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2010.02.10: For Marie
2009.12.11: Since Practically Everything Else Has Been Broken, I Might As Well Break My Silence Too
2009.11.11: Sydney Banda Blows New Life Into Pennywhistle With Groovin'
2009.11.07: Petting (This One's For All Ex-Girlfriends Out There)
2009.11.02: Upbeat Update
2009.10.28: Scared
2009.10.23: But Apparently I DO Have The Sort Of Face That Can Inspire Writing Contests (NOT!)
2009.09.26: Apparently A Fat Face Can Only Help For SO Long
2009.09.22: Making A Killing Is Much Harder Than It Looks
2009.09.14: More Proof That Mathematics Has Never Been My Strong Suit
2009.08.20: The Voice
2009.07.21: Back to Jack
2009.07.20: Redsaid Officially Welcomes The Esteemed Members Of The Lotus Fleet
2009.07.01: Alive-Alive-Oh (But A Bit Twisted)
2009.06.18: Thissss one issss essspecially for Aunty & Marco
2009.06.15: Out of the Closssset
2009.04.29: Miss Independent
2009.04.18: Bitchy
2009.03.25: Short and Tweet
2009.03.18: Jack, I've finally figured it out!
2009.03.15: At this rate, I'll have to rename it the Jacksquat Project!
2009.03.05: Showing Up and Showing Off About It.
2009.03.04: And Jack and I? We're not off to a good start...
2009.03.03: Jack and I: The Beginning
2009.02.04: Ash Wednesday
2009.01.21: Re(d)solutions 2009
2008.12.22: You'd better watch out
2008.12.16: Do you know what's even worse than being woken up by the house alarm a few days after you were robbed?
2008.12.16: Things that go bump in the night
2008.12.14: Crime the Beloved Country, Part... well, we've lost count, haven't we?
2008.12.11: My Cheatin' Clichéd Heart
2008.12.04: If she's a foodjunkie, what would that make me? A junkfoodie!
2008.11.20: Pimping on behalf of the Cowboys
2008.11.12: Apparently my Saturday Horrorscope was a day off with their prediction
2008.11.11: Blown Away
2008.11.10: NaBloOncAWeOrAForNi(OrWheEv)Mo
2008.10.30: Because I can't even think of a title...
2008.10.05: The truth about dogs
2008.09.19: It was much worse than it sounded and it sounded REALLY bad
2008.08.29: Because this is my last day of putting the Three in Thirty-Three
2008.08.20: Rag(el) to Riches
2008.08.15: Campaigning harder than Barack Obama at a KKK gathering
2008.08.05: Can I twist?
2008.07.22: And I didn't even have to eat a single worm
2008.06.15: Our Fathers
2008.05.30: Vox Horribilis
2008.05.28: Thank goodneth 'Four' doethn't contain an eth!
2008.05.25: A Crime for the Digital Era - Wasted on the Likes of Me!
2008.05.20: Last Call
2008.04.17: Pope Envy
2008.04.16: Fixed up yet still mixed up
2008.03.24: Heartbreak
2008.03.21: No Easter Bunnies Were Harmed During This Exercise...
2008.03.20: Warning: This attempt at fiction might cause unpleasant friction to your eyes... and brain...
2008.03.19: Vote for Red in the 2008 SA Blog Awards and Win! (AKA Shameless Bribery and Exploitation)
2008.03.09: Here are the answers... no idea what the questions were, though!
2008.03.07: Coming at you ALIVE from a feed reader near you!
2008.03.02: Miss Redsaid Regrets
2007.12.03: Woot!!
2007.11.15: Where will it end, smarty pants?
2007.11.14: Driving Me Crazy Part II (A belated continuation of my brake-dancing)
2007.11.13: Touched up for the very first time
2007.11.02: Driving me crazy (in which I slightly overuse ALL CAPS)
2007.10.30: Neanderthal, huh?
2007.10.20: Nessun Dorma
2007.10.20: Rugby, apparently it isn't just a town in England
2007.10.17: Not even muted, just ignored
2007.10.12: Satellite made the radio star
2007.09.21: Rest in pieces
2007.09.14: Suddenly I don't care about that stupid fame/fortune job anymore
2007.09.12: Question: Fame without fortune?
2007.09.06: It's like satellite television for the blind
2007.08.30: Ancient
2007.08.27: Stupefied...
2007.08.24: My Perfect City Challenge Entry
2007.08.10: My job: The closest I'll ever come to being a celebrity
2007.08.07: In your Facebook
2007.08.02: Starting to feel more and more like home
2007.08.01: Re(d)vision
2007.06.21: Winter Solstice
2007.06.18: Tales from the Cryptic
2007.06.07: How would you feel?
