Friday
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
Labels:
fashion,
masculinity,
men,
men in skirts,
skirts
feelgood friday flashbacks for fortysomethings - run it selecta
Personal favourites from deep in the crates and deep in the subconscious
Tuesday
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:
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
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air france,
loss,
memorial,
tragedy
Monday
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?
Labels:
commentary,
despair,
graham greene,
haiti,
humour,
life lessons,
patrick manning,
trinidad and tobago
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