Proust Questionnaire

I enjoy reading Vanity Fair magazine. The last page usually carries the Proust Questionnaire that a celebrity gets to fill out (right now they have a feature on their site that allows you to fill out the questionnaire, then compares your answers to find which celebrities’ answers are a close match to yours- my closest [...]

I am back!

There is nothing like “your account is temporarily available” to end your love affair with Facebook. I am tired of always having to wait to access my account. Screw it. From now on my friends, if you want to know what’s on my mind, please read my blog!
Yes, I realize that being a Crackbook addict [...]

Mother May I?

As a Kenya passport holder, travel whims are not so easily satisfied. For every whim, there is a rule. A short while ago, my girlfriends and I were sitting around just shooting the breeze when the subject of Argentina came up. One of my friends (let’s call her the Fat One) has been to Argentina before, and from [...]

Goodbye 2008

31: Inspired by Makeba, Chiwoniso

Someone pointed out to me yesterday that I post to my blog roughly every 21 days. It’s not that the will is not there, I just seem spend so much time wallowing in inspiration that I end up missing opportunities to do more than just come up with creative ideas. I spend so much time stopping to read, [...]

How to End War in Africa 1.0

Dear Rest-of-the-World,
Do you want lasting peace in Africa? I have the solution.
Stop selling weapons to Africans.
Yes, all weapons, to all Africans- even ‘legitimate’ governments.
Then, sit back and watch as the brutality we call war declines.
“Why would it decline?” You ask.
Well, have you seen Africa’s maintenance record?
Just take one look at our roads.
We seem unable to [...]

Entering Glum-free Zone!

I am surrounded by people who permanently wallow in the deep, dark, depths of sadness. They could have a choice to be happy but they would rather frown. Some days we all feel somewhat down- I would know, depression is never that far away…it’s like my shadow, chasing me. But when I have a choice, [...]

TMI Tuesday, and Other Titbits

A few weeks ago on a Tuesday, a few Kenyan MPs trotted out to announce how they had undergone circumcision (I’m assuming as adults). It was all a part of an effort to encourage men from Kenyan tribes that traditionally don’t practice circumcision to have the operation. I sat thinking “TMI (too-much-information) Tuesdays are here!”
Here’s [...]

Getting the Mojo Back

After four glorious days in Seattle I’m back! It was so good! The city made me think of Montreal with the brick apartment buildings. I didn’t understand the point of Pike Place Market- what’s the fascination in visiting a market (especially when Customs rules prohibit the importation of certain fruits and veggies from the US into Canada [...]

Summer Joys

Growing up in Kenya, the sun was never this ‘big’ thing…it was just there. Omnipresent, always available, hardly a topic for conversation.The thing is, having lived this long in Canada, I’ve come to understand why the obsession with the sun! You don’t get that much sunshine here most of the time, or rather, it is [...]