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February 27, 2005

More MJ Humour

So Natty and I were watching E!. There was something on about Michael Jackson and his trial on child molestation charges. I believe they were saying that no African-Americans were chosen to sit on the jury or something like that... anyway, at one point, they cut to a picture of the king of pop and I was focussing on his nose, you know... it looks so wierd, I mean, its so sharp it could cut you, know what I mean? I sincerely doubt that anyone could have a sharper nose than that, you could scour the entire world and not find anybody else who could surpass that knife-edged nostril holder.

I said as much to Natty, who replied, "Forget locking Michael up for child molestation, I think we should arrest his plastic surgeon! That nose is horrible!".

Posted by Mad Bull at 11:23 AM | Comments (5)

Release the Cure!

It was about 8:00am, and I was driving along Shamrock Road. Dionne Matthis was up to her usual long chatting on the Vibe FM powered air waves and I was not really listening, because sometimes she chats a lot of shyte. Just play the music nuh, Dionne...

The first melodies of the acoustic guitar began, followed shortly thereafter by that voice, the one that sounds so haunting, so full of feeling...

"Only you can make me feel,
just like a king.
The love you give to me so real,
makes me give in.
Girl, just like magnet to steel your loves
just pulling me in.
If its a battle Ill fight for you,
I have to win!"

"Longing for" has been playing here for awhile now, and I love it! Everywhere I go I hear it. Its on the radio... when you stop to buy a beer at a local bar, they are playing it. Shyte, a bredrin at work has this song as the ringtone on his cellie!

The thing is, nobody I knew could tell me who the singer was, and so I didn't know how to find it online to share it with you.

"Longing for,
my baby to love me more,
What am I longing for?
Babylon, release the Cure!"
"When, when, when, when,
will we see each other again?"

Yeah, I like the song... so I decided to research it for you... I discovered that its singer is called 'Jah Cure'. The song was done on a riddim called the 'Drop Leaf Riddim'... who the hell comes up with these riddim names anyway?

The 'Drop Leaf' is a very popular riddim nowadays, its the same one T.O.K. did 'Footprints' on. There are several other songs on the riddim too, in true Jamaican dancehall style. What of the lyrics? I didn't understand what they were all about. What the hell did the singer mean?

"Longing for,
my baby to love me more,
What am I longing for?
Babylon, release the Cure!"

Whats that last bit about? "Babylon, release the Cure!" Well, my search has been informative. Jah Cure is currently a guest of the Governor General, people. Yes, he is serving 15 years for a controversial rape charge. I know that jurys don't always come to the right conclusion re a defendant's guilt still, and so I am hoping that the rude bwoy didn't commit the crime!

Anyway, I am not sure how this rude bwoy does it, but he has been making music even while in prison! That must have taken some doing, especially in Yard *, where the babylon dem (police and prison warders and such) are not known for caring and warmth! To do this must have taken considerable drive and determination, thats all I can say!

Its good that the rude bwoy has this determination, because it augers well for the possibility of hearing more from him even though he is "Dung in deh". After all, now that I have him on my dancehall radar, I don't want to lose track of him, now do I?

Here is a little piece of the song so that you can listen to it if you want to. Check it out nuh?

So, what oonoo think?

Posted by Mad Bull at 08:46 AM | Comments (4)

February 26, 2005

New Shyte

I been fooling around with the website today, yo... I have added a couple of menu items and I like it. Its all good. Actually, you all won't be able to see much of what I did (unless you are an evil hacker), because I put all the new functionality behind some authentication, but rest assured, it'll make the site easier to use for Doctor D and I and even for Ciya and Seven, if they are interested. It was fun setting it up too, bredrins...

Today was pretty busy too... I was on the road plenty of the day... we got both cars washed (dem looking good, you see!), we did the supermarket thing (We bought up some nice Tuna steaks and salmon fillet... wes gonna grill down the place tomorrow, you simi!), we stopped off to advise M'Buthelezi on a car she wants to buy, and I took Natty to the stores to buy some stuff... guess which part took the most time, cuz I'm not saying. I know what I can get away with and what I can't, you simi?

Hey, I happened to swing through the Jamaica Star Online... you know sometimes something is glaringly obvious to the point where you ask yourself why people bother? Check out the pool to decide who was the hottie of the week at the Star's website... Here are the ladies... So, who did you pick? make sure to click the link on the page I sent you to so that you can see if you're in tune with the obvious!

I gwine to leff oonoo wid a likkle joke... check dis one out...

