Archive for 2008



Lack of Meaning 559 Comments

The past couple of years, I felt like I was on a roller coaster because of my doing. I was in between jobs a few times, and in-between different personal projects that I didn’t have time to think and smell the air. Well, it’s been a little slow since October, about a month now I [...]

A Giant Step Backwards 68 Comments

In this historic election, America voted the first African-American into the highest office of this land. A big step forward since the long-standing history of prejudice and racism. Wow! As most would say. But at the same time, Americans took another gigantic step backward when they voted to deny a man and a woman’s sole [...]

Quintessential Q 41 Comments

There is a saying: You can’t live with them or you can’t live without them” And it’s so true; I mean I really wish I didn’t need them for physical and sometimes emotional satisfaction. Women are the better of the two genders, for apparent reasons I discern this. I meet lots of them seeing as [...]

What if…? 33 Comments

It was around 4 am on a Tuesday morning when my phone alarm bursts into some up-beat rock-metal kinda toxic sound. Reaching to the top of my drawer, I grabbed the phone and hit DISMISS. Normally I would have to hit snooze so many times; that by the time I get out of my bed, [...]

Mama Africa 10 Comments

Miriam Makeba, known to fans worldwide as “Mama Africa,” was an international symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle and South African musical legend. She died early Monday in southern Italy after performing at a concert against organized crime. Miriam to me was one of a kind. She loved her country and loved our continent. During her [...]