2007.06.07: Diagnosis: Negative
2007.05.30: Now I know why he never even TRIED getting to second base
2007.05.29: Conversation with a three-year-and-one-day old blog
2007.05.28: Interview with a 3-year old blog
2007.05.18: In the closet
2007.05.03: Mi Casa
2007.04.19: My Big News
2007.04.13: Happy Friday 13th!
2007.04.04: Upheaval
2007.04.02: Girls who have shoulder bones have no right to be funny too
2007.03.27: Do not try this at North American/European/Middle Eastern/Asian/Australian/South American airports
2007.03.23: A real nightmare
2007.03.19: 'Allo!? 'Allo? Can you hear me now?
2007.03.15: Being a gossip blogumnist could be awarding...
2007.02.20: Floored
2007.02.14: Commitment Phobe
2007.02.13: Again, no comment, thanks to the Dumbo spammers
2007.02.12: Blogging for Books: Dreams
2007.01.26: Interview (well, just the answers without any questions, really) with a gossip blogumnist
2007.01.04: It's ALMOST better than a new lapdog
2007.01.02: I'm too scared to wish for a happy new year, in case I jinx myself.
2006.12.26: R.I.P.
2006.12.24: A moment of silence, please
2006.12.02: No Comment
2006.12.01: Forgotten, but not gone
2006.10.17: Site-seeing.
2006.10.13: Purrrfect Snack for Friday the 13th
2006.10.11: Dear Redsaid the blog
2006.09.17: Suicide Notes
2006.09.01: I shall repeat myself until you quit ignoring me!
2006.08.25: An Introduction
2006.08.15: Senior Moments
2006.08.04: Crime the Beloved Country, Part II
2006.08.01: A grainy glimpse into my world
2006.07.28: Reality Bytes
2006.07.07: Others dream of snogging, I dream of blogging
2006.06.24: If you love something...
2006.05.28: Two for my baby
2006.05.23: Sonnet (well, sort of) from the South African Internet Addict – with thanks and apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2006.05.18: Lots of dining. No whining.
2006.05.17: Prêt-à-Porter
2006.05.13: Holy Grandma Moses!
2006.05.10: The Big Sixth
2006.05.08: Re(d)suscitated
2006.04.27: Things I miss about the States/Things I don't
2006.04.22: Mug Shot
2006.04.19: Re(d)porting for duty. WHADOYOUMEAN I should stop inserting a (d) in words that don't even contain the letter "d" in order to make my own lame play on words? WHADOYOUMEAN the title for this post is too long?
2006.04.08: Back in the Nest... Again
2006.04.06: Typical of my luck...
2006.04.03: The Second Leg of my Repatriation Begins
2006.03.30: Serenity Finally Dawned On Me
2006.03.28: All that Jazz
2006.03.24: Hostage
2006.03.22: Yes, Eengleesh Ees Not Our Mother Tongue
2006.03.20: The Interrogator
2006.03.17: An Attempt At Creative Writing (Okay, who am I kidding? It's an attempt at WRITING, never mind trying to get all creative about it.)
2006.03.05: Montevue Farm (and a short detour into my heart)
2006.03.03: ~~Demanding~~ ~~Asking Nicely~~ Shamelessly Begging for your votes
2006.03.01: My nephew is a stoner...
2006.02.24: Sorry Rap About Glad Wrap
2006.02.14: Valentines Day Massacre
2006.02.10: The Day I Changed My Name To Redsad
2006.01.27: Post-Travelling Blues
2006.01.09: This one is especially for my first anonymous commenter
2006.01.04: Crime, the beloved Country
2005.12.27: Homecoming Queen
2005.12.16: Still alive
2005.11.30: Please don't delete me!!!!
2005.11.24: Thanksgiving
2005.11.20: Tagged (but luckily not bagged)
2005.11.11: Nine, Nege, Neun, Neuf, Nueve
2005.11.03: Dlogging with the Bookstore Diva
2005.10.31: HAUNTED by yet another missed DEADline
2005.10.20: Red Needs (a life?)
2005.10.20: Cherry and his bevy of bloghers
2005.10.13: Yippeeee!
2005.10.12: Not to be a naysayer, but first I wondered...
2005.10.11: Smashing Weekend
2005.09.27: Bugged
2005.09.21: If I felt any crummier...
2005.09.14: Separation Anxiety
2005.08.31: And I didn't even have to exfoliate
2005.08.30: Introducing Miss Liberty
2005.08.30: Screwed
2005.08.26: I can show you the way to BBombay
2005.08.19: A brief interruption from the Melo-Drama of my past
2005.08.16: Weepy Post Part II
2005.08.15: Work in Progress
2005.08.12: Weepy Post
2005.08.09: A Retro-Meme
2005.08.05: I know this is old news to most, but...