A married couple in their early 60s was out celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table and said, "For being such an exemplary married couple and for being faithful to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish." "Ooh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband" said the wife.
The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra! - two tickets for the new Queen Mary 2 luxury liner appeared in her hands.
Now it was the husbands turn. He thought for a moment and said:"Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this only occurs once in a lifetime, so, I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me".
The wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish... So the fairy made a circle with her magic stick and -abracadabra! -the husband became 92 years old.
The moral of this story?
Well, men might be ungrateful idiots.... But fairies, well, fairies are......female!!!!

So, what did you all do with this Saturday we were blessed with?

Posted by Mad Bull at 11:15 PM | Comments (2)

February 25, 2005

KFC in KY

I am just back to my desk from lunch. I felt for some greasy food, so I went to KFC. Listen nuh man, KFC here in Cayman is up to no good, you know! They are selling the smallest chickens I have ever seen anyone sell! Surely there is some age below which its considered wrong to slaughter an animal for human consumption? I mean, KFC should be slaughtering chickens, not chicks, know what I mean? I wonder if the Cayman Humane Society knows that KFC is into chicken infanticide?

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Respec' to Da BoyZ!

Well, the Boyz definitely deserve a big up! They won the Digicel Caribbean Cup with a 1-NIL victory over the Cubans. That means I have bragging rights over the Cubans who live in Grand Cayman already! Now we just have to drop a proper beating under the Hondurans' skin and I will be all set!

Oh, for all the Trinis who read here and who might not know it already, Trinidad and Tobago beat Barbados 3-2 to become the third team from th Caribbean to go on to the Gold Cup.

Posted by Mad Bull at 02:28 PM | Comments (2)

February 24, 2005

Check These Out Nuh?

Saw some good news today! Jamaica and Cuba are through to the Gold Cup! Also through are Honduras, Panama, the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada, and a few others. Trinidad and Barbados are playing off for the third ????? spot and South Africa has been invited to be the twelvth team, so thats all pretty exciting! smily

After all, seeing as Jamaica was unable to make the World Cup grade, the least we could do is to make a really good showing in the Gold Cup, am I right? I really hope that I'll be able to see some of the matches over here, I'm not sure if they will be available...

I'm actually praying hard that we'll kick some U.S. and Mexican butt this time around, but trust me, if all we do is dus' out Cuba and Honduras, I'll be happy, because plenty Cubans and Hondurans live here and that would give me bragging rights, you nuh seet?

Hey, you remember how the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team were a media event at one time? Yeah man, they even made a movie about them, starring John Candy, I believe it was called "Cool Runnings"... Well, Cayman seems to have been trying to follow in our footsteps. Check this out! They fielded (or is that ponded) a team for the World Championship of Pond Ice Hockey! smily

Unfortunately for them, they just missed the playoff round by one game! Better luck next time, Cayman!

Still, the Caymanians were the life of the (victory) party, seeing as the liquor being used by the victorious team to toast their success was frozen! smily

Yes sir, apparently while the victory celebration took place the participants were experiencing -50 degree temperatures! Lucky for them all, the Caymanian's Tortuga Rum didn't freeze, and the Caymanians were kind enough to share the liquor up. Good for the winners, nuh true!

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February 22, 2005

It Fizzled

You know how I try to post interesting stuff for you all to read.... well, today I was fresh out! About the most interesting thing I saw to chat about today was Chris Rock. Apparently the rude bwoy is going to be a host on the Academy Awards and apparently he has been in and out of the news big time as people try to boost the interest of the viewers, I guess...

Anyway, despite the fact that he will be a host on the show, Chris Rock is said to have passed the comment that "only gay men watch the Oscars!". Apparently he has been drawing some flack for this. He denied that he had said this Monday night on the 'Tonight Show'. He said, "I did not say that. I said only gay people watch the Tonys," on Jay Leno's show.

Anyway, when I heard all this, I thought that he had been attacked by the gay community for that little joke, and I said to myself "Here is my blog post for today". You see, I do think that the gays ought to be able to take a joke. In the same way that Chris Rock would poke a little humour at white people, or George Bush, or R. Kelly, well, he ought to be able to poke fun at gays too, and I feel that they should just lump it like everyone else does. You see, sometimes I get the impression that the gays think they are the only people who have been discriminated against, based upon how vocal they are for every slight, whether little or big, whether real or imagined.

Alas, upon reading all around, it now appears to me that the little excitement over what Chris Rock had to say was all hype over the event. This time, the gays hadn't created a big stink. Click here and here and here to read up on the stories I found and judge for yourselves.

Just like that, my hot blog post fizzled and died.

Oh well... I won't give up just because one night is slow, you zimi!

