brien's hurricane!

Click the pic to make your own...the perfect antidote to the cold.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy yourselves!

This one is for America folks - London buses are now sporting advertisements from the British atheists...and apparently people are responding positively. Click the bus above for the full story!

Why not call the campaign "enjoy yourself with no consequences"?

Ancestor of Dead Parrot Sketch found!

Looks like the Ancient Greeks were the funniest guys after all. Click here or the pic for the article.

The Monty Python crew have classic taste, even the Greeks would agree.

University of Cape Town interview!

I just experienced my first academic job interview. It was exciting to talk to to three professors who work on the slopes of Devil's Peak, with a view of Table Mountain.

It was amusing too to be on the line with the Southern hemisphere - where it is summer and the end of the academic year! - as well as the end of the day! (8:30 AM east coast is 4:30 PM South African time).

With a little luck, I'll be visiting Cape Town in early December for a campus visit - now that would be something!

Faulkner-Wisdom Competition - I am "Almost Finalist"!

I'm pleased to say The Pride and the Sorrow is an "Almost Finalist" in the 2008 Faulkner- Wisdom Competition. The competition is run by the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, and was judged by former Random House VP, Michael Murphy.

Thanks Faulkner Society!