Entries from February 2007

February 25, 2007

OUR GRANDPARENTS’ SHAME

[First let me extend apologies for erratic communication with those of you kind enough to leave comments. I am dancing a nightmare fandango with my broadband and my landline and not even I am brave enough to attempt blogging from a mobile. So I am scribbling this and scurrying off to the nearest coffee emporium. [...]

February 17, 2007

SEI – Addressing the UNICEF Report and the South London Shootings

In a week that has seen yet more shootings of our young people and a damming report placing us at the bottom of the league tables regarding quality of life for our youth I think even the most disinterested among us must realize that it is time for action to be taken. No not action [...]

February 9, 2007

“With the deepest respect…” – Footprints/Schmutzprints

Am I the only person about ready to pull their hair out after this week of media bombardment on climate change? I feel like I have been listening to a group of six-year olds trying to explain human reproduction. Some of it makes sense, they seem to have the vague general idea but yet you [...]

February 6, 2007

Come See Me and Come Live With Me – Behavior Guide for Immigrants

There is an old Jamaican saying ‘Come see me and come live with me are two different things’ which basically translates to ‘aspects of a person that are amusing/interesting/tolerable in small doses can often swiftly become less so when their feet are permanently lodged under your table’. Put that together with the oft delivered admonishment [...]


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