Hey, I was cleaning up some dead links on my site. I decided to check out all the blog links tonight, removing any who had "locked up shop". In doing so, I happened across this little tidbit of a link at Skits site. Its a story ( and a picture) about a Liger... a cross between a lion and a tiger!

I didn't know that these two cats could breed together, did you? Check this big tabby out!

Oh, I noticed that this little story and picture was hosted at the Sun's website. There are also some other interesting pictures hosted at the Sun's website, namely the Page 3 girls! I decided to check out todays offering, who was a pretty 19 year old! I link her picture here too... Pretty, eeh?

Anyway, I am done wasting your time. Go forth and handle your business, bredrins and sistrens.

Posted by Mad Bull at 11:03 PM | Comments (10)

February 21, 2005

Just Some Stuff

Yeah, so the first day at work was pretty decent. Lets hope it keeps on being that way, yuh simi?

I don't have a lot to tell you today. Mek me just start off and see where it goes... On Saturday, MBJr. and I were driving near to the Mirco Centre (a shopping centre) and he said "Hey Dad, I just saw a flag with the Union Jack and the Cayman coat of arms!". My boy has a good memory, I'm sure he heard that in school because thats almost exactly the way that they describe the Caymanian flag on the Cayman Government website, look!

Anyway, I vowed to myself then and there that the rude yute must learn some stuff about Yard too. I told him that I was going to show him a Jamaican flag as soon as I saw one, and I followed through tonight. I found this flag site, they sell flags of the Caribbean online. Any of you want a flag from your home country? Check them out, nuh man!

Of course, my link sends you to the Jamaican Flag section of the site but you can easily find your flag there so...

So, guess what I'm eating now? I just went into the kitchen to cut a little piece of a Hannah Town Bakery Bun that I bought recently down by the gas station by Newlands and when I got there, I saw this carrot cake that I bought from a sistren who used to work with me at the bank I just left (lets call it BoB, ok?) Listen nuh, the carrot cake wicked, you know! Doctor D, if you ever get to sink your teeth into this one.... mmmmm mmmmmm mmmmm!!!

Oh, and the HTB Bun is still in the cupboard in my kitchen, I am going to have to dus' it out soon, you know... Come to think of it, Easter is just around the corner, you know... the more experimentative amongst you might want an Easter Bun recipe... gwaan go dweet!

Oh, and guess what? It was the birthday of the Leader of Gov't Business (kind of like the Prime Minister) on Sunday, and the man decided to keep a little thing in West Bay for all his paseros... You know who the man brought to entertain the massive... nuh Carlene Davis! I hear it were something special!

Also in the house this weekend was the 'Cool Ruler', Gregory Isaacs, who was performing Friday night at the Kings Gym. I hear that was good too! Of course, you done know that I missed it, didn't you? But anyway, the Jamaican entertainers are really big down here you know? Every minute they bring a few of them down and they do really well...

Anyway, I don't have anything more to chat about tonight, so me gone to do something constructive... I am gone for another piece of the cake... see yah!

Posted by Mad Bull at 09:00 PM | Comments (6)

February 20, 2005

Things a Gwaan

Friday was Natty's and my tenth anniversary, as Dr. D mentioned on his blog yesterday... He said that he thought I would have mentioned it on my blog, and I would've, but Friday was a bit different of an anniversary as it was also my last day at work for the bank. I was kept busy, what with cleaning out my stuff, being taken to lunch by my sistren Miss Lisa, being treated with cheesecake and chicken in the office, and being the centre of a send off gathering, so I didn't get much time to write anything.

Anyway, Natty and I had a nice evening. We went to the Wharf for dinner. It was great! Remember I'd been there before? Go check my previous post about the Wharf out if you want to hear what I thought about that restaurant... anyway, we had a good time, the food was lovely and we sat and listened to Morvin Brooks as he entertained the guests. Oonoo remember Morvin Brooks? He used to sing with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires (BL&D)for a long time, and then he left. Apparently Cayman is where he left BL&D for... He can still get everybody up and dancing though. He was good.

Yesterday, Natty, MBJr. and I went to a barbeque at the house of a friend (Miss A.) who works at the bank. It was held so that the other members of the Info Systems department could come and lime with me for a bit... It was great! We had Rice and Beans with salt beef in it, barbecued chicken, and macaroni and cheese... excellent! The company was great too. We played dominos, although I am no expert at that game, the ladies played some board game, not sure which, and then we hung out and chatted and socialised after. The kids were playing non-stop! Miss A! keeps rabbits, and she even has rabbits running around in her back garden. She also has a fish pond, she keeps pigeons, and she has a sunbird, I think it was called... in other words, there was plenty outside to keep the kids attention! Her son also has a trampoline, so they were outside jumping on that as well, then they were playing computer games and games on the XBOX, including Halo 2. MBJr. didn't want to leave at all, trust me! Anyway, we didn't leave until after 11:30 pm. A very nice night was had by all! Thanks for putting that little lime on, Miss A, in case you read this.

