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I stumbled across an article on wired about the world’s most expensive computers. There were a few ranging from $4,000 to – $10,000. Then there was the EGO designer laptop. They cost as much as $250,000. Yes..that is not a typo. You can “trick” this laptop out with leather, diamonds, gold and many other valuables. Anyone going to add this to their birthday wish list?
Not sure how many of you know this but the Jamaicans government will launch a call in program tomorrow with the PM Bruce Golding. The program is called ‘Jamaica House Live, and will air on the last Wednesday of each month between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on RJR 94 FM, Nationwide Radio Digital AM; Love 101 FM; Hot 102; KLAS FM and Roots FM. If you are in Jamaica you can call these number: 960-7739, 960-9853, 968-2019, 926-7527. If you are in the the United Kingdom you can call these number: 207-708-6670 and 207-708-6672. If you are in the United States or Canada you can call: 954-535-5761 and 305-597-7940
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As many of you may have heard Shaq is divorcing his wife. Now his “biznez” outta door. The courts recently posted his monthly budget and the people at AOL sports published it. All I can say is “WOW”. Below is a snippet
* $24,300 on the gas
* $17,220 on clothes
* $6,730 on laundry and dry cleaning
* $2,305 on pet care
* $1,620 on music and magazines
* $1,495 on cable television.
* $114,946 on miscellaneous
I think Shaq can bring the US out of the predicted recession….WOW.
Last week I read an interesting article (I can’t find it now) on how many Christians has honed in on the issues of abortion and gay marriage to support the Republican party. They have minimized the issues of social justice and helping the poor. Those issues are perceived as agenda items for Democrats. Basically the article stated that Christians are in danger of making the Republican party their god as they cherry social pick issues. I was reminded of this article this week at church…
I teach Sunday school (4th and 5th grade) at my church. This weekend’s topic was worrying. At the end of the class I asked the children for prayer requests for things they are worried about. I got some of the typical requests. They were worried about bullies, dying, sick relatives, pets, exams, schools, sports etc. The final request I got caught me off guard and reminded me of the article I just mentioned above. A shy looking young 4th grader stuck his hand up and says “I am worried that the next President will be a Democrat”.
I am sure many of you have heard that Jamaica broke the 2006 murder record in 2007. A friend sent these videos today.
My 4 year old daughter asked me to put this collage Jamaican flag on her room door. The flag was made by my oldest daughter. I kindly obliged with a glee in my eye…:mrgreen:. My 4 year says “S he was born in America, but came to the US from Jamaica”. My children knew the Jamaican National anthem before they knew the American one (Still not sure if they really know the US anthem). Every time a I go to Jamaica without them they are disappointed. I read Anancy stories to them. I read Dr Seuss in patois to them. Most of the food we eat (94%) is Jamaican. My oldest daughter says it is “cool” to be Jamaican at her school. Yes, I keep them emerged in the Jamaican culture. It is not hard when you live in South Florida with a large Jamaican community and you run Jamaicans.com.
What struck me recently is a comment by someone on me keeping my children “too” grounded in the Jamaica culture. It was not a compliment but more of a statement to say I may be saturating them too much in the Jamaican culture. I am proud of what I do, so it did not affect me. However I brought me back to a time years ago when I started this site. I would constantly get emails from individuals who had Jamaican heritage through a parent (s) or grand parent. They would ask me to legitimize them being Jamaican. They would tell me about what they eat, drink and their habits. They would take offense when other Jamaicans said they were not a “Yardie”. I now understand more than ever how these individuals feel. No one can tell my children they are not Jamaican. They where their heritage like a badge of honor.
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As many of you know from a previous post that I am not a fan of BET. The recent comments by BET founder Bob Johnson in support of the Clinton’s does not help. Below is the quote from the AP.
