A few months ago, I wrote this post about my opinion of the punishment meted upon a young Palestinian man convicted of “rape by deception” by having consensual sex with a young Israeli Jewish woman who thought he was Jewish at the time they had sex after a chance encounter. Most memorable was one of […]
So…how old are you again?
K’Chie sits on a double stool watching the folks on the dance floor. Ras joins her on the seat. Ras: Hey, I’m Ras. (extends hand) K’Chie: (nods head) K’Chie (shakes hand) Ras: Hi K’Chie, how are you? K’Chie: Well! *silence* K’Chie: So where are you from? Ras: Maryland. K’Chie: Ah, why are you in town? […]
Natural Hair Love on Sesame Street
This past weekend I met up with a young relative who is contemplating “going natural“. That is she wants to stop putting chemical relaxers in her hair. Many women of African heritage wear their hair in a chemically altered state. Many don’t even know what their natural texture looks like. I’ve worn my hair in […]
ING Direct is cranking up the volume of their Orange CD rates
That’s the message of the email I received today from ING Direct, an online bank that I’ve banked with since 2004. I thought since the recession is over and all that, excellent, CD rates finally worth emailing about. So what was the big reveal? 12 month CD at 1.25% APY One Point Two Five Percent […]
Telling it to the future – Dear Future Me part Trois
I did it again. I managed to surprise myself with an amazing love letter to myself via FutureMe.org. No it wasn’t a sappy “I love you”, “You are all that and a bag of chips” kinda letter. It was a letter I wrote a year ago to check up on myself one year into my […]
Rape by deception
Sabbar Kashur, a 30 year old Palestinian man was recently sentenced to 18 months in prison for the crime of “rape by deception”. The Jewish woman who filed the complaint (for rape and indecent assault no less) claimed that when they met in 2008 he introduced himself as a Jewish bachelor seeking a serious relationship. […]
Road to Happiness
Recently, I was lamenting to a guy friend how my life was unsettled. With the exception of work/career everything else is not going according to plan. I have made no friends in my new town (to socialize with outside the hospital), I have no motivation to keep my home clean (this coming from someone with […]
World Cup Withdrawal
The blues are real and they have arrived. Sad? Check. Irritable? Check. Feeling empty? Ok, not quite. The 2010 FIFA World Cup is over. Spain won. The damn octopus was right. I have my vuvuzela but the lone sound (and my lack of skills – that thing is hard to blow) cannot reproduce the constant […]
Germany needed Suarez right there!
What just happened?! How do I explain the brow-beating meted upon Australia, England, and Argentina? Unbelievable! For what it is worth, the first FIFA World Cup hosted on African soil is about to have a first finalist. Hmmm, I like the sound of that. So which will it be? Spain or Netherlands? As much as […]
Mount Entoto, Menelik Museum & Maryam Church
Waking up Saturday was quite painful. I dreamt of balls hitting the crossbar and Asamoah Gyan crying his heart out. He certainly gained sympathy points for that one. We are all still in shock, to say the least. My father has decided to take me to Entoto Mountain to make up for my being shacked […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.