Archive for October, 2008
Little Soul Rebel!
October 31st, 2008 | 
Author: At first the little seven year old boy struggling against “oppression” was a joy to my soul. “No! No! No! But I don’t wanna sit on anyone’s lap! No!” he loudly protested.
The lap in question was none other than his father’s and it was a gem to watch the father/son power struggle. His father was so powerless against the little boy’s stubborn resolve that he eventually caved in and let the boy have his way and stand instead…
We were on a crowded London underground train and I was thinking how good it was to see such a strong minded youth letting the world of adult authority know that he wasn’t going to let his spirit get conquered.
Somehow I admired that. It reminded me of how I was as a youth of similar age. I wondered why the adult father could not cut the poor youth some slack.
Vanishing Support
But my support for the boy vanished when I realised that the boy wasn’t cute but actually quite rude, spoiled and downright out of order! I think it was the spitting, punching and kicking at his dad followed by slapping his dad’s face which finally did it for me. I recoiled…
What was most surprising was that the father was allowing this little boy to get away with such indiscipline. Whereas the boy’s resistance to apparent oppression initially captured my support, his rudeness only earned my scorn. His cute, tiny, whiny, protesting voice became annoying to the point where I would gladly slap him across the mouth myself.
One passenger offered to tell off the boy but this had no effect with the boy telling the passenger to “shut up!” Everyone laughed thinking it was quite cute.
By now I’m thinking this boy is beyond redemption and I’m blaming the parents for encouraging his unruliness and bad behaviour. Maybe in time he will straighten out and fly right, I reason.
After all, I didn’t turn out too bad myself!
Oh God, I Give Thanks!
This week is proving to be one of the best of my life with old friends popping up, new opportunities presenting themselves and existing situations lining up in a much more positive way.
Obviously I’m not going to elaborate any further on these until after things have progressed a little, as is my usual way, of course…
But, I am glad and grateful for how things are advancing and I’m filled with gratitude and a quite humble spirit. I give thanks.
At various stages it is common to overlook the act of giving thanks. Maybe arrogance takes over and overconfidence propels you into thinking all the goodness you experience happens only because of your own efforts. But I really believe that spiritual consciousness generates positivity and nothing good really happens without God’s grace and blessing.
If you don’t really believe in God then obviously you’re at a disadvantage because you will most probably feel you’re the engine of your own success. But when things go bad and deteriorating who do you turn to? My guess is God.
But why do you think God is going to be that interested in you if you only go to him/her when you’re in crisis yet in good times you totally ignore and disregard him/her?
This is the thing I try to understand: God is apparently so forgiving and loving that his/her love is constant regardless of how are. In human terms this is absolutely unheard of. But then again this is what separates man from God…
Can you dig it?
This Brand Of Madness
British comedian Russell Brand used to be someone I admire mainly because he was unpredictable, creative and given time, I felt, would go right over the edge. Well, I gave him some time and he has just gone over the edge!
Phoning 78 year old Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs – who played Spanish waiter Manuel in the series – and leaving a nasty message saying he had made love to his granddaughter Georgina Baillie, on his BBC radio show hosted with Jonathan Ross, is reprehensible to say the very least.
To think he was joined by presenter Ross in the prank made it even worse. I have never really liked Ross who is a talentless, loudmouth who gets his kicks by attempting to humiliate guests on his so-called talk shows.
The BBC obviously thinks a whole lot about Ross since they pay him
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Is Mr. Right, Still Right In His Head?
See the first part of this article [here].
Maybe the Mr. Right women seek is named that for a reason. Who knows, perhaps Mr. Right is really a right idiot! Maybe the term is used to ensnare gullible men into feeling special long enough for women to seduce and entice him into marriage.
While his head is still swirling in misty bewilderment, women relish the lavish status of wife!
Of course, no self respecting woman will accept any of the above thoughts! They will tell me how marriage is a fine institution and a tradition that is simply divine to uphold. Even if that was true it’s still good to question the stuff and nonsense that we hold dear to our hearts.
