Well, the easy answer is, definitely not. But just for fun, what would your social media strategy be if you were to put your newborn on the popular photo-sharing service?
If Heritage be the Food of Love, Let’s Eat!
Whether it’s the Iftar connection of breaking your fast or in the melting-potjie of Heritage Month, a reminder that wherever we come from, it’s what’s on the table that brings us together.
What I’ve Learned About Life From My 33 Social Media Profiles
When you live your life as much on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter as you do in the real world, you need to live by a set of rules that helps you tell the difference. Especially if social media is also where you make your living.
Have I been wrong about marriage all along?
(Originally posted on BrightRock Change Exchange) The best way to describe my attitude towards marriage and relationships is curmudgeonly: I…
Hey, Bro, Do You Even Know Rugby?
It sounded like a dream come true for this brand-new convert to the wonderful world of rugby. A night out at the game, with a view from a private box, to boot. Just one problem…which team are you supposed to cheer for when the game is being played at home?
Never Mind Your Job Title, Mind Your Job!
Who are you when you’re at work? Are you a middle manager, a top-ranking executive, or a chief cook and bottle-washer with delusions of grandeur? Whatever your business card may say, just be yourself and do the job you love to do.
A Non-Fan’s Guide to Surviving Super Rugby
It’s going to be a tough four months for those of us who don’t know our tries from our touchdowns, and our scrums from our lineouts. But you can do it, with a little help
Beach Running for Beginners
A complete guide to the things they never tell you about beach running, but that you’ll soon discover. As a…
Your Status Hijacking Game Is NOT About Cancer Awareness
“It’s confirmed! I’m going to be a daddy” reads a friend’s Facebook status update. So I click the ‘Like’ button…
RIP, Brave Hero
Sunday, 8 March 2015. I first saw the news of your death on Facebook, followed by the various news sites…
March In Silence
We walk in silence; tightly holding hands. It is early – very early – in the morning, and a cold…
BRIEF
There are 23 of us in the room, excluding the facilitator. 23 survivors of rape and sexual assault. 23 people…
Day #226 – Packing For The Move
Monday 2012/11/26 I am moving on Wednesday. I will be sharing a bigger home with two workmates, Werner and…
Day #225 – Many Lives, One Master
Sunday 2012/11/25 That amazing woman I had a drink with on the 19th of October lent me Dr. Brian…
Day #223 – Catching Up With Top Dawg
Friday 2012/11/23 Sunset on Strand, at Casa Del Sol, with Sphiwe T. and Steffi. Laughter, jokes, connection – these are…
Day #222 – Detox Anon
Thursday 2012/11/22 222 days of sobriety, and it’s time to take my diet a bit more seriously. Goodbye, Fizzers! ©…
Day #220 – Keeping Track
Tuesday 2012/11/20 The recovering addict can usually tell you right down to the very hour, and minute when last they…
Day #219 – Detox? MORE?
Monday 2012/11/19 Inspired by Sarah Rice, I am changing my diet. My body has already been through one hell of…
Day #218 – Walking Away
Sunday 2012/11/18 So many songs are written about this moment. So many poems, stories, blogs. So many movies, TV shows,…
Day #217 – The Break I Know Must Come…
Saturday 2012/11/17 I have isolated myself, because I can’t handle the turbulent feelings inside. This is wrong, because the isolation…
Day #216 – The Truth About The Shadows
Friday 2012/11/16 When I am stressed, or tired, or alone for prolonged periods, they come. When it is late, and…
Day #215 – Solitude & Stagnation.
Thursday 2012/11/15 I have isolated myself for weeks, now. My progress is wavering, slowing, stagnating. As a child, the make-believe…
Day #214 – Halfway Through Movember
Wednesday 2012/11/14 We’re halfway through Movember. I am quite enjoying the attention my mo’ gets me at The Hot House,…
Convergence of Thought, Word and Deed
Did you know that I have 16 blogs? Not all of them are active, but they weigh heavily on me,…
“Those who live…
“Those who live, die – but few who die, have lived” – Unknown Welcome to the new home for my…
Day #213 – Cheers, Alan!