2005.08.04: Post Cards from the Edge of Reason
2005.07.29: My sordid past
2005.07.28: Engravements
2005.07.21: Tearing my eyes away from my Amazing Internet Television Shows...
2005.07.13: Quietly Proud Club Member
2005.07.13: The hair is still red, the complexion still too white for my own liking, but now I'm beginning to feel very blue
2005.07.06: Don't get any ideas!!!!
2005.07.02: Getting there, the last leg
2005.07.01: This blog has gone to the dog
2005.06.30: On Second Thoughts
2005.06.27: They Don't Just Ring Your Doorbell Anymore
2005.06.26: DSL for Dummies (like me)
2005.06.23: Take THAT, you stupid spammers!
2005.06.22: Soaring
2005.06.21: Flight Risk
2005.06.20: Spam Watch 2005
2005.06.16: Red's definition of a vacation
2005.06.03: A how to be a Poet poem
2005.06.03: I don't want to be that slacking slasher your mom's always warned you about
2005.05.28: You never know who might stumble across your blog
2005.05.26: Hero-acquisition is a hobby of mine
2005.05.22: I've Been Tagged!
2005.05.21: Not exactly like Thoreau, but...
2005.05.15: Weekend Sports Philosophy
2005.05.12: HEEEEEEEEEEELP!
2005.05.10: Funny Boy
2005.05.09: Blogging for Books
2005.05.06: Hors d’oeuvres
2005.05.05: Goodbye, Car
2005.05.01: May Day, Glorious Day
2005.04.26: The road to hell isn't paved with good intentions. In fact, it's not paved at all. It's a paper trail. And there are crumbs too, and clothes, and books, and...
2005.04.22: Earth: The best place for humans to stay (even though gravity's a bit of a drag)
2005.04.21: Hope - and I have the Catholics to thank for it!
2005.04.15: Ransom Note
2005.04.11: Blogging for Books
2005.04.09: Slapty bum!
2005.04.08: I have a new hero to add to my collection
2005.04.06: Times they are a-changing
2005.04.01: Technical Difficulties, and that's no April Fool's joke!
2005.04.01: U.S. CONGRESS PASSES BILL GRANTING AMNESTY TO ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS!
2005.03.30: Limesick
2005.03.26: Feverish Copy Writing
2005.03.24: Not M.I.A.
2005.03.21: I want a man who will fight for my honour
2005.03.18: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
2005.03.17: Green Kegs and Ham
2005.03.16: RE(D)PRESENT!
2005.03.15: The acronym CHOCOLAT means addiction
2005.03.11: The Friday G-Mail Give-Away
2005.03.08: Unsung Cartoon Song
2005.03.07: Two Bloggers with One Stone
2005.03.04: On the Campaign Trail
2005.03.04: I love the java juice and it loves me: Ode to coffee
2005.03.02: You Know You Need More Sleep When
2005.03.02: Turns out Red readers don't like serials very much, so I'll have to wrap this up: Gig, the Grande Finale
2005.02.28: Gig, the third of ~~three~~ FOUR (you've been warned!) parts
2005.02.25: Gig Part Deux
2005.02.24: Gig
2005.02.23: Nessun Dorma
2005.02.22: Another Red-rospective
2005.02.21: Moonlight Sonata
2005.02.18: Holy Batman, Moses!
2005.02.17: In my ongoing quest for a suitable career, yet another option is forever eliminated
2005.02.14: The Risky Business of Risk-Taking - Not starring Tom Cruise
2005.02.13: To all the guys who leave the toilet seat up, a love letter
2005.02.09: So yeah, we know it can get you fired, but can it get you hired?
2005.02.09: Just When We Thought That She Couldn't Get Any More Famous
2005.02.08: Five in Oh-Five
2005.02.07: Seaworthy Maiden
2005.02.05: How Does One Relieve Oneself When There Are Men Working On The Roof
2005.02.03: Eye Squared
2005.02.02: No matter which way you pronounce it, I'm utterly delighted
2005.02.01: If you want presents for no reason whatsoever...
2005.01.31: Brace Yerselves: She's Red Again
2005.01.19: Red is Blue
2005.01.13: Fortune Cookie
2005.01.12: If the D*R*E*A*D*M*I*L*L could sing
2005.01.10: "Dr. Orin Scriveeeeello, your next patient is here!"
2005.01.07: It's Friday!