This afternoon, I am going to dinner at another friend's house... he just bought a new home, its the first that we will be seeing it. That ought to be fun too. Its really shaping up to be a real party weekend, innit?

BTW, good luck to the Reggae BoyZ later! They will be facing Trinidad & Tobago today at 5:00pm. I hope they have the stuff to take them out! T&T has won the Caribbean Football Union Championships 9 times to Jamaica's 3, so we need to even out the score, you zimi! Go, Reggae BoyZ!

Oh yeah, great news re Onandi Lowe being found "Not Guilty" re the cocaine possession and dealing charge in the U.K., huh?

Posted by Mad Bull at 07:52 AM | Comments (12)

February 18, 2005

Chupse...

You know how we Jamaicans are always saying "No Problem!" to everything? You don't know what I mean? How could you not? Hell, it was even a part of the Jamaica Tourist Boards advertising for ages : On every poster you would see a sexy chick with a wet, orange t-shirt sucked unto her (very nice) body... on the T-Shirt was the words "Jamaica? No Problem!". Oh, now you remember...

Well, I read in a magazine that shall remain unnamed that this was not such a good idea... Check out what Mike Hoban, who was a senior consultant at some place called DDI had to say on the subject:

There is a phrase that has burrowed its way into our everyday conversations in the workplace and has caused business civility to sound more like business banality every time it is used. Im not talking about Have a nice day, that fatuous phrase which we thankfully seem to have retired from our vocabulary. Im talking about the equally prosaic patter of No problem.
The next time you thank a colleague or someone at your help desk for something, in more cases than not
Ill bet the response you get is, No problem.
No problem?
Who even suggested that it was a problem? When a person says, No problem! does that mean that if it was a problem that he/she would not help?
No problem?
It almost sounds like another way of saying, You didnt inconvenience me too much with your request. So then what would the response be if it really did represent a problem?
The No problem! phrase has becomein business and in life in generalsomething of a universal, mindless, almost Pavlovian response to anyone who acknowledges appreciation for some deed. Weve acquired tin ears to this idiom. Thirty years ago, most people would say that the expression that goes with, Please was, Thank you. Now, I think most people would say the expression that goes with Thank you is No problem!
Most people who use the expression dont mean any disrespect or bad manners. Its just lazy lexicon. The phrase is imbedded in our collective vocabulary as a result of hearing it used countless times, but it lacks for graciousness and meaning.
So in business, and I suppose in life generally, whats a better response to, Thank you than, No problem? Let me suggest two: Youre very welcome or Im glad to help.
Those responses are simple and direct, and create more of a connection with the other person than does, No problem!
But the best response in my view is a phrase I hear mostly from hotel employees who have undoubtedly been trained to answer in this way. When I say, Thanks, they respond, My pleasure! And they sound like they mean it.

Hmmm... so someone doesn't think very much of the way we say Youre very welcome or Im glad to help. Now what do I think of that?

Well, the first thing that comes to mind is the question "A who dis likkle fasseyhole is who want come tell I-an-I how fe say "You're welcome"? A whe dis @#$%@-hole get off doh, eeeh?

Then I say to myself "Pschaw. He is an asshole.... why worry about him. If he were here telling me that to my face, the best response would probably be for me to say to him "Oh, you want me to stop saying that? Ok, no problem." and just walk off leaving him there, nuh true?

Anyway, in the same magazine, I saw a joke I liked, so here it is...

A sales rep, an administration clerk and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out.
The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish.".
Me first! Me first!" says the admin. clerk. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a
care in the world." Poof! She's gone.
Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse and the love of my life." Poof! He's gone.
OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager. The manager replies, "I want those two back in the
office after lunch."
Moral of the story : Always let your boss have the first say!

Anyway, enough of the humour. Hey, today is my last day at the bank I currently work for... Lets hope and pray that the people at the new job will be as nice as the people at this bank are...

Oh yeah... TGIF!

Posted by Mad Bull at 01:59 PM | Comments (9)

February 17, 2005

Down With the Alliance!

Five cruise ships in today... rather, let me say at least five! Sometimes, depending on how the ships are moored, you can't be sure how many ships are really there unless you drive around and look at the harbour from all angles, you know? Sorry I can't give you the exact figures, you know how bad that makes me feel because you probably guessed that I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to minutiae like that.

