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I’m outta here

Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 @ 10:56 am in Political | 1 Comment »

I’m off to Africa tomorrow night, readers (13 March 2010). I probably won’t be back in the US until April 2011. If you are interested, why not follow me on my travel blog?

January 2010 Open Thread

Posted: Friday, January 8th, 2010 @ 11:49 pm in Open Threads | 1 Comment »

Here’s an open thread. Do watch this space for news — I’m heading off to Africa in March 2010 and will be there for over a year. This blog will be offline while I’m in Africa (so that I don’t have to worry about upgrading my damn blog software every few weeks), but I will [...]

More evidence of the death of “whom”

Posted: Sunday, November 1st, 2009 @ 1:01 pm in Language | 3 Comments »

Even the New York Times, America’s newspaper of record, has lost the ability to get the who/whom distinction right. Here’s a sentence from an article in today’s Sunday Book Review section: Rand, whose books are full of masterful, sexually dominating heroes, quickly fell in love with this confused boy, whom she decided was the “intellectual [...]

Am I dreaming?

Posted: Saturday, August 8th, 2009 @ 3:20 pm in Political | 11 Comments »

Sometimes I read something that just makes my jaw drop. I have to read it multiple times to make sure I’m not missing something. Then I have to make sure I’m actually awake, that it isn’t all a dream. I had one of those am-I-dreaming? moments this morning, when I saw Sarah Palin’s comments on [...]

The truth comes out

Posted: Thursday, August 6th, 2009 @ 8:33 pm in Political | 3 Comments »

The truth is out, readers, about who I really am… Why do you think my mom is in Kenya right now, readers? She’s doing secretary-of-state stuff to fool the MSM, but she really went to Africa to “take care of” the person who leaked a copy of my birth certificate to the truth-seekers all over [...]

Pictures of Harar

Posted: Monday, May 25th, 2009 @ 12:11 pm in Personal, Travel | 2 Comments »

There are now a bunch of pictures of Harar for you to enjoy. Just click on that picture below (yes, that’s me feeding a hyena with a piece of meat off of a stick clenched in my mouth).

Pictures of Lalibela

Posted: Sunday, May 24th, 2009 @ 11:39 pm in Personal, Travel | No Comments »

There are plenty of pictures of Lalibela for you to enjoy, readers. Just click on the image below and you’re there.

Pictures of Axum

Posted: Sunday, May 24th, 2009 @ 7:30 pm in Personal, Travel | 1 Comment »

You know the drill by now, readers. If you want to see some pictures of Axum, just click on the picture below.

Pictures of Gondar

Posted: Sunday, May 24th, 2009 @ 1:17 pm in Personal, Travel | 1 Comment »

Click on the picture below, readers, to see some pictures of Gondar.

Pictures of Bahir Dar

Posted: Sunday, May 24th, 2009 @ 11:29 am in Personal, Travel | No Comments »

Click on the picture below, readers, to see some pictures of Bahir Dar.

 
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