http://www.spinspanner.com Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:24:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.spinspanner.com/2012/01/last-stand-of-a-south-african-hero/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2012/01/last-stand-of-a-south-african-hero/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:17:51 +0000 GaryM http://www.spinspanner.com/?p=430 Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2012/01/last-stand-of-a-south-african-hero/feed/ 0 http://www.spinspanner.com/2011/07/the-heartland/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2011/07/the-heartland/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:07:35 +0000 GaryM http://www.spinspanner.com/?p=400 Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2011/07/the-heartland/feed/ 1 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/11/the-little-engine-that-could/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/11/the-little-engine-that-could/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:09:02 +0000 GaryM http://www.spinspanner.com/?p=339 I've been thinking about promises the past while... Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/11/the-little-engine-that-could/feed/ 3 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/11/credo-mutwa-painting/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/11/credo-mutwa-painting/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:51:09 +0000 GaryM http://www.spinspanner.com/?p=325 Following a request from a friend, here is a painting given to me by Credo Mutwa, along with a few photographs I took around his house. Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/11/credo-mutwa-painting/feed/ 0 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/10/the-algebra-has-a-devil-for-a-sidekick/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/10/the-algebra-has-a-devil-for-a-sidekick/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:14:52 +0000 GaryM http://www.spinspanner.com/?p=299 Is there still breathing room for careless sensationalism in the looming battle between the radical factions of Islam and Christianity? A rebuttal of Ivo Vegter's view. Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/10/the-algebra-has-a-devil-for-a-sidekick/feed/ 3 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/08/russia-2009/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/08/russia-2009/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:04:56 +0000 GaryM http://www.spinspanner.com/?p=288 A few pictures of our trip to Russia in 2009. Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/08/russia-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/whale-trail-revisited/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/whale-trail-revisited/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:30:49 +0000 GaryM http://spinspanner.com/?p=275 Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/whale-trail-revisited/feed/ 3 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/the-one-truth/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/the-one-truth/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:18:20 +0000 GaryM http://spinspanner.com/?p=265 I write this with my own blood, though I know it will not be read. I cannot say for sure how much time I have left, how long these doors will hold back the seething bubbling anger of the priests that clamor to extinguish the last flames of my consciousness. Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/the-one-truth/feed/ 0 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/whimsy-and-johnny-b-goode/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/whimsy-and-johnny-b-goode/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:07:35 +0000 GaryM http://spinspanner.com/?p=223 Voyager 1 carries with it the greetings of mankind into the unimaginably vast reaches of interstellar space, in the form of a golden record. Inscribed on the record are the words “The Sounds of Earth” and it contains greetings, sounds, music, and images of the people of Earth. Among the artefacts on this record is the record's only example of rock and roll, the song Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry. Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/whimsy-and-johnny-b-goode/feed/ 0 http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/gansbaai/ http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/gansbaai/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:00:50 +0000 GaryM http://spinspanner.com/?p=213 Continue reading →]]> http://www.spinspanner.com/2010/07/gansbaai/feed/ 0