He Hit Her.

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I saw him hit her and I couldn’t stop myself. I had to say something. Here is what happened. It was almost 11:00 pm, and we were headed back home after staying a short while at Jams Addis to celebrate their 1-year anniversary, and to support my friend’s reggae band (resident band performing on Thursdays and Saturdays). We got a taxi aka a matatu and we got the two seats in front with the driver. Because it was very late, there were not too many matatus around and this particular one seemed to be going to a variety of random spots so it got packed pretty quickly. I assumed we were going to be extra comfortable since we were placed in the front with the driver. Well, I was wrong. Before we took off for ‘Mexico’, the tout opened the door and rapped some Amharic at me while gesturing wildly for me to move over. Then the couple that was preparing to join us did some acrobatics. The young man, looking to be in his early 20’s, lifted his girl (I assumed) onto his lap and rudely shoved himself next to me, his left bicep clocked hard against my throat. I started to choke and thankfully I managed to pull his arm away and clear my vision. So there we were. Unicorn was pressed next to the driver, I was squeezed in right next to him and the young girl (also in her early 20’s) was propped up on her boyfriend’s lap. Then I saw him hit her. His right hand swung up and hit her right in the face. At first, I thought it was a space issue: perhaps he had tried to adjust himself for comfort’s sake and hit her by mistake…THEN he did it again and I could not stop myself. I reached across, between their bodies and Continue reading →

The Difference Between Men And Women…Very, Very, True!

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How true. Ladies, think about this one…

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couplegfLet’s say a guy named Fred is attracted to a woman named Martha. He asks her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again they enjoy themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither one of them is seeing anybody else.

And then, one evening…

when they’re driving home, a thought occurs to Martha, and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: “Do you realize that, as of tonight, we’ve been seeing each other for exactly six months?”

And then, there is silence in the car.To Martha, it seems like a very loud silence. She thinks to herself: I wonder if it bothers him that I said that. Maybe he’s been feeling confined by our relationship; maybe he thinks I’m trying to push him into some kind of obligation…

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Be a Guru. Or Not.

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Have you ever had one of those days when you think, ‘hey…I should do that!’ when you spy something interesting online. Today was one of those days for me. I was reading up on how Youtube is making some people a pile of money – you know them, the Youtube gurus who have channels to which we all subscribe faithfully. I have a few faves and I noticed that they have started doing ‘Meet the Fans’ and national tours, basically raking in the money. So I thought, ‘Hey, I should do that!’…then I realized that I may not have the time or energy it would take to surely manage a channel. I mean, I barely uphold my end of the ‘blog everyday’ bargain here!

However, it got me thinking. Perhaps the reason those gurus are successful is because they are really doing something they really love and something they are very passionate about. So, what am I passionate about? Continue reading →