World Cup Soccer 2010

I was in Rustenburg Sth Africa last week and saw the huge new stadium they have built for the upcoming world Cup of Soccer. It stands huge on the landscape of what is a fairly small regional city. Great fears are held for it’s sustainability after the great event.
The same is true for the church. [...]

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The Power of Culture

Organizations and collectives of people of any size function to the expectations of their common culture.
Every family, tribe, or group of people of any size has an agreed culture even if they have not directly identified and clarified it.
Some rules of culture.
1. What a culture is – a culture grows.
2. He who creates the culture [...]

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Down Time

The way a person spends their down time – determines how good they will be in their up time.
Down time happens to all of us. A day off – a missed plane flight – a delay in traffic – a holiday break. Down time can be planned or forced upon us.
To enjoy down time and [...]

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THE NOON DAY GUN

I am in Cape Town, South Africa at present, where they have an old tradition that still continues to this day. At midday an old cannon is fired, which is now fondly called the noon day gun. In the past it was fired to indicate to the local townspeople that a ship was entering the [...]

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Too many fat people

Sitting beside the pool here in Sun City I noticed an unusual number of overweight people revealing far more skin than is considered acceptable. It appeares to me the following laws apply to overweight people.
1. They always take the most prominent seats near the pool.
2. They always wear the smallest swimsuits.
3. The always dive into [...]

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