When: Friday, 18 May 2012 to Saturday, 19 May 2012
Where: Calitzdorp

Calitzdorp, renowned far and wide as the Port Capital of South Africa, is shaking off the Klein Karoo dust in preparation for the very best wine and lifestyle festival this region has to offer. The weekend of 18 to 19 May 2012 will see this historic town bursting out of its seams when Calitzdorp opens its heart and doors to visitors from far and wide for the ABSA Port & Wine Festival.

( Details about the Port & Wine Festival )

Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side -- and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.

(from TED Talk)

When: Tuesday, 15 May 2012 to Thursday, 17 May 2012
Where: Cape Town Central

In what will undoubtedly be one of the biggest tourist booms South Africa has ever seen, 2012 looks set to bring boundless opportunities to service providers throughout the hospitality industry. Timed specifically to help companies take advantage of these opportunities, Hostex Cape 2012 is set to take the Cape by storm.

( Details about Hostex )

Incredible. Just incredible. Manchester City are Premier League champions after quite the most incredible last few minutes of football you'll ever see. In the 90th minute, City were 2-1 down to QPR and the title was going to United, after they beat Sunderland 1-0. But injury time goals from Edin Dzeko and Sergio Agüero gave them the win and the title. The most incredible, extraordinary drama. This is why football is phenomenal....

In Support of the Rocking for Rhinos festival which is also on May 5, the Get Laid Music Festival has been postponed until further notice. All guests are invited to support Rocking for Rhinos at Hillcrest on May 5 and support this great cause.

Ke$ha Tweets Photo Of Herself Peeing In The Street
(hat-tip to telemann for pointing me at this)

I've always imagined Tweeter to be exactly meant for this:

"14:03. I'm in the toilet right now. Trying to poo-poo."
"14:06. I only pee-peed. Maybe I'll poo-poo later."
"14:15. OMG! I wanna poo-poo sooo badly! But I'm on the bus already and there's no toilet here!"
"...Follow @P00perb0y in his adventures as he searches for a toilet..."

( My political manifesto ) 
[edit] I offered a solution, but under one condition. People's minds should change first, then people's way of perceiving the world, and with that, the prerequisites for my model coming reality would be in place. But not before that. I'm fully aware that we're not ready for that stage of society yet. Not so fast. We've seen what shit can happen when people are hurrying to jump into things they know little or nothing about, too fast.

And yet, the picture i viewed is ultimately the solution. And it WILL come true one day. Maybe not in my lifetime, but still, it will.

Either that or we'll go back to being monkeys. Or we'll just blow this whole place up.

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