The first time I saw Tilahun live, I couldn’t help the tears that fell down my cheeks. He was so humble when people would come and talk to him. He was on a wheel chair but yet he would try to raise himself up to show respect. There are a few song by Tilahun I [...]
Published by April 20th, 2009 in Current Issues, History, Music and Noteworthy.Archive for the 'Current Issues' Category
We all have heard the stories… the ones that start by saying you know so and so killed his wife or so and so tried to kill her boyfriend and lately I have heard so and so killed his wife and then shot himself to death. Now what I want to know is why do [...]
Published by April 14th, 2009 in Advice and Current Issues.There was a note weeks ago that was sent out from Facebook headquarters to the users about some changes taking place. In it they also announced that they reached 150 million users in February, meaning: it would be the eighth most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan, Russia and Nigeria.” Wow, so Facebook [...]
Published by April 1st, 2009 in Bernos, Current Issues, Personal and Social.Someone who I had a business meeting with told me that I shouldn’t sell myself short. It made me think about my sales pitch. Recently there was news of a guy who was selling a Ponzi scheme which final accounting claims are said to be somewhere over in the 60 billion dollars. Bernard Madoff basically [...]
Published by March 18th, 2009 in Advice, Current Issues and Thoughts.It was the fall of 2000, in my dorm room and as I was setting up my desktop when I fell in Love with Hip Hop. Outkast’s “spottieottiedopaliscious” was the first song I downloaded. My brother had some of the best tapes and records growing up. Eventually, music became some sort of therapy for me. [...]
Published by March 9th, 2009 in African, Bernos, Current Issues, Music and Personal.
