Welcome to the fourth edition in the series of the Water Cooler. This feature will highlight what’s hot, topical and up for discussion. A section below is titled Photography. This section will be interactive for all my visitors. Your images with your credits (linked to your blog) can appear on the next edition of the [ Read More ]
For many people who have visited or have heard of Jamaica, some of their thoughts are positive while others are negative. Jamaica is a wonderful paradise when you get to appreciate all the interesting scenes and places the island has to offer. However, just like many other countries around the world, we all have our [ Read More ]
Welcome to the third edition in the series of the Water Cooler. This feature will highlight what’s hot, topical and up for discussion. Here we go. Politics Last week politics in the USA was great for a news story. I mean Jimmy Carter – the gift that keeps on giving, the Rep. Joe Wilson story [ Read More ]
Listening to newscasts day in and day out makes you immune to the weirdest or ridiculous news stories. One thing I have found interesting all the time are murder cases. I find them so interesting because most times close friends or relatives do not even know that the person was capable of committing such an [ Read More ]
Pull me into your arms Say I’m the one you WANT if you don’t, you’ll be alone and like a ghost I’ll be gone Lyrics from Beyonce’s Single Ladies For some time now I have not taken Beyonce’s Single Ladies song seriously. I have listened to the song many times but thought it was a [ Read More ]
[soundcloud url="http://soundcloud.com/scrimshire/whitney-loleatta-million-dollar-bill"] Video Music Awards On a night where artistes were celebrated and the best in category awarded there were some regrettable actions. The start of the event saw the organizers paying a well deserved tribute to the greatest icon in music, Michael Jackson. The bar was set very high as the beginning where the [ Read More ]
What is self esteem? Self Esteem reflects a person’s overall evaluation of appraisal of his or her own worth. This article was birthed out of a discussion I had with someone. They approached me with a question that I did not see coming. The person asked: “Am I attractive?” This question was never asked to [ Read More ]
Welcome to the second edition in the series of the Water Cooler. This feature will highlight what’s hot, topical and up for discussion. Here we go. Politics Last week Barack Obama called a special meeting in the house to discuss his health care reform bill. Oh how we love having this debate, to divide us [ Read More ]
This piece is dedicated to all who lost their lives and who lost families, friends in the 9/11 attacks on the United States of America. The entire world changed on this day, September 11, 2001. I was standing on what is called the ‘front page area’ of my school when I heard what happened on [ Read More ]
Van Jones The world woke up to news that Van Jones the green czar for the Obama administration resigned from his position. In recent times, television’s pundits have been at Jones for his numerous controversial statements and ideologies. This comes at a shock to some who expected him to stay in the position. It is [ Read More ]