Slow Thoughts from Dale du Preez

  • Travelling

    I am off to Orlando on Friday for almost a week on another work trip. The last little while really has been incredibly busy – I can only hope things quiet down once I get to the UK in six weeks’ time. I know for a fact that the next…

  • Whoosh

    To all my most sincere apologies: I’ve been increasingly caught up in work and my upcoming move to the UK. I’ve struggled to maintain any energy to read many blogs, never mind post to my own. In the last month or so, I’ve done far more travelling than I am…

  • Updated Links

    I know there aren’t many people who visit this site, so very few people (if any) will notice that I’ve just updated the links that you should be seeing on the right hand side of your page. I have actually been reading most of these sites’ feeds for a few…

  • The News

    In my last post, which was in November [hanging head in shame], I tantalisingly alluded to great and wonderful news that was to follow soon. As it happens, the “soon” part was highly inaccurate, given that the delay hasn’t been due to laziness on my part. On the contrary, the…

  • Where did the time go?

    It’s been weeks upon weeks since I last managed to commit anything of import to my blog, which is a pity. But it also means that I have been busy with life instead of slaving away at my blog. It would be good to integrate my blog into my life,…

  • Follow-Up Quote

    After the last quote I put up, I thought it might be worth putting up a second quote that takes a completely different stance, yet with a similar level of assumptiveness. I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but…

  • Arrogance

    This, quite simply, is the most stylishly arrogant assertion that I have come across in a long time: “Given the world that he created, it would be an impiety against God to believe in him.” – Max Morden, The Sea, John Banville It’s tough to argue with that.