March, 2012 Archive

Of Phone Thieves, and the Student who kept a Pet Snake

If you are reading this and you have ever had your phone stolen, grabbed even, in this (used-to-be) city in the sun, then you are either smiling to yourself or holding your chin. A phone is not an easy thing to lose, never has been. The Kenyan phone thief is proof that Darwin was right. …

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Once more into the fray (Live and Die on this day)

“Once more into the fray Into the last good fight I’ll ever know…”   My penance piety does not suffice As the fray takes toll upon my mortal As the dagger slices and dices The fort crumbles…   Hope and pray I be reborn To dive into the fray one other To face demons whose …

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The Beautiful Lady and the House of the Dead

The fact that you have read the title and decided to read this post implies that you find it intriguing that a beautiful girl can have a connection to the house of the dead, what we mortals call a morgue or Mortuary. Well, let me be the first one to tell you this, the beautiful …

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