A baby born in the west before the 1900’s was expected to live to about age 45. In 2009 life expectancy at birth is about 80 and climbing each year. What is different is not the fact people in the west eat healthy, in fact there is evidence that suggest people eat more unhealthy stuff [...]
Published by October 6th, 2009 in Thoughts.Archive for the 'Thoughts' Category
This is a question I have frequently encountered growing up as an Ethiopian kid in the middle of nowhere, Texas. Actually, the question was more of “what are you?” I would rightly claim my Ethiopian identity each time it was asked but as I got older and moved to a part of the country where [...]
Published by August 27th, 2009 in Thoughts.I have been reading bernos since the beginning, and while I love it, some of the content seems like it’s too much bellyaching about Ethiopian women and men. I have some advice for both sexes, or at the very least bellyaching of my own. For the men; it seems to me many Ethiopians aren’t as [...]
Published by August 11th, 2009 in Advice and Thoughts.My little brother and I were entering grocery store after a stop at the local Thai restaurant. We were straddling along by the door as two hick-like white boys were passing by when we heard one say ‘they spit a lot!’ after seeing bro spit on the ground outside. ‘Who is they?’ he asked loudly [...]
Published by August 4th, 2009 in Current Issues and Thoughts.The traditional “idea” as described in the dictionary is just ‘any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.’ So an idea is nothing but ‘a thought’ that comes to your head while you are peeing; & speaking it doesn’t necessarily make it a great one. Anyone can come up [...]
Published by July 27th, 2009 in Advice and Thoughts.