So anyway, this morning I was driving in and by some odd happenstance I ended up listening to Rooster 101, the local Country&Western station. (Shhh, don't tell anyone I was listening to Country&Western music, ok? I'd never live it down! Also, it wouldn't be true.)

So when I hit Rooster 101, I heard Barrie Quappe on her morning talkshow, Cayman Crosstalk. She was interviewing 4 independent candidates for the upcoming elections here, and people were also able to call in and ask them questions. People, these gentlemen pissed me off this morning!

The first thing that disturbed me about these candidates was that they seemed to be prejudiced! (not racial prejudice, but national prejudice) The first question that Barrie posed to them was about crime and security. Recently, there have been a few rapes here, and so Barrie led off with that.

She basically asked these gentlemen what they intended to do about the crime problem, especially rape, since that was recently upon the table... These gentlemen began their response by saying something about how so many people who live here were not from the Cayman Islands and that these people had different norms and values, and they shouldn't bring their bad ways with them to Cayman and expect to get away with it, etc. etc!

Oh no they didn't!

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February 15, 2005

Birth of the Terminator?

So, this weekend just gone was pretty decent! How come I'm just getting around to telling you then? Well, sometimes a brother can get busy, you done know... anyway, Friday after work, I went out with a couple of my co-workers for a drink. That was pretty cool, even though it wasn't for very long. Don't recall doing much else Friday night except reading blogs, but thats all good... relaxing.

Saturday I went to Corner Pocket with a bredrin from work. I played a few games of pool for awhile, then I started to play darts with somebody else. Man, I had a lot of fun there. Its been ages since I played darts! I think the last time that I played was in the Physics Lab at STGC, when they were trying to start up a team... I was in fourth or fifth form back then, so you see how long ago we are talking about! Trust me, the guy I was playing against was GOOD, so I didn't even come close to winning. In fact, a lot of the time, the guy was playing with his left hand (hes right-handed) to keep it competitive, but I had a lot of fun still... It was really nice, and I shall return.

Sunday I basically chilled out at home. That was cool too... I played a game with MBJr. on his Playstation 2. It was "Colin McCrae's Rally", I think its called. Basically it was some car racing. MBJr. kicked my ass, and he wasn't shy to let me know that he had done so either. You'd think that I should have a bit more experience than him at the driving thing, huh?

Unfortunately, driving a car in the game is not at all similar to driving a car in reality, because the controls for the Playstation 2 are nothing like a steering wheel and the gas and brake pedals... I hardly ever play anything on the Playstation and the control pad is very foreign and unintuitive to me! MBJr. however could find his way around those controls in his sleep!

Still, you can buy a steering wheel and pedals for the Playstation 2, so I plan to buy them and then challenge that little braggart once more. Vengeance will be sweet!

You know, with all this Playstation stuff, MBJr. is rapidly becoming trained up to be a soldier of the future! Do you know that soon people will be fighting wars in a similar fashion to how they now play video games? Yes man! Check out the U.S.nuh? I read that they will have robots entering the fray in Iraq by next month. These robots will be fitted with machine guns and cameras, and so a soldier can slay the enemy from afar! Wickid development, huh... It sure sounds like a good thing, doesn't it? It sounds like it may well minimise on the number of deaths that occur as a result of wars...

But wait, hold up a minute... is that really true? Think about it now... In another article in the same paper, someone else highlighted some of the concerns related to having robots fight wars for humans. I'd link it, but I can't find it...

First of all, this robot killer (They call these robots S.W.O.R.D.'s, for 'Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems')will be to the benefit of the side that has it, but woe betide the side that doesn't have it. Here are some of the benefits.

The robots don't get afraid, don't get sick, don't care about the weather, they don't eat and best of all, they don't die! Of course, if you put your mind to it, you can surely think of more benefits.

They will be a source of strength in so many ways to the country that has them. And how will they impact the countries that don't have them?

Well, they may well be pretty hard to fight, for all the reasons outlined above!

If we follow this line of thought all the way through, whats the deterrent to war if you aren't having any casualties? Nowadays, politicians who might want to start a war know that they'll have to face an electorate which comprises people who have lost loved ones in the war, and that is in and of itself, a major deterrent. If there are no casualties however, it becomes a win-win situation. Why NOT go to war, you see what I'm saying. Having weapons such as these may lead a country to abuse its power, and we have already seen signs of a tendency to abuse power in a major country or two, have we not?

Another side of this development to be considered is this... Right now, these robots shoot only when its human operator presses a button after identifying a target on video shot by the robots cameras. In the future, they may apply artificial intelligence to these robots. The robots my eventually begin to think for themselves! Then how long will it take for a world such as that foreshadowed by movies like the "Matrix" series or "I Robot" to occur?

