Ronald Irwin

• Paige Nick's novel A Million Miles from Normal to be launched at Exclusive Books Constantia 25 March @ 6 PM http://bit.ly/bbx14i #
• Thursday 25 March #launch for A Million Miles From Normal Exclusive #Books, Constantia Village in Cape Town. 6 PM. http://bit.ly/9fFc9l #
• #TommyHilfiger brand naming bought for $3.3 bil. Biggest deal in #fashion history. http://bit.ly/djAkTk #
• #Maalox #branding could make your stomach bleed. #Nice. http://bit.ly/d1Z8hb #
• http://twitpic.com/193ku7 – Julius Malema wearing a Gucci baseball hat to meet Jub Jub in jail. Words. fail. #
• Let's face it. If #MichaelMoore is against the #health care #bill, it stinks. http://bit.ly/bsT3fS #
• I want to be a #tanning butler at the #Ritz. failing that, I want the $30 #t-shirt http://bit.ly/cr644S #
• You can’t be a country unless you have a beer and an airline-it helps if you have a football team, or some nukes, but you need a beer. #
• How to be a #Genius http://nyti.ms/cLblgO #
• if you are thinking about having #kids, really, think again. #
• is the unofficial airline carrier for the you-know-what #
• Quote of the day: #fuck you, pay me. #
• Did my best Hannibal Lector voice over the intercom to a missionary lady at the door. She left literature in the mailbox, took off. LOLZ #
• #Factoid of day: 80% more #Rolex divers' watch owners use the rotating #bezel to time their parking meters than to actually time a #dive. #
• I'm one of those everyday #weird people. #JanisJoplin #

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On Thursday 25 March the launch for client Paige Nick’s ridiculously funny novel A Million Miles From Normal will happen at Exclusive Books, Constantia Village in Cape Town. 6 PM. You can check out Paige’s blog to discover what kind of person she is, and what kind of launch this is likely to be…. http://amillionmilesfromnormal.blogspot.com/

• Looks #Disney needs to call #Rapunzel #Tangled to attract boys..don't think they'll be fooled http://bit.ly/5Jhzq #
• #Obama naming and #branding in trouble–don't call your pharmacy "Obama Pharmacy" http://bit.ly/cfPZaV #
• Good Cape Town #tunes: #CaptainStu and the Llamas. http://bit.ly/aPQxzr #
• Calculate the #worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of #art by the harm that is spoken of it. #Flaubert #
• So #Sex.Com is being sold to the highest bidder. Looking for $16m+ Figures. How did this fail? http://bit.ly/bA8Li6 #
• Real #Church Sign: Stop, Drop and Roll Doesn't Work in Hell #
• Another real church sign: Jesus Will Never Retire or Get Traded to the Jets #
• Another real church sign: Google Doesn't Have All The Answers #
• The eBook version of Nature's Watchmaker by #genius client John Thompson is now available. Universe=explained http://bit.ly/cUmBUD #
• #Weirdest #book #title: Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter http://bit.ly/bBCers #
• F+cking plumber routed hot water through the toilet. It's like shitting in a jacuzzi. #SteamingDookie #
• Oh Jesus #onlinedating is so #weird. A female friend of mine has seen it all http://bit.ly/dpchc2 #
• How to get #laid. Step 1. http://twitpic.com/185uc7 #
• Hey Winnie #Mandela? Mother of the Nation? Iron lady? Do not drink and interview. #fatdumbfuck http://bit.ly/cjdKLc #
• http://twitpic.com/18d9ri – Camps Bay, Cape Town. Dawn. Love it. #
• Reclaimed, centuries old #wood. Great #furniture. #Flooring. Incredible. http://buffalobarnboard.com/ #
• 1st black #artist to show in the SA National Gallery. A world phenomenon. A #genius. A 60 yr old #mystery. Solved. http://bit.ly/bcx2jS #
• A new low in #branding, #naming and #trademarks: Slap Ya Mama spices just won a suit v Punch Ya Daddy. Smack 'em both. http://bit.ly/bPJtv3 #

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• Had to Happen #LauraCroft killed the #TombRaider #branding naming http://bit.ly/5Jhzq #
• Ronald Irwin is apparently an "aggressive, conceited, arrogant, rude American". So unfair. I have impeccable table manners #
• #Online #creativewriting course going very well. 40 great messages of support and thanks. Publishers asking to see MSS. http://bit.ly/48AWnR #

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• JP Rossouw's Tasting the Cape: March 2010 Vintage http://book.co.za/Jco7 #

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Happiness is having a wine expert as a client. I am pleased to note that Penguin will be releasing client JP Rossouw’s Tasting the Cape at the beginning of March. This is the definitive guide for wine lovers that now only tells you where to find the best wines, but also the best places to eat and sleep in the  Cape Winelands. It’s written by  one of the country’s premier wine and food reviewers, author of Rossouw’s Restaurants.

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• Cape Peninsula Birdlife: An Introduction to better Birdwatching http://book.co.za/mpnS #
• Congratulations Fiona Snyckers: Trinity on Air Set to Take Flight! http://book.co.za/h3Jm #

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Congratulations to client Fiona Snyckers on the impending launch of Trinity on Air, part two in the Trinity Luhabe series. Fiona will be in London at the London Book Fair on a grant from the Dept of Arts and Culture to help promote the book. Well done, Fiona! Book description from the publisher:

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Very excited to announce the release of Cape Peninsula Birdlife by Roy Siegfried and Ian Sinclair.  This book will be available across the Cape and is needed by anyone interested in local birdlife.  Another definitive reference book from  publication partner Robin Stuart-Clarke at Print Matters/Scamp. (more…)

• So the new #Sony #Playstation motion sensor is called The Arc. It looks kinda like a #sex toy, according to some…http://bit.ly/68ovJL #
• So…the new iSlate from Apple might be called the “Jesus Tablet”? http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=8edd55b180b9690c1c531f6618e6ce9b #
• #Women HATE the #iPad #brand naming. Not a huge surprise. Steve, dude, what were u thinking? http://bit.ly/b0p2Uy #
• Fat #idiot #RushLimbaugh thinks about killing useless self, rest of world crosses fingers, laughs http://onion.com/7rflXp #
• So now I’m an arrogant, opinionated, aggressive, rude American with the “subtlety of a dirty bomb”. That hurts. I’m not rude. #
• Almost 100 people have joined my #online #creativewriting course with Random House. Today is the last day for sign ups! http://bit.ly/48AWnR #

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