literally LMAO

because of this...



thanks to smirkdirk

skirting the issues...

Once upon a time in a reality far, far away the slacker wore a skirt. The picture above proves it. You wanna hear the story? lemme know

feelgood friday flashbacks for fortysomethings - run it selecta

Personal favourites from deep in the crates and deep in the subconscious

Alpha Foxtrot 447...

"Let your eye go to the Sun; your life to the wind; by the meritorious acts that you have done, go to heaven, and then [for rebirth] to the earth again; or, resort to the Waters, if you feel at home there; remain in the herbs with the bodies you propose to take."

Rig-Veda X, 16,3

In memory of:

-Luiz Roberto Anastacio, 50; Brazilian

-Stephane Artiguenave, 35; French

-Sandrine Artiguenave, 34; French

-Aisling Butler, 26; Irish

-Brad Clemes, 49; Canadian

-Arthur Coakley, 61; British

-Jane Deasy, 27; Irish

-Pedro Luis de Orleans e Braganca, 26; Brazilian

-Jozsef Gallasz, 44; Hungarian

-Antonio Gueiros; Brazilian

-Michael Harris, 60

-Anne Harris; American

-Erich Heine, 41; South African-born

-Claus-Peter Hellhammer, 28

-Giovanni Battista Lenzi, Italy

-Zoran Markovic, 45; Croatian

-Christine Pieraerts; French

-Rita Szarvas; Hungarian. Her 7-year-old son was also aboard, but his name was not released.

-Eithne Walls, 29; Irish

_Rino Zandonai; Italy.

-Luigi Zortea; Italy.

and 200 others lost at sea 01/06/09

Read more here

Skin teet'

Despondent about the goings on in the Republic of Us, I sought solace in words. Not my words this time, but the words of one whose work 'explores the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world' - Graham Greene.

I'd read The Comedians before as an entertainment as Greene intended; but this time I read it seeking a road map to navigate the disappointment I felt at my country and its elected and appointed officials. As I read, I began to substitute Port of Spain for Port au Prince and it struck me that Greene had in fact, almost half a century ago, wove a tale of modern Trinidad and Tobago...

"Port au Prince was a very different place a few years ago. It was, I suppose, just as corrupt; it was even dirtier; it contained as many beggars, but at least the beggars had some hope, for the tourists were there. Now when a man says to you 'I am starving,' you believe him."

The Haiti Greene writes about had Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute...the Trinidad and Tobago I love has Papa Patos and SAUTT.

Greene was demonised by the Haitian Government for his work. In Trinidad and Tobago, so too was Kevin Baldeosingh.

I won't spoil the rest of it for you. Read The Comedians and judge for yourself.

Isn't it funny that the more things change, the more they remain the same?