Back in the 20th century there was this big man called Nyams Kirondo who toured the local schools trying to urge the young kids to avoid taking up the evil habit of smoking. I think he was sponsored by some local NGO. The man was a legend. I remember the day he came to our [...]
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Strange but True
affiliate program The author Mark Twain wrote: Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. A few weeks ago I came across a bizzare incident that reinforced my belief in this idea. It all began when I was interrupted from my compulsory afternoon nap by [...]
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When I showed this story to a good pal of mine the other day the response that I got was totally unexpected. Saima sent me an email and all but accused me of being unfair, short sighted and ignorant. She said that like a majority of the public I did not recognise how unfair the [...]
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The Meteorological office is warning that heavy snow and freezing temperatures are expected to continue for at least another two weeks. This follows Some of the heaviest snow fall in over 20 years. There has been heavy snow in the north-east of England and the Scottish borders, with reports of up to 30cm (12in) falling [...]
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affiliate program So I’m standing here again watching the world go by and everywhere there are chants of Out with the Old, In with the New! And I find that I am in agreement with all of them. 2009 was a non-year and it gave us nothing new or special. It was the year of [...]
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Like many other people I felt that so many megabytes and too many inches of newsprint had been dedicated to the story of – and the reactions to – the recent London Wedding that there was nothing more to add. But then I got a letter from my cousin Sui, a church pastor from a [...]
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” The opening line of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice There is a new truth today that is rapidly gaining acceptance in our digitally connected age. It is a truth that many will [...]
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With the ongoing credit crunch and rising prices it looks like the economy is set for really hard times ahead. Unemployment is rising as firms seek to cut costs and for those lucky to be in work there are only so many hours in the day and only so much overtime that one can do. [...]
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