Precious Kicking
Anything that precious is good for a good kicking, mocking and ridiculing. Maybe even a little slap around the face or a strong punch to the stomach!
The point is if they’re so fragile they’ll crumble at the first ribald comment, then maybe such great institutions and traditions are not worth the illusion they’re founded on…
There, I’ve said it! Feel free to cast as many stones as you can carry! 
- PS: This piece was written with my tongue inside my cheeks and humour at the forefront of my brain. Of course I love a good wedding! Just tell me when you
Is Mr. Right, Right In His Head?
Some women are expecting a lot when they look at a man as their ‘Knight in Shining Armour.’ It
All BMT Pages!
And there I was thinking that BMT (short for BlackMan Time) would not be too popular as an internet site name or abbreviation. Wrong!
In fact there are so many BMT named sites out there I decided to make a collection of them all. Or, just a selection of them anyway.
Below is such a list…
- BMT – this blog!
- BMT Group
- BMT Defence Systems
- BMT Cordah
- BMT Isis
- BMTSupport.org
- Building Market Transformation /a>
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Branded Moments of Truth
- BMT Sales & Marketing
- BMT College
- BMT file extension
- Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network
- Business and Management Training
- BMT Micro
- National Bone Marrow Transplant Link
- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation
- BioMolecular Therapeutics
BMT Meanings
- BlackMan Time
- Basement Basic Military Training
- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (New York subway line)
- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (early Subway sandwich promotion)
- British Maritime Technology
- Badminton
- Big Mutha Truckers (game)
- Benton Mackaye Trail (GA, NC,TN)
- Bayerische Medien Technik GmbH (Germany)
- Before My Time
- Bachelor of Music Therapy
- Bench Marking Test
- Ballistic Missile Technology
- Biological Mechanical Treatment
- Brushing My Teeth
- Bachelor of Medical Technology
- Bone Marrow Transplant/Transplantation
- Battalion Maintenance Technician
- Biggest, Meatiest, and Tastiest (Subway sandwich slogan)
- biosonar measurement tool
- Benslow Music Trust (UK; formerly Rural Music Schools Association)
- Bilateral Myringotomy Tube (surgery)
- Bomberman Tournament (game)
- Ballistic Missile Translator
- Burton Memorial Tower (University of Michigan)
- Bracket Mounted Terminal (Channel Commercial Corp.)
- Base Military Training
- Beam Management Terminal
- Basic March Test (reliability testing)
- behavioral modification technique
- Billion Metric Tonnes
- Burst Mode Transceiver
- Bulk Moderator Temperature
- Begemann Milieutechniek BV (Dordrecht, The Netherlands)
- Bottom Middle Top
- Buckeye Mini Trucks (Cardington, Ohio)
- Boston and Maine Transportation Railroad
- Bilateral Myringotomy Tympanostomy (surgical procedure)
- Big Motherloving Truck (polite form)
- Bean Managed Transactions
- The sites listed above are in no way connected to BMT (blackmantime.com) and are included here only as an editorial exercise. Please refer to the particular BMT site if you need information from that site.
To Boldly Trek Where Blacks Haven’t Trekked Before!
When the new Star Trek movie is released in a few months it will carry a message of hope for greater unity between the universe’s different races.
The original series has always done this, a concept reflected in the multi-racial make up of the long-running series cast and crew.
This is an appropriate time for such a positive message to be delivered, just as the US presidential elections is unfolding and hope is high that voters will elect Barack Obama as America’s first Black president…
This Star Trek/US Elections analogy is particularly apt. The film/series have always revolved around the famous tagline: “Space, the final frontier…” and ends with “to boldly go where no man has gone before…”
Race, Space, Frontier
This very suitably mirrors Obama’s aspiration to become the first Black American president. But, it also reflects a hope that race, rather than space will no longer be the final frontier but one where every colour, creed, sex, religion and diversified social, political and cultural persuasion is accommodated.