Maybe this new initiative to employ robots in a war is not such a nice idea after all... What do you think?

Posted by Mad Bull at 07:24 PM | Comments (9)

February 14, 2005

Happy Valentines Day!

Well, its been a busy day, so I haven't put finger to keyboard up till now. I would like to come back and give you something a bit more substantial, but its Valentines Day, so you done know... In case you doh hear from me again tonight, Happy Valentine's Day to all of you who grace my blog with a read, seen? One love!

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February 13, 2005

Sex Chat

Ok, ok, so you caught me, technically I did steal this from Trouble's site.

Its just that it was so phucking funny, I couldn't help myself. I guess thats why these Caymanians are always saying we Jamaicans too thief, huh?

"I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world." - Angelina Jolie
(I can almost hear the Doc saying "Bwoy, she coulda taste me right now if she waah!!)

"It's so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up who." Joan Rivers

"I remember the first time I had sex I kept the receipt." Groucho Marx

"I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy." - Steve Martin

"Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other." - Marquis De Sade

"If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!" - Vince Vaughn

I took the above quotes from a page on Trouble's site where he posted 99 things about himself, so if you want to know more about Trouble, go and read it. Re the property I stole from Trouble though, people are always talking about sex, nuh true? Everybody does it. Maybe its the most popular topic in the world, I don't know, but its arguable, don't you think?

Anyway, guess what. I was engaged in what I think was the wierdest Instant Messaging chat I've ever been involved in today. (* if you're easily offended by bad words or crass names for sexual organs, stop here, 'k?)

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Maturity

A bredrin emailed this to me and I found it somewhat amusing and also, somewhat true, so I am posting it. Hope you like it too...

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February 12, 2005

No Effing Way

Last night, at about 10pm, Natty said she wanted some coconut water, so we drove down to the gas station by Savannah and I went in and got the coconut water. As I re-entered the car, I heard a news item on the radio to the effect that the Jamaican Gov't. had said that they would not be honouring any request by Rita Marley to exhume Bob Marley's body to have it transferred to Ethiopa.

Now I only heard a part of the news item, and I've been waiting for some followup in the news, but I haven't heard it. Never the less, I sincerely hope that its true. Rita says that Bob's spiritual home is Ethiopia. I say that Bob's spirit is gone already and if it wishes to dwell in Ethiopia, it can. Bob born and grow a Yard, and thats where his body should rest, you simi? Click on the link below and enjoy a likkle tune by Bob, nuh?

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Dem Get Weh

So the Policemen involved in the Braeton affair have been acquitted?!

Like Yvonne McCalla-Sobers, I am disappointed. Unfortunately the prosecution wasn't able to find enough evidence to put these bastard policemen away.

Still, it is well known that there were many irregularities in the process of securing a crime scene, which caused the much needed evidence to 'vanish'. In any non-corrupt society, the people responsible for securing the crime scene would perhaps be up on charges or at the minimum, fired from their jobs. Can we expect to see that happen? Nope.

I wonder how the case for the Kraal killings will go now? This time the investigations were done by Scotland Yard, so I have some hope that the murderers will pay, but it is Jamaica we are speaking about, so...

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February 10, 2005

Some Stuff...

Bwoy, I have been having it hard to build a vibe to write a post this week. Its not like I didn't have things to write about, you know. I guess its because I'm tired though. I have been burning the candle at both ends for awhile now, going to bed late and getting up early, and when I get tired, I gets mizzerable!!

You know, I don't know about you, but I've noticed that anytime I feel down and depressed, it coincides with the times when I'm tired! I must make it a point to get more sleep, rasta!

Anyway, what do I have to chat to you about tonight? Well, yesterday, I took MBJr. to this agricultural fair they had here. It was pretty decent, MBJr. had lots of fun in the bounceabout and by the petting zoo, eating up cotton canday and swilling down sodas and sno-cones... A nice day was had overall. The only thing that marred it for me was the service I got from the people selling food! They know nothing about line discipline, bwoy. You stand up for an age in the hot sun in a long line and they start serving people who aren't in the line or who are behind you in the line! Can you believe it? I left two vendors in my dust over just that. "Come back, we soon deal with you... come back nuh". Hmph... Fat phucking chance!

On the bright side, they had a couple of girls who sang stuff, popular tunes, including some soca music, and they were pretty good. Them never look three bad either!

Still, that wasn't all I enjoyed of their performance, they were pretty good. Natty thought they were good too, and also, I am just coming back from Blockbuster at Grand Harbour, and I was chatting with a Honduran girl who works there and she thought these girls were great too! There is more, mah peeps...