2005.01.06: Become a PRO-Crastinator! Join later!
2005.01.04: A Post Traumatic Christmas Story
2005.01.03: If you love me you'll send me hate mail
2004.12.31: Intact
2004.12.29: This better not be deducted from my total
2004.12.28: "Disleksick" conversations
2004.12.27: Not exactly Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood Watch (Or: In a former life I must've been a criminal)
2004.12.26: Hung Over and Just Plain Tired
2004.12.25: Santa Before Christmas
2004.12.24: Deck the halls, part deux
2004.12.23: Okay, so it's not about a dog, but I don't feel like creating a whole new cat-egory
2004.12.22: Christmas Card-inal Rule #1
2004.12.16: Cures for Ears
2004.12.14: Deck the halls. And walls. And streets. And trees. But be a deer and don't disrupt my biorhythm.
2004.12.13: Peeking out from under the duvet
2004.12.08: Telegram
2004.12.05: Question of the Day... and speak up, child, for I can't hear you!
2004.12.03: 'Tis Such Cruelty...
2004.12.01: Camera Obscura
2004.12.01: Geek Streak Ends
2004.11.30: Let's Feast and Avenge a Traumatic Childhood Event
2004.11.28: My Horrorscope made me not do it
2004.11.25: I Love Mice!
2004.11.24: Thank Houston!
2004.11.22: Shakespeare hath gone to da Doggz
2004.11.21: Spam with Sole
2004.11.19: Flush Dance
2004.11.18: Why bother with a quack when you can get a real maggot instead?
2004.11.15: How dost thou slow dance when 'tis an Internet Romance?
2004.11.14: Under Attack
2004.11.12: Elusive Inbox: 1.
2004.11.11: Fly Revival 101
2004.11.11: Happy Un-niversary!
2004.11.09: Flies DO Get Dizzy
2004.11.07: Did You Know?
2004.11.06: Unleashed Elsewhere
2004.11.04: Equal Opportunistic Employer Seeking Slave
2004.11.03: In an attempt to find a bright side, hold it directly under the sun
2004.11.02: Grate My Soul Then Allow Me To Astound You With My Logic
2004.11.01: Red, White and Blue II
2004.10.31: Pumpkin Time!
2004.10.28: Litte Lulu and the gigantic Grenada
2004.10.26: Why Medical Encyclopedias are Very Bad for your health
2004.10.25: Who is a multi-millionaire?
2004.10.23: Wedding Belle
2004.10.22: Spam Explosion?
2004.10.21: Hey, Spambots!
2004.10.21: Comment on the Comments
2004.10.20: Biggest Loser
2004.10.19: Nostalgia
2004.10.17: Desperate Domestic Diva
2004.10.15: Buy a Guy? Hire a Sire?
2004.10.14: Invite us to your Housewarming
2004.10.13: What Gives?
2004.10.07: Blacklist this one
2004.10.05: Net Detective
2004.09.30: Liquorice All Sorts (But it involves blackmail)
2004.09.26: Beginnings and Endings
2004.09.23: Bad News
2004.09.16: New Discoveries.
2004.09.14: Testing Again.
2004.09.11: Happy Birthday!
2004.09.10: Out of sight, ingrained in Mind
2004.09.08: I would like the one who pulled the trigger
2004.09.07: Illiterate but maybe sometimes funny Muse
2004.09.06: Red-rospective
2004.09.06: If not best, at least in show!
2004.09.05: T-t-testing, again.
2004.09.04: I'd rather be blogging than jogging
2004.09.03: Testing
2004.08.30: The 30th on the 30th
2004.08.25: Blog Neglect
2004.08.18: How much is 38 in dog years?
2004.08.17: Potty Humour
2004.08.15: Friday the 13th showed up a day late
2004.08.14: Bearing a Basketball is quite Laborious
2004.08.14: Another one down
2004.08.10: First Review
2004.08.06: I'm not fat, I just happen to play a pregnant woman on stage
2004.08.05: Happiest Moments
2004.08.05: Telegram
2004.07.31: There was Silence until the Empty Cyber Space Seemed to Echo
2004.07.20: "Awlready Draaawlin'"
2004.07.17: Confessions of a~~n old~~, ~~mature~~, 20-somethin' (at least for a little while longer!) Drama Queen.
2004.07.11: Geek Out!
2004.07.10: The post I bored Stacy's readers with
2004.07.08: Of Mice and Policemen
2004.07.07: It's Raining...
2004.07.06: Missing Links
2004.07.05: EEEEEK!
2004.07.04: Red, White and Blue
2004.07.03: The Ice Cream Man Cometh
2004.07.02: Q & A
2004.07.01: Red on Show
2004.06.30: The Stages of Moving
2004.06.29: Wanna look like a star?
