Archive for October, 2007



an arousal of my pens 37 Comments

“All passengers aboard!!!” Huh? That’s an odd blare to hear while sitting on a park bench. Yes, a park bench. I had convinced myself to go have a picnic with me – without the cliché basket and cloth that is. We didn’t even take any food. Just me, myself and the $3.29 notebook that came [...]

Ducking 23 Comments

The duck flew. Funny story. This article brought drama.

Signs of Ethiopia 352 Comments

Hand drawn signs are very popular, as they should be because printing large scale billboards in color is somewhat inaccessible, especially in rural regions within Ethiopia. Welcome signs are really popular. Here, I picked a few that give the impression of being worthy of note because of their Yetashe look Vis à Vie…

Raising a Gender 32 Comments

On lazy Monday evenings when there’s really nothing interesting enough to watch on my meagre twenty-eight TV channels, I watch ABC’s reality show ‘Wife Swap.’ I find amusing the ridiculousness of polar opposites butting heads as they try to impose their personal beliefs onto another family. This hour long reality show follows two American families [...]