Archive for 2008



The 'beautiful' game 58 Comments

There is a saying that football (soccer) is the beautiful game in the world. But after watching the extreme violence and brutality of football fans in the movie “The Football Factory,” I was left to wonder if that saying was an irony. This movie unfolds the dark world of British Hooligan culture thats replete with [...]

Ethiopian Shots 38 Comments

Alyssa Bistonath shots; amazing flicker find.

The Royal Orphan 81 Comments

Every two years or so I would read an article similar to this published today on the Independent; Out of Africa: The stolen prince. The articles are usually good ones; they are descriptive and “historically accurate,” per say. Oxymoronic phrases like the ‘Royal Orphan’ and the ‘Stolen Prince’ thrown around quite a bit. I once [...]

plump is IN! 68 Comments

Skinny is out; well skinny is ‘in’ but not as ‘in’ as it was in the late nineties. Dresses are definitely ‘in.’ Girls are wearing light colored summer high wasted dress. That helps plump girls look more appealing while making skinny look bony. Controversies were stirred up over the last five years. Bony models are [...]

Mama said… 96 Comments

It’s one of those things that you’ve been taught to say, but take for granted as you get old. I don’t mean to sound preachy or anything, but I’ve always been taught to say amen to anyone give me a burake. It doesn’t matter if the person is an elder or someone my age. Also, [...]