The September Spot-the-Difference Competition!™

Spot 10 differences [in the drawings] and win a weekend's worth of 18th century poetry readings with Mr Mönnig!

Second prize: 2 weekends of poetry readings.

Credits: Dominique vd Merwe and Michaela Truter [both in 8J, 2017]

Thanks to Elzaan Daniels for the wit!

Jan Toeks 2017 (before)

Before everything went down...

Riekert, clarifying your "you're"...

Cocoa Oola, yesterday. Respect.

The Ruan "Big Man" van Vollenstee magic!

Is Jaco-Henri real?

Jaco-Henri ["it's with an -i, not a -y!"] is trying to persuade me that Bigfoot is real.

I'm not convinced that Jaco-Henri is real.

Jaco-Henri, trying to convince Riana that mysterious things are real.
Like, how he got to Gr.10

From the mind of Nica Reinke...

Thanks to Nica Reinke for the image!

Art by Elisabeth Cabano. "Enhancement" by Reinhardt Voges.

Thinking, informed

So, in this, only the 2nd month of a tremulous 2017, you may ask, "What is Mr Mönnig consuming daily, news-wise?"

Glad you asked. Here we go, with some well-written [in my humble opinion], witty [samesies], very liberal writing:

• VOX
• Slate
• The Atlantic
• CNN [it's the news, and not deliberately witty]
• The New Yorker Magazine [has a paywall after a few articles read per month]

Disclosure: some articles from the above sites are aimed at mature readers and audiences [thus: adults]. You have been warned. [Just in case you're reading this alongside Granny...]

Pre-birthday wishes for 11 Feb.

Thanks to Elzet "The Mossie" Mostert and others..! [Even though I only really celebrate my intra-uterine mid-natal extraction and ejection on 11 February, this day-early acknowledgement of my amazeballness is highly appreciated...] You guys are great!

Words of wisdom, by Ruan "The Big Man" Van Vollenstee

Photos: Jan van Riebeeck Interhouse Colours Athletics Day 2017

Jan van Riebeeck Interhouse Colours Athletics Day 2017

So, 20 January 2017: the Jan van Riebeeck Interhouse Colours Athletics Meet!

Beautifully cool and overcast weather [ideal for the athletes], made for a really comfortable and effective sports meet. And of all the various elements in play, of none am I more proud than my team of data-crunching wizards. Without them the various points and scores would not have been processed, and no winners would have had medals awarded at the end.

My dream team for 2017 -- Danielle Jordaan [Gr.12], Reinhardt Voges, Michaela Knipe, Nica Reinke, Amy Harvey and Trystan Abrahams [all Gr.11]. 

Folks, thanks to you for ensuring that we can probably have this great gig again in 2018!

Foreground: Amy Harvey and Danielle Jordaan

Dan, Harvey, Michaela

Michaela Knipe and Reinhardt Voges [with the ghost of Trystan passing behind them; thanks a lot, sluggish Google Camera app!]

Standing and lurking: Nica Reinke

Michaela and Voges

Dan and Harvey

Trystan -- apologies for no majestic pic of you; you have proven to be as elusive as the uncommon unicorn...!

And our valued junior clerks: Andrea Middleton and Belinda Koekemoer!