It never bothered me as such but I used to wonder why heavily veiled Muslim women would avoid getting into the lifts with me.
At first I jokingly questioned whether the scent I was giving off in such close quarters was the problem! Then the joke petered off when an increasing number of Muslim women would [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:24 on August 31st, 2007 in Culture
No Comments »I keep underestimating the strength of my own brilliance! Or, to put it another less braggadocios way: I underestimate my influence on other people.
I’ve just come across this site called blackscholar.net which seems to have copied our original educational intention, down to the very slogan we still use!
I am not surprised by this because they [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:54 on August 30th, 2007 in Issues
No Comments »Over the weekend I visited the dry cleaners and the assistant who served me was a very tall and attractive blond haired, blue eyed woman. She wore a Sterling silver Nerfetiti chain around her neck and it caught my eye because it’s not often I see white people wearing Black symbols like that.
I commented on [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:05 on August 29th, 2007 in Culture
No Comments »By the time you read this I’ll probably be in Morocco! This is my first trip to the Motherland, Africa, of course, and although it is northern - not West Africa which is where my original roots are, I am still excited.
At this moment I am filled with all the usual trepidation, excitement and buzz [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:37 on August 28th, 2007 in Lifestyle
No Comments »Before embarking on a little break to Morocco, I contemplated getting immunised against the recommended stuff. These are Hepatitis A, Polio and Typhoid.
Being immunised entails being injected with manageable doses of Hepatitis A, Polio and Typhoid. The idea is to introduce the body to these conditions and allowing the body to naturally acclimatise or fight [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:16 on August 27th, 2007 in Lifestyle
No Comments »Whenever youths as young as 11 starts to get shot in the head by youths the same age, then you just know there’s a much bigger problem somewhere in that society. So, you can imagine, there’s something seriously wrong in northern England (and the UK in general) right now, with the gun killing of Rhys [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:37 on August 26th, 2007 in Society
No Comments »I have to concede I am wrong about sleep! It is not a time-wasting, underrated activity! It actually does refreshes and replenishes the body!
OK, all this should already be common sense or obvious. But sometimes when you’re pressed for time or working to tight deadlines you burn the candle at both ends mistakenly thinking that [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:41 on August 25th, 2007 in Lifestyle
No Comments »What is actually driving me forward to produce a piece of thought everyday in this BlackMan Time blog is the sceptical attitude I encountered from an upper-class twit work colleague. We had been talking about the company’s website and how it was a shame that the blog was not added to on a daily basis.
In [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:13 on August 24th, 2007 in Writing
No Comments »Long before Hurricane Dean had hit Jamaica US President Bush had ensured emergency measures for Texas were well in place, just in case the strong wind rearranged the Texas Red Neck landscape!
That initiative was made on the back of a FEMA announcement by officials gloating how they were ready for Dean in advance, should disaster [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:23 on August 23rd, 2007 in Politics
Comments OffAll religions, particularly if they are actually relevant to people’s lives, have laws to follow. Closer examination of these laws might reveal uncanny similarity between them all too!
Take for instance Buddhism. Its laws come in the form of precepts and among the top five, in no particular order, are these:
Don’t Kill Anything
Don’t Steal
Don’t Misuse (or [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:07 on August 22nd, 2007 in Society
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