Domestic Animal Rescue Group (DARG) Promenade Parade

Domestic Animal Rescue Group (DARG) is holding a peaceful parade in Seapoint (Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa) this coming Saturday, 25 October 2008. The gathering will start at 10:30AM at Three Anchor Bay opposite Seapoint Place and at 11:00, everyone gathered will walk to the Pavillion to hand over a Memorandum to a representative of the Mayor of the City of Cape Town. This is about some new proposed By-laws affecting animal rights. Several costumed characters will walk along.

DARG Website: http://www.darg.org.za/

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42869030751

Downloading the Animal By-Law: http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/ByLaws/Pages/Draft_by-laws.aspx

Washing Zentai suits

Last week the dilemma came up about washing Zentai suits in regards to hand or machine wash and the issue of if they are going to lose some of the colour which then dyes something else.

The good news is that machine wash is possible and no colour loss. The machine wash was fairly obvious, but I had no way of knowing in regards to the dyed colours.

The dilemma of getting new costumes for other people

The recent change in the Rand (ZAR) / Dollar (USD) exchange rate has made getting licensed costumes a really expensive thing. The shipping in particular is also expensive. The problem is that the licensed costumes are usually much better looking than the locally made ones and to some extend cheaper. I was planning to get some more costumes, but so far haven't gotten around to it.

Locating a nightclub

Last Saturday evening I wanted to attend a superhero party at a local nightclub, but I had no luck finding it. There was a mention of Lower Main road and Albert road in Saltriver, but I walked past there yesterday due to train cancellations on my way between Observatory and Saltriver train station.

New instructions are now that the place is actually a bit closer to the traffic circle towards Woodstock. I drove through that road twice last Saturday night and did not see it. The lack of numbers on buildings does not help.

In my experience, some nightclubs have got some really flimsy or hardly existing lighting on the outside, while others are visible from far away. It makes sense to be visible from a distance at night when all the other shops around are closed and dark. Trying to emulate them does not help.

Thought of the day

At my work there is a sign on the office door to remind the last ones who leave to lock up. The sign says "Please close the door when leaving".

The new thought is a different wording "Please jam the door when leaving". Essentially this means that the lucky person who leaves first is outside the office, while the rest are stuck inside.

My Captain America costume got stolen

Yet another case of a Captain America costume being stolen while it was rented by someone. This time the costume was stolen after it was taken off at an event and stored in a bag for the rest of the evening. Previously it got stolen out of a car.