Archive for the 'Thoughts' Category

Squeeeezed Dry! 42 Comments

The key principle of morality is that doing something for yourself is bad or at least not worth anything morally speaking, while doing something for others is noble and praiseworthy.
People are called “selfish” when an observer perceives that the person could have taken one of numerous courses of action which might [...]

Celly Etiquette 34 Comments

She called; I was in a building where reception was terrible. I picked up, as she had tried to contact me in other means regarding the juicy happenings of the weekend.
I could barely hear her; I told her I would call her in 2 minutes from downstairs. Two minutes later, she is not picking up. [...]

the Secret is 39 Comments

I don’t watch day-time TV, although I flip through channels. A while back I saw a Nicole Kidman interview on one of those shows with a bunch of ladies.
She walked in a size 2 dress and no cheeks on her face, just cheek bones. I suppose super skinny is sexy, but it [...]

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A baby born in the west before the 1900’s was expected to live to about age 45. In 2009 life expectancy at birth is about 80 and climbing each year.
What is different is not the fact people in the west eat healthy, in fact there is evidence that suggest people eat more [...]

Who Are You? 32 Comments

This is a question I have frequently encountered growing up as an Ethiopian kid in the middle of nowhere, Texas. Actually, the question was more of “what are you?”
I would rightly claim my Ethiopian identity each time it was asked but as I got older and moved to a part of the country where [...]