John Vlismas must be, in our opinion, one of the smartest people we know. We know a lot of smart people and consider ourselves smart mo’fo’s too, so that’s saying a lot. But not only is he an awesome comedian, being intellectually creative, he’s creative with his hands too. Dude, give the rest of us a chance here!

Join John (the Jo’blog boys will be there too) for his debut exhibition. Should be awesome.

Telana Simpson is one amazing woman. She started a project over 2 years ago to try trade office space, for one matchstick.

Eh? You may be asking yourself. Yup, that’s right, but not a direct trade. She’s trading up incrementally to finally get the offices she dreams of for her company, as well as contributing some space to mentoring a start-up entrepreneurial enterprise.

Her trades so far: One matchstick for a green ballpoint pen for a fluffy frog for 3 business books for 18 bottles of wine for a holiday in Utopia for 3 grand cash for a balloon safari with champagne breakfast for two.

If I’m not mistaken, right now she’s looking for an iPhone to trade for the balloon safari.

Any takers to fulfill this dream?

Right, so, I’ve never been the biggest lover of rainy days. People always think I’m crazy, saying things like “But you can snuggle up on the couch with some popcorn and a movie” or “It’s the best weather to have sex”.

Now, I totally understand those points.

But…

When last have you snuggled up to a movie when it’s raining? How often do you shag when it’s raining? These things are ONLY possible on the weekend, and if you don’t have other things to sort out on the weekend you must have a pretty easy (read: boring) life. I always have things to do on the weekend. Shopping. Socialising. Gym. Work. The occasional extreme sport. I don’t have time to do nothing, which is my fault, perhaps, but this is what I choose. Apart from helping things grow, the rain sucks. Why?

1. People drive terribly…

2. …causing more accidents

3. It erodes the road I live in

4. It messes with my hair

5. It hides the sun

6. It makes everything wet and slippery

7. Thousands of people have to wash their cars the following day

8. It makes dogs smelly

9. You can’t go for a walk in the park, or on the beach

10. It makes emo kids happy. Which defeats the point of being emo.

There are probably more reasons, but at this point I think these will suffice. Go away rain, I want hot sun and plenty of it. Ta.