Beautiful People
By Tom Brown
Rainbow Soldiers
- 377 reads
A mathematical defence
Having grown up in a rural Afrikaner community Prof Sauer once told me the following story:
- Read more about A mathematical defence
- 15 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 4702 reads
A Tribute to Selby Logan
In Memory of Selby Logan ( 1934 – 2007 ) Pretoria , August 2007 (Originally) Thank-you for the privilege to speak on behalf of the Brown family. To...
- Read more about A Tribute to Selby Logan
- 5 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1033 reads
Jacques: Picking up pebbles
Picking up pebbles and throwing them into the sea See the days of my childhood The white foam comes washing them all back to me When he was still a...
- Read more about Jacques: Picking up pebbles
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1494 reads
Jacques: Whole of the Moon
My brother is a lover and a poet, an unashamed dreamer with a brilliant fearless imagination. I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the Moon –...
- Read more about Jacques: Whole of the Moon
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1343 reads
Love & Chess
Chess is the ultimate board game but one could easily overdo it. Especially youngsters because the ambition always is to be the best, to be world...
- Read more about Love & Chess
- Log in to post comments
- 406 reads
Mamma
She worked for the education department for more than forty years. At the start it was mostly private companies and computer programming. These were...
- Read more about Mamma
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 724 reads
Mr B and The E.
The Kruger Park Just graduated and full of love of abstraction enthusiasm and vigour I attended my first conference, paid for entirely with saved pocket money.
- Read more about Mr B and The E.
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1018 reads
Mr P and Mr B
There I fell in love with his daughter but soon found him much more interesting company. Since my friends and those guys said he was a master “ 'n...
- Read more about Mr P and Mr B
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 970 reads
My Father
My father could be a pig. My father was fat and sweaty and shiny. He was a slob. He was dirty, ugly and nasty, crude and obscene. He could get rowdy...
- Read more about My Father
- 5 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1387 reads
The Mathematician
One could go to his office with a problem anytime. It was correspondence university so there weren't too many students to be a bother. You could ask...
- Read more about The Mathematician
- 9 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1589 reads
19th Hole
Tried golf I never really understood the rules, except for the 19th hole but always got a high score. It's a senseless pastime I was more into...
- Read more about 19th Hole
- 8 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 699 reads
The Engineers
Jacks is the only guy I know of who hit a lecturer. Jacks is a big strong man they had an argument he punched the guy in the face with the fist. Look...
- Read more about The Engineers
- Log in to post comments
- 139 reads
SuperSneaker
One friday after school I was short a player for a league match the guy dropped me I had to fill my team. The Sneaker joked he knew the moves I put...
- Read more about SuperSneaker
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 163 reads
The escape artist
Budgies don't sing but a happily chit-chatter hopping around all the time chatting pleasantly very much like sparrows. A brain as big as half a pea a...
- Read more about The escape artist
- 14 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 184 reads
The Oupa and the Sea
My Afrikaans Grandfather Beer and jokes weekend golf and holidays and practising his swing, they said his drive wasn't so far but it was straight. He...
- Read more about The Oupa and the Sea
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 54 reads