About six months ago I read on USA today that San Francisco banned plastic shopping bags. It’s ok with me since I prefer paper anyway. Although the cashiers do not like it when I request paper instead of plastic because it gives them extra work. Paper is more convenient because it carries more stuff in [...]
Published by February 11th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.Author Archive for Nolawi
A gallon of gas was only a dollar fifty, and the light indicating that my car needed some has been lit for a couple of days and I had avoided driving it. Tuesday was the day I promised to drive my girlfriend at the time to the airport. I planned to use the four dollars [...]
Published by February 7th, 2008 in Advice, Dating and Personal.By no measure, I am no literary guru, but idioms resonate within me. As the Arab proverb indicates that the last straw that broke the camel’s back. So everything has a breaking point; that instance where you realize that something is completely wrong; the point of no return; the boiling point. Films and books use [...]
Published by February 4th, 2008 in Advice and Personal.I was recently in a conversation in which 3 guys were present and on hot chick per say. Snobby little girl says that the power god gave to women is amazing. The things she can make a man do for her just by asking. I was thinking what a complete “superficial snobby little girl;” sure [...]
Published by January 29th, 2008 in African and Social.A few days a go someone sent me a link to Nazret blog post regarding an Ethiopian that worked as a field organizer on John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. Addisu Demissie, after a political science degree from Yale University was a Research Director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Impressive resume, and I [...]
Published by January 25th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.
