Fradam

I apologise for the scattered nature of this post, but there was something on my mind that needed to get out. I saw two different films yesterday. The first was the new X-Men movie – Wolverine. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I’ve been an X-Men aficionado since childhood, something about the idea of […]

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philosophy

That’s right; I’ve found the secret. After a (relatively short) lifetime of saying goodbye to friends (as much as you can do when you live in your home town for 20 or so years), and struggling terribly with it, I’ve made a discovery which will possibly shock the world. Or at least this part of […]

Roni Tropper and Allen Applbaum met at summer camp when they were both 15 years old. They had secret crushes on one another, but as luck would have it, he was dating someone else. Fast forward a few years: they found each other at the City University of New York in Queens, but again in […]

What defines an individual, as that? Generally, we look at the makeup of the person. Personality. Characteristics. Sense of humour. Mannerisms. Views on life. Appearance. To find two people who are exact matches in all those areas would be nothing short of amazing. The long running debate of nature vs nurture credits our genes […]

First of all: Happy New Year everyone!
Strange sometimes to realise how quickly another 12 months pass by, and how fast the next 12 will as well. 2008 saw its fair share of newness in my life - new home, new friends, new job… just about anything that could change, did, and it all transpired in […]

A chance question the other day made me wonder where Boxing Day came from. The notion of a public holiday for boxing (as old and respected a sport it is), did not… quite… seem right (although as mentioned, a public holiday for the sake of eating is not unheard of). So I endeavoured to research […]

No not the Bee Gees song. Who wants to live forever? came on last night, and prompted a discussion about if anyone really wants that.  I think the conclusive answer was: no. Not here on earth anyway, where we would be forced to watch our loved ones, those closest to us, finish up their time […]

Typically after a long hiatus from posting, it is acknowledged that life has been busy and that so many meaningful events occurred that it was not possible to keep updating… this is usually proved true with some profound truth being pronounced as the sum of gained wisdom during this absence. With that in mind, I […]

For the past few days, I’ve had this song stuck in my head. I’ve been trying to work out why. Something about the beat, something about the chorus line… it just drew me in. Hypnotic.
now i’m looking for a reason why
you even set my world into motion
OK, so the proverbial ‘what is the meaning of […]