“Cheers, Al. So long, and thanks for all the fish!” Tuesday 2012/11/13 Today we said farewell to Alan, CEO of…
Day #197 – Sunset on the Cliff
Sunday2012/10/28 Koreshini and I have been meditating during the week, in the Jonkershoek forest. Today, I accepted her invitation to…
Day #176 – DAMNED PHOTO!
Monday2012/10/08 Fuuuuuu…..ck! I forgot the photo again! © Dave Luis 2012. All rights Reserved.
Day #175 – Visits & Amends
Sunday 2012/10/07 A visit to Cape Town, to Clelland and Nanette. I have started the healing journey there, made my…
Day #174 Vision Board
Saturday 2012/10/06 Off to Paarl for Jeff’s birthday, but first, I have to stop outside my dream home and take…
Day #173 – Cheese!
Friday 2012/10/05 Cheese! A whole one, for lunch. These are things I love and live for, because I can. Little…
Day #172 – They Knew!
Thursday 2012/10/04 At the SuperStage event to represent Mxit, the goodie bag had Fizzers in – like they KNEW I…
Day #171 – Confusion?
Wednesday 2012/10/03 Lunch with Maru and Sarah, and I tried to get clever and mark the day count in my…
Day #170 – Not Always About Me
Alan and Francois with Nic and Vince and the rest of the crew who handled Mxit’s acquisition of Motribe. Tuesday…
Day #169 – Going Home
Monday 2012/10/01 Going home never felt so good. © Dave Luis 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Day #168 – The End of the World (has been postponed)
Sunday evening with Calvin, his friend and Nikita’s family. Blissful. The world did NOT end because I missed my flight……
Day #167 – Angel Noodles
Meeting up with Preston and Karen made my weekend THAT much more epic. Saturday 2012/09/29 While up in Jozi, at…
Day #166 – First Time.
Friday2012/09/28 A surprise visit to see my most beautiful friend, Katie. Nikita caught this moment on film, and when I…
Day #165 – Goose Bumps
Thursday 2012/09/27 Getting ‘Goose Bumps’ as I listen to DJ Goose’s latest tracks, prepping for Str.Crd. This is the soundtrack…
Day #164 – Off To Jozi!
Wednesday2012/09/26 Flying to Johannesburg with Nikita, for Str.Crd. Johannesburg has no power over me more. © Dave Luis 2012. All…
Day #163 – Complacency
Tuesday2012/09/25 I forgot to take the photo…I’m not OK with this, it is a sign of complacency. © Dave Luis…
Day #162 – National Heritage Day
Monday2012/09/24 While the rest of South Africa enjoyed the Heritage Day braais, I took a road trip around the peninsula,…
Subtle Semantics. Big Difference.
Embrace the power of words. It works. Yesterday, I was talking to my sponsor, and I had my big pad…
Day #161 – A Walk In The Forest
Sunday2012/09/23 Walking in the forest, the only silence is my own. Life breathes and exists and chatters and draws me…
Day #160 – Leaving Only Shadows
Saturday 2012/09/22 A weekend in Betty’s Bay with Steffi gives me time to think. Time to appreciate the real world…
Day #159 – I’m The One…
Friday 2012/09/21 Humour. Still got it. © Dave Luis 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Day #158 G.R.A.C.E.
Thursday 2012/09/20 Sarah Strauss is one of those people sent to this Earth to make you stop and think, and…
Displacement
A glorious sunrise, but my growing anxiety that I am still in Johannesburg because I missed my flight yesterday is…
Rise
© Dave Luis 2012. Al l Rights Reserved.
Day #157 – My Favourite Anony-Meets!
Wednesday2012/09/19 At Narcotics Anonymous, with D and M. Crazy fuckers, the lot of us, but that’s OK, ’cause we’re doing…