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February 09, 2005

Footprints

Have y'all heard the new T.O.K. song? Its called "Footprints". Click the link and watch the video nuh?

I quite like the song still, but one thing I thought about it was this... If I am under nuff pressure and down in the dumps, I wouldn't want God to just be sad with me, I'd want him to help me out a bit, you done know! Never the less, the song sounds good, and it certainly is a step away from what we have come to expect from T.O.K., i.e. the 'Fyah fi bun pon di Chi Chi' and the raunchy sex lyrics about the women... Good one T.O.K. That definitely had a Touch of Klass!

Ok, dogs... do your thing, man... (* my best 'Randy' impression *)

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February 08, 2005

Close Call

My head is hurting me... M'Buthelezi and I decided to buy some pizza for dinner. I ordered it about 7:30 pm. You know that is rass claat 9:30 pm the pizza reach?

You see when the delivery person reach, I was madding to go tell her some bombo claat, but M'Buthelezi urged restraint... "It most likely is not the delivery person's fault", she said...

What a good thing I decided not to light up the woman!

After she done deliver the pizza, she introduced herself as my next door neighbour... I know the husband and the kids, but not her... That certainly wouldn't have done our good neighbourly image any good, now would it?

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Work for Idle Hands...

The devil does find work for idle hands, nuh true? After that software upgrade I just finished doing yesterday, I felt that I should celebrate by posting these nice pictures for you all to enjoy.

Mind how you proceed past this point, people....

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February 07, 2005

My February 7 Posts, Past and Present

Hey all! Whats up? I am just passing through tonight still, as I am rather tired. I didn't get enough sleep Friday night and last night was even worse! At least the days went well... I did not mention before on the blog, but I went to work Saturday and Sunday to upgrade a software package. It went pretty well. There was a little hiccup today, but a ghost image of the PC before the upgrade allowed us to access some data which didn't make it through the upgrade. This upgrade went swimmingly... not like some others I have been involved with... as an example, heres a bit of a post I wrote on Thursday, February 7, 2002, three years ago to the day :

Well, the Software Upgrade from Hell is officially over . I am glad. Let me tell you, I am going to call the project "Project Murphy" because I have never seen anything follow Murphy's Law so absolutely. The Software package in question runs on HPUX and Windows, and relies on Oracle, C and COBOL. We started out with the wrong versions of everything.

See, that one were ruff! Still, I survived it and for that we say "Thanks!".

Hey, oonoo remember the signature bull head I used to keep on my old blog? See it yah!

You know what, since I-man well tired and can't come up with a post, I will give you all the posts I have done on February 7 in the past! Now on Feb. 7, 2003, things were worse in some ways than now... my Dad had just had a heart attack. Still, all was not lost yet, and we still had hope he would make it. That February 7, I was doing the stuff that I prolly do best... I was reminiscing about the past and I was chatting about a pretty, phat girl. Check it out nuh...

Last year February 7 I gave you all not one but two posts... in the first, I mentioned how MBJr. and many other kids from his preschool had come down with Gastro-Enteritis... later in the day, I busted the 'news flash' that Lennox Lewis had retired. See, when you check my site, sometimes I drop these interesting little gems, don't you know... Anyway, me gone!

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February 06, 2005

Mundane But Interesting Stuff

Here is a little something I found interesting... I went to a site (found via Fyr... hey, Fyr has up some irie new photos taken from Strawberry Hill! Gwaan go check them out, zeen?) and came across this survey, taken from xxtreme-entertainment dot com. Now on New Year's Eve, Natty, MBJr., M'Buthelezi and I went around to the DSS Doctor & Shoma's house and shot off fireworks and drank up some liquor, which basically amounted to "Chillin at friends'. I would have thought that plenty people did just that, but based on that survey, most people went to church or feting... or is it just that we "yard chillers" did not find it important to answer this survey? Hmmm... from 272 people, you'd think that more than 4% chilled at a friend's yard, wouldn't you?

Also, what a low percentage of people selected 'get laid'... of course the 'party' selectors may well have gotten laid after the party, nuh true? I can definitely see where the two things might have a high correlation, can't you...

Also interesting, from the same site, was this... Hey, the girl in that picture is the daughter of an acquaintance of mine... I have known her from her "eye deh a her knee!"... literally! She must be 19 or 20 now! That picture made me feel sorta old still. Hey, the big "FOUR-OHHH" is coming up this year, you know!

So, I have a little question for you... for those of you who read this who are in or around my age group, what did you do / are you planning to do to mark your fortieth birthday? After all, I guess I should do something to celebrate the event. I gotta get my mid-life crisis started right, nuh true?

