Dum birds......

Dealing with malaria, I don't think I have to explain how annoyed I was at the taps being off. We haven't had water for two weeks now and have depleted what was in our tanks.   Being sick is the only way that this little lady can get access to the family washing machine without trickery. So yeah, sick, in desperate need of clean clothes...

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Pull Him Down....

 Image source: http://www.godofwonder.orgGhana, West AfricaLand of the PhDWhy can't we all just get along?~Daix...

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Setting Myself Up for a HUGE Fall

So, yesterday was Ash Wednesday and though I couldn't quite gather up the guts to go to church, I decided to give something up for lent.  After much careful deliberation, I thought to NOT get angry for the next six weeks.  Tough deal and definitely not going to happen.  So I decided to quit on the next thing that I do best.....COMPLAINING.  Yes, for the next 6 weeks, I will do my best not to complain about...

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Doped up.....

Body, heart and soulAre what I gave to youPain and miseryWere what you thought my dueNo candy for me this yearNor bubbly chapagne tooYou see, I can't get rid of the bitter tasteOf the ones I got from youGoodbye asshole! With time, it's thanking you I'll doYou taught your lesson beautifully And I must take my cueWhen next I love,I'll be sure to show it all year throughAnd the one I'm with won't need just one dayTo say, "I Love...

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Demolition Man: More Than Fiction?

Okay so, remember the movie "Demolition Man"?  You know, the one with Sly Stalone and Wesley Snipes?  Yes I agree the movie was wonderful and I enjoyed it still when I saw it last week on DSTV.  But I digress.  What I want you to recall from the movie is these little puppies. picture source: http://ww.gearfuse.comAnywho,...

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Yesterday...

 Yesterday I sleptIt was a fitful sleepI tossed and turnedWhimpered and yearnedFor the moment I would wakeBecause,Yesterday I dreamedI dreamed of youI dreamed of meWe had made plansWanted a familyYesterday you diedI am kneeling upon the freshly packed earthStaring at the spot that will soon bear your markerA tear makes its trail from...

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