I’ll be honest, for all the years that I lived in Jamaica and knew about this thing called Halloween, I have yearned to decorate my yard with the paraphernalia associated with the season: skulls, headstones, witches on brooms, cobwebs and spiders, pumpkin heads … you get the idea. It always seemed to be chic to decorate your home to match the season. The problem in Jamaica always was the fact that homes aren’t open to the public the way they ..read more
Archive for October, 2009
overheard: definition of a snob
Caution: Jamaican dialect follows. Tread cautiously.
“lawd jesus… me a snob from age 3. Mom seh me find one side of the sand box and fuck off wid all de rest of the pickney dem”
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For the last 2 or 3 days, there has been a broken water main at the end of our street – where it meets the main road. For that long, water (good water too) has been pouring unchecked into the road at a steady pace. On day 1, there were workmen digging, but they didn’t stay long, and they left a large hole filled with water until today.
This morning, a much larger crew arrived on scene and started digging again. ..read more
eReading
It’s been a-buzz in the air for a few weeks (months?) – Barnes and Noble’s answer to the Kindle. I’ve been ignoring the chatter for the most part because, being unemployed at this point makes it impossible for me to grab hold of new techie toys and play with them the way I normally would have wanted to do. However, the Nook (as it is now known) is set to be released in ..read more
slow site loads and updates
I think I have fingered the culprit for my slow site loads these last few days. Although, I am reminded of times when I have said I have fixed a problem only to have it recur so I say that tentatively and hope for the best. It occurred to me that I never see many comments here on site and furthermore I never use the CommentLuv plugin .. I didn’t even know where it appeared on the page. And I ..read more
so much for more blogging
I had made the mental note to blog at least once a day … I had even started to. Then the trip to Michigan threw my schedule out of whack again. And frankly, everything has been out of whack since I moved here.
Let’s do a recap: We got back from Michigan to hear that Bear was peeing blood in his urine again and the vet wanted to do an x-ray for some god-awful amount of money. We brought him home ..read more
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