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this magnificent machine that is the mind of man how it fear the failure of our frail frame raging always to retain the robustness of our restless youth

Tonight the third episode of Masterchef South Africa. According to the preview from last week, this will be something around a braai. The first episode with promises of a truly South African flavour. So – for tonight – to all contestants – as they say in Star Wors: May the Sauce be with you.  

Multiple myeloma (from Greek myelo-, bone marrow), also known as plasma cell myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for the production of antibodies. Prognosis depends on the patient’s age and the stage of disease. The International Staging System can help to predict survival, with a median [...]

Wake up and smell the coffee, or find the technoserf dead is a must read if you have the latest cell phone on contract. But wait, there is more: are you sitting on a leather couch, watching rugby in your new authorized Springbok jersey?

Week after week We wish our lives away For a brief break In a boring struggle to survive…

New website is up an running: HistoWeb. This is primarily aimed at serving medical and dental students at the University of Pretoria from outside the firewall. Other students of Histology could also benefit. If you find mistakes, please send me a note. To use the system, read the Need help link at the top left [...]

At the Whole Foods Market in Wellington Florida. Picking up yoghurt and milk to make some yoghurt. And 88% chocolate. And found a 99% Lindt bar. It is 11:41 on Sunday, 19 June 2011 as I check out. Woman behind me is unloading a few bottles of wine. Cashier: “Sorry m”am, we are not allowed [...]

Will they bow to the world? I will not go so far as other people to say that there is a direct relationship between the two, but one can’t help but feel a little bit of perverse joy… My sincere apologies to those innocent victims of their government; we feel your pain in South Africa.

May you live in interesting times – an ancient Chinese curse – as defined by Kafka, Heller, Hobson, Morton, Sophie, Buridan and Procrustes.

If informed consent was really informed, people would most likely not give consent.