Alas, this is not the case.
Barack Obama dare not embrace Muslim voters with the same vigour he has courted Black voters. To do so would be political suicide and the end of any US Presidential White House dreams.
Muslim
When he was accused of being a Muslim because of a set of photos which showed him wearing a traditional Muslim garment, he had to deny being a Muslim. The sad thing is that he didn’t say something like: “But there’s nothing wrong with being a Muslim, anyway…”
In fact there are many Muslims who hoped Obama’s responses to accusations that he is Muslim should have been more than just denial; they should be a condemnation of the prejudices that lace such accusations. There is nothing wrong about being a Muslim in America or in any country but try telling that to the ignorant.
We do hope Obama make it all the way to the White House. But if his message of change means anything then he needs to do whatever he can to include the issues that affect Muslims as equally as those that affect Joe the Plumber and Middle America. Not only has he got to trek where no BlackMan has trekked before, he has to do it boldly too!
- Photo shows Barak Obama dressed as a Muslim, wearing a white turban and a wraparound white robe presented to him by elders in Wajir, in north-eastern Kenya, Obama
Can Cook, Can’t Bake!
I have a friend who insists she’s a good cook but she can’t bake! I cracked up laughing at that. Just how hard is baking compared to cooking? Isn’t it the same skills levels needed for both? Apparently not…
My friend and I spent a good deal of time arguing over the issue the other day. She even burns toast for goodness sake! To cap it all, she’s been burning toast for a long time – something she’s very proud of.
Actually, when I come to think about it burning toast is not so bad. After all what is toasting really? It’s burnt bread, right? If you get right down to it toast is a controlled burning of bread where the bread ends up being lightly burnt. But if you burn it heavily that’s not good for you, or the bread.
It doesn’t matter if I point out to her that burnt food isn’t good for you generally because the burnt bit can cause cancer. This is an old Jamaican folklore so take it with a pinch of salt or even eat it raw, if you prefer!
None of this compares to the fact my friend says she can cook but can’t bake. It’s a bit like saying she can run but she can’t walk! It doesn’t seem to make logical sense to me, but what do I know!
Maybe I should take her up on her offer to cook me a meal. If I’m still around after eating that, I’ll let you know what I think!
Real Bird’s Nest!
I keep making the mistake of complimenting black women on how their hair looks nice all natural, only for them to turn around and reveal they are in fact wearing a bird’s nest! I did that very same thing today while having lunch with one of my work colleagues.
We were getting on so well, eating and talking over our lunch that at a certain point I realise chemistry started kicking in and I found myself thinking that maybe if she wasn’t in a relationship I’d make a move on her. The only problem was I wasn’t thinking it: I actually said this to her but thinking I only thought it!
“Did I really say that?” I asked that in mock shock horror! “I was only supposed to be thinking it!”
We both laughed at that, of course. But the natural hair v bird’s nest issue is one that won’t go away. We both agree that bird’s nest is getting more sophisticated now and it’s hard to tell them apart from real hair.
The issue about women needing to wear bird’s nest to save time, did come up, but it’s one of those road bumps that we had different opinions on and could not resolve…
Women with husbands, children, jobs and/or responsibilities need all the help they can to balance everything. Of course, affected women would say this, wouldn’t they? But is wearing a bird’s nest the best answer?
What about cultural identity? Do we need to throw the baby out with the bath water too?
Friendly With My Neighbours
I am blessed!
Yesterday morning I bumped into two of my neighbours at the same time. I then asked myself what’s the probability of that happening in London? I thought it is pretty high because people generally tend to keep to themselves in these parts.
Compared to the rural parts of England Londoners got this reputation for being colder and more aloof. They are even downright rude sometimes. It is certainly possible to live in London for many years and not even know your neighbours.
This is why I conclude I am blessed because I know most of my neighbours on first name terms, even if we do not spend a lot of time checking in and out of each other’s houses.
Maybe that’s a blessed relief!
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