Archive for March, 2009

Evening w/ Habib Koite & Bamada 26 Comments

I travel through time embracing an identity foreign to my thinking faculties My soul however is not new to this place I have been here before This desert paradise where even the grains of sands tell a story Strum the guitar Pluck a kora string Whisper sweet nothings my Mandinka king Take me to the [...]

Sewoch 11 Comments

Source: Eric LAFFORGUE Selam Sewoch, I haven’t been writing on bernos consistently because you know, I can’t really say why. You can take a guess, I don’t mind. But now I am back and so don’t be mad at me! I love you guys, we have been through thick and thin, so don’t complain. I [...]

Unshrink the bernos 29 Comments

I wanted to wear my first edition “Addis Ababa Classic Tee” Sunday eventing but it was missing for some reason. I pretty much have every bernos tee except two which were stolen by freinds, family and or girlfreinds I suspect. Now I did have one that was medium but I could not fit it in [...]

Selling Short! 22 Comments

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 [...]

Conversations 39 Comments

A while ago I was having a conversation about how to have a good conversation. Ironic, I know! I once had a conversation about the act of saying ‘No.’ The dude was reading a book titled ‘How to say no,’ or a reiteration of it. Apparently, the dude was tired of people making demands of [...]