There were indeed some things that occured over the weekend to share but I spent most of the day on Saturday and Sunday working with Wordpress on my laptop to upgrade Lounge Chicken. I’ve been chastised (rightfully so) by a couple of bloggers recently about not having an RSS feed (Real Simple Syndication) and […]

Last night was the Hash again but this one was special (not really) in that Jennifer (aka Chicken) was what is called the Hash Shit. You become the Hash Shit after being nominated by other hashers for some transgression and then one is picked out of the nominees. Jennifer became the Hash Shit […]

According to legend, an angel appeared to a Greek monk, no doubt after a couple of whiskies, named St Rule and warned him to remove the bones of St Andrew to “the ends of the earth” for safe keeping. Never has there been a country more fitting of the description “ends of the earth” for who in their right mind would chose to end up in Scotland?

I God pardon thee Augusto Pinochet for dropping my other children from helicopters and shooting them in the Santiago stadium because some of them wrote for communist newspapers and sang hippie folk songs.

However, if you are even remotely athletically inclined or need to get in shape in a very social way than Lilongwe is the place for you.

Now some of you may think this all sounds cruel but I really do not have any sympathy for the ants. Yes bugs are living creatures but they can be such a pain in the ass and there are so many of them. Come on, kill a bug for your fellow man.

Unfortunately, Museveni seems to be taking a page out of numerous African presidents’ books by extending their stay in office, many calling themselves president for life.

African Aid is a hot topic in the West and many good hearted people are doing their best to improve things. But those that have lived here for a while, both native and ex-patriots, tend to be much more cynical when it comes to the idealistic, world savers with NGOs, the UN and the like.

After spending one night in Lilongwe we got up bright and early for a short flight over to Mfuve, Zambia to the first stop on our honeymoon.

Not a bad excuse for the long silence. My fellow globbers unfortunately did not pick up the slack. Let it be known that Lounge Chicken is hiring globbers. No pay of course but it’s quite fun. I believe there is an entry from Terri in my inbox and Jennifer married me […]