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  1. Premonitions and confirmations

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-06-21
    Have you ever had the experience where you think of someone and then the phone rings and it is that person calling you? Or where you talk about someone and that person walks into the room unexpectedl...
  2. Love and Marriage

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-06-11
    We like ceremonies and celebrations. We scoff at ceremonies like coronations, inaugurations, society weddings and other public celebrations, but only after we had watched them, so that we can ridicul...
  3. Are children ever illegitimate?

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-05-19
    I am always fascinated by the rules around succession to a throne and how monarchs exclude their children that were born of some women, but include the children that were born to them of other women. ...
  4. It is time to experience the end of the world

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-05-11
    The British have always understood that time is a man-made concept. We are reminded of this twice every year when Daylight Saving Time results in the clocks being changed in the UK to gain or lose an...
  5. Let me tell you a story

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-05-07
    Stories have played a major role in all our lives. When we were small children we looked forward to bedtime when we would hear a story from a parent. If we were not so lucky, we would hear a story a...
  6. Do I look fat in this?

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-05-03
    Botox. Plastic surgery. Diet. Aerobic exercise. Sunbed. Manicure. Pedicure. Highlights. Lowlights. Wax.Ask anyone what they dislike about their bodies, and you get an answer in five seconds. Ask an...
  7. I believe in angels ' and fairies and mermaids

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-04-29
    Have you ever seen a real fairy? Or a giant, or a dwarf, or a troll, or a mermaid, or an angel? No? Then that means they do not exist, right?If you have never been to Africa, would you be able to i...
  8. He looks just like his father

    by Elsabe Smit - 2008-04-21
    Isn't it interesting that as soon as a baby is born, the first thing we do without even thinking about it is to identify physical traits in the baby that reminds us of either parent?Sometimes these ph...