For those of you still following what is going on with the Big Three, be it in the States or in Canada, here is a very interesting post by a fellow WordPress blogger that is showing parts of both sides of the story. Take a look, and do let us know what you think. Indecent… Read More The Big Three: an interesting opinion
Sometimes it seems like celebrities each live in their own bubble, which makes it all the more fun when the give each other a nod of acknowledgment, just like the one Fall Out Boy gave to none other than Britney Spears…
In a McWorld, it is often heart-warming to see cultural traditions survive. However, some of these traditions are not only quaint; quite the contrary, they can be quite annoying, especially for the uninitiated. As a person living in a city becoming more and more multicultural by the second, I felt it was my duty to… Read More The Art of Taarof
Just like Barack Obama being names Times’ Person of the Year, I don’t think it comes as a surprise that Tina Fey has been named AP Entertainer of the Year, does it? If it does and you live in North America… Where have you been hiding? Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You… Read More Tina Fey voted AP Entertainer of the Year – WHAT a surprise
Sometimes a picture is worth a million words – and here is a picture definitely worth checking out, of a gentleman selling Streetwise in Chicago. Enjoy!
From: WASH news Africa [Nigel Chigudu lost] five siblings in five hours to the cholera epidemic that has been sweeping across Zimbabwe. “They started vomiting and had serious diarrhoea,” recalls Nigel, 15. “The youngest, Gamu, was 14 months old, and Lameck was 12 years old. It was in the middle of the night; I could… Read More Zimbabwe: Nigel’s Story – the tragedy of country’s cholera outbreak
Arriving at some deeper awareness of how you’re screwed up doesn’t necessarily make you less screwed up. – Holly Brubach (from You don’t need more willpower… in the January 2009 issue of O)
… It means that I couldn’t just make it about fun and games – there had to be at least one post about the economic crisis and the world’s current state of affairs! Here is a lovely interview of Mrs. Naomi Klein, whose latest book, The Shock Doctrine, is a must read for every single… Read More Because Christmas also means thinking about others…
Canada celebrated its first coast-to-coast white Christmas since 1971 after storms battered much of the country over the last week. Source: here.
If you are sitting around the computer on Christmas Day looking for something everyone in the family can enjoy, look no further!