Last night Natty and I watched "Shall We Dance", with Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez. It was quite entertaining, and it made me want to go take some dancing classes myself. What do you say, Natty? Mek we go do it nuh? Anyways, it was a nice little show, very watchable and in the final scenes Susan Sarandon does this nice scene where she's kissing Gere and it was quite hot! I've never really seen her getting on in such a hot, sexy way before... interesting, I tell you. Gwaan go watch that too...

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February 05, 2005

Troy and Ray

Seven sure didn't lie, bredrins... 'Troy' did well wicked! The power and grace, the sheer awesomeness of Achilles in battle... the bravery and honour of Hector... the love of Priam for his slain son... 'Troy was a rass of a movie indeed!

In comments on another post, I mentioned that I had heard that Troy was a crappy movie... well, obviously I was mistaken. That must've been 'Alexander'. I unreservedly say to all of oonoo.... gwaan go watch 'Troy'. Now thats my kind of movie!

By the way, since I'm reviewing movies, I watched 'Ray' the other night... it was also a great movie. Yow, I knew a lot of the songs he sang but didn't know it was him who sang them! That mofo could sing, bwoy! I also found that I gained a lot of respect for the man due to his triumph over all his 'demons' at the end of the movie. Big up, Ray Charles! Also, I totally respect Jamie Foxx! The man can definitely act.... he deserves an award, bigtime. I haven't seen the other movies which have actors that have been nominated for 'best actor' in the Academy Awards, but I believe that their biggest fight will be against Jamie Foxx! Remember also how I bigged Jamie up for "Collateral"!

Anyway, me gone, because I have to go to work tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. Let me end as I know you knew I would. Gwaan go watch Troy AND Ray!

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February 03, 2005

Homework Again??!

Bwoy, the yutes (MBJr's) homework a kill me! Look how late I have been in getting online? And hey, they are pressuring Natty way more than me! It MUST be as a result of Ivan why they are giving the school children so much homework! They are trying to make up for lost time!

Anyway, thay have me feeling all tuckered out, so I won't tarry too much tonight! Tell you what, instead of reading my blog for your entertainment tonight, why don't you hit the road and go to "Reggaeton" tonight at the Matrix nightclub?

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February 02, 2005

Whassup?

Hey all, whassup? I laid low yesterday, didn't feel the vibe to write a post so I just left it alone. Anyway, re my last post, there is a reason that I wrote that post. I saw that Trouble said people were to ask him questions and that was the topic on my mind at the time, reason being that I had just read a couple of columns by Mark Wignall, and a response to Mark's first article on the topic.

Basically, in his first article, Mark suggested that AIDS, or really the HIV virus was man made, and indeed, that the virus was created in a U.S. Lab, with the purpose of reducing the population of third world countries so as to free up scarce resources for U.S. consumption. He went further to suggest that there is a cure, but that it is not in the best interests of the U.S. to release it!

The Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Jamaica responded to Marks first column... He basically ridiculed what Mark Wignall had suggested and went on to tell us what was the generally accepted view as to the origins of the HIV virus.

Still, Mark Wignall is like a pit bull, rasta... once he has grabbed hold of something, he simply will not let go, and he likes to go for the jugular. Mark responded to the response of the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires! He suggested that the U.S. Embassy representative could not be expected to suggest anything other than he did, as he was one of the 'protector' of the U.S.' interests [my words here] and that the generally held view was basically created and supported by the same people who were protecting U.S. interests. He noted that these views were nothing more than that, and he went on to point out that the U.S. had been responsible for scientific research which involved infecting 400 black people with syphillis and pretending to cure them, so as to observe what would happen to them over the long term when the syphillis went untreated.

Its all quite interesting reading, folks, click the links and read up if oonoo like... Speaking for myself, I wasn't convinced by the arguments of either side, but at the same time, if I were to attain some ripe old age and was to hear at that time that some secret document had become declassified which revealed that the HIV virus WAS created by U.S. gov't-funded researchers, I wouldn't be too surprised, because there is no telling what they will do. Looking at the empirical evidence, I would be foolish to believe that they could not be involved.

By the way, Trouble wrote a great answer to my question, and even if you don't follow the other links, please go check his answer out, seen?

Yow, people, is SEVEN cruise ships were in the Harbour by George Town today, you know? If we round off the carrying capacity of these ships to 2000 passengers, that represents 14000 money-spending tourists walking up and down snarling traffic on the capital's streets today!

Bwoy, I want to open some kind of shop in downtown George Town, you know... anybody have any ideas what would sell well to cruise tourists? If you hit the nail on the head, I will cover you with gold! Gold, I tell you!

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