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The comedic genius that is Brendan Jack has come together in a new book: EMPIRE: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family

Straight from the website’s pages:

Do you enjoy laughing and being successful? Then get
EMPIRE: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family

A comedy memoir about strange family history, business sense and becoming a marketing guru and triumphant human being.

If you want to increase productivity, ban something.
It’s impossible to maintain business dignity with sweet gravy smeared across your cheeks.
They don’t handcuff you in first class.
As Samson demonstrated, going bald ruins lives.

Unpaid Readers Say:
‘Very, very funny’ ~ Diane
‘Your book totally rocks’ ~ Dean
‘Funny stuff, great writing’ ~ Cheryl
‘I learnt a lot’ ~ Jayn
‘Pretty hilarious’ ~ Andrew
‘Very entertaining’ ~ Maya
‘Very funny. So many ideas on each page’ ~ John

You can buy the book straight from Amazon for the price of a cappuccino.

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Yesterday the various areas that I live and work in were hit pretty badly during Eskom’s loadshedding.

So here are some things you should think about doing in your time in the dark:

1. Make sure your Laptop is charged and watch a movie or a few episodes of a new series (I suggest Jericho).

2. If it’s evening and you’re at home, have a braai. I did this last night. Instead of making it a typical braai that involves meat and the like I put a pan on the grill and cooked extra things as well. Some fried onions, bacon bits and anything else that you might like. This actually made for a great meal and wonderful evening whether there are lights or not.

3. Open up a bottle of your favourite wine and get wasted!

4. Sit in your garden and have a look at the stars, conversation will flow from there, unless you’re alone. In that case attempt a conversation with yourself, I find those most entertaining.

5. Light as many candles as you have (without burning down your house) and read a good book or any book for that matter).

6. Go on an electricity hunt. Get in your car and drive to a place you’ve never been before. Find a restaurant and have a meal there.

7. Test your emergency capabilities. In other words, see if your household is ready for the apocalypse. Gas heaters, lights and cookers are a must, batteries in excess, frozen food (not for long), stockpiles of everything. If you find that in the dark you can’t get around and don’t have everything take a weekend to sort that out.

What do you do in the loadshedding frenzies?

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