Ghana Telecom, Vodafone/Vodafail and Moi meme

The year 2008 saw my using the then Ghana Telecoms Broadband wireless for three years.  The wireless service was my lifeline to the outside world for voice and data.  December 2008 and all of a sudden my internet stopped working.  I contacted Ghana Telecom and was told that the service was being discontinued.WHAT?!!! ...

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Bittersweet Revenge

My Heart and SoulYou've torn asunderStill yet, I bleed for youEmpty shellOf what I wasLook what you made me doBright splashes of redOn walls once white; My special gift to youLike meShe came to curse the dayShe fell in love with y...

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National Identification?!!!

Picture source:  http://www.dailyguideghana.com Upon visiting the home page for the National Identification authority (NIA) of Ghana, you cannot miss the words, “Providing future solutions now”.    From what I have seen, the NIA wishes to provide a National Database that will collect information on Ghanaian citizens...

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Taboo

Image source:  http://www.layoutsparks.com Tender heartsLoving soulsKindred spirits are meet one nightHe sees her beatyShe sees his charmThey find common ground to their delightNot a word is utteredNary a sound is madeSave the occasional moan of ecstasyThe two souls mingleThey crash and burnTo recreate the age-old activityHow sad it...

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What's in a KISS?

Image source:  http://www.photobucket.comThere's a lot in a kiss. If it's a kiss between friends and family, it's a brief contact of lips on skin.Now a KISS between lovers is a whole new thing. It is a melding of the lips, a scraping of teeth on sensitive skin. Usually leaving the lips swollen, it is a testament to the heated session...

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Writing: Self Discovery with a Twist of Moonshine

image source:http://www.speedysigns.com Five in the morning and I have once again gone though a night without sleep. I do not need a clock to tell me what time it is. The call for prayers from the mosque on the next street already alerted me at four thirty and at five, it's those blasted birds nesting in the patio. I find myself contemplating...

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Not What I Seem

Image source:  http://ggpht.comDo you know, I am the flame to your moth and you draw closer to your own destruction? Innocent I may seem but I am a Bonfire, not the timid match flare you think me to be. You may not know it, but my light; intoxicating, alluring, sensual as it is; will be your poison of choice.Come,Attempt suicide.~...

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