2004.06.28: Purring Dog?
2004.06.27: Test 2.
2004.06.26: Grunt Slam
2004.06.25: Testing
2004.06.25: Skylight Blue
2004.06.24: NOW do I get to be a geek?
2004.06.23: Spaced-Out South African!
2004.06.22: Nightmare!
2004.06.21: Unphotogenic
2004.06.20: Unflappable Goose
2004.06.19: Playbill
2004.06.18: The Play is the Thing
2004.06.17: Who is Jeopardy Savant?
2004.06.16: Happy Bloggeversary, Emily!
2004.06.15: The lessons that can be learned from watching crappy T.V.
2004.06.14: Scales (and it has nothing to do with weight)
2004.06.13: Overdressed but always fabulous
2004.06.12: How does one begin to devour an elephant?
2004.06.11: Look Mom, it's Namedropping Strange-Talkin' South African Invaders!
2004.06.10: Are you feeling bookish?
2004.06.09: What's in a name, oh new and wannabe parents?
2004.06.08: Please make it stop!
2004.06.07: Termination
2004.06.06: Homesick list
2004.06.05: Survivors ready?
2004.06.04: My first Meme!
2004.06.03: How to Eat (Without having to read or prepare a single thing from Nigella Lawson's cookbook by the same title.)
2004.06.02: In America
2004.06.01: Poetry in Motion
2004.05.31: "Illlitiritblogggir.com?"
2004.05.30: Strange New Species?
2004.05.29: Still gushing maple syrup.
2004.05.29: Self-tan Hoedown... A Summer's Tale Part I
2004.05.28: Winning a blog is the new diet
2004.05.28: Wow...
2004.05.28: Congrats, Redsaid!
2004.05.28: Eight Reasons...
2004.05.28: Most Embarrassing Moment
2004.05.26: Whistling with Wolves

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is a South African girl living in South Africa. That doesn't sound very original, we know, but you might find it remotely interesting when you learn that she has only recently returned to South Africa for the first time after a nine year, one month and two week (non-stop!) stint in the United States where she accidentally became an outlawed alien (also known, especially in immigration circles, as an 'illegal immigrant.' We prefer the term 'outlawed alien' ourselves). During her reversed exile from her homeland, she kept herself occupied by winning this website (but only after shamelessly bribing the judges) and thus being unleashed on the web where she slowly, leisurely became the World's Laziest Blogger; by being a nanny and by attending sci-fi conventions in search of other aliens. In the US, she also made her sailing debut, her international acting debut, tried and failed to learn the piano, and never learned to cook. She is hopelessly addicted to coffee, dogs (especially Labrador Retrievers), how-to books (with a particular fondness for her copy of the Time/Life A - Z Medical Encyclopedia), and she tends to grossly overuse parentheses (we're not kidding) during her attempts at writing, which you may - if you really have masochistic tendencies - subject yourself to by reading the words to the right of this column. If you REALLY and truly STILL want to know more, you can read her C.V. here.
Or you can ~~stalk her~~ send her some love via e-mail at: redsaid[AT]gmail[DOT]com

On 3 March 2009 she was overcome by an apparent fit of ambition (or just plain insanity?) when she had the crazy idea to - within one year - try and complete all 400 of the writing exercises in The Writer's Idea Book by Jack Heffron.<--- EPIC FAIL!

The Wish List (Because yes, she really does need more how-to books. Honestly!)

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Redsaid : Duchess! Before you come to your senses and stop reading this extremely neglected little blog, welco... [go]
the Duchess : Hi RedSaid! I found your blog through Res's blog (isn't Res the greatest!) and in reading your lef... [go]
Redsaid : Hey Res! It's so lovely to hear from you again! Oh my word! I can't believe you were here and didn't... [go]
Res : I am very curious to get an update on this one - have you heard good news from Marie? I was in your... [go]
Civil Twilight : Check out this great band from S.A.... [go]
Aiping Wang Fulepp : The main thing parents have the power to change in this area is to become more honest with children ... [go]
TerraShield : I'm quite sure she will appreciate the gesture... and I suppose she'll definitely remember you if yo... [go]
Redsaid : Thanks Terra. I've decided that, should my friend NOT call, then I'll just resort to snail mail and ... [go]
TerraShield : No it is not (imho). I suppose your thoughts just went to her in hearing that something so tragic ha... [go]
Eldrick Woods : Happy New Year 2010! Ms. Red. Should we say the year as "Two Thousand Ten" or "Twenty-Ten"? Numeri... [go]