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I’m pink, therefore I’m spam

Ria — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:48:41 +0000

Cogito ergo sum

Descartes’ dictum states that humans are conditioned to rationalize their experience … even to the point of maintaining ideas that contradict other accepted theories.

A case in point: fern seed. In earlier times, the fact that ferns did not appear to have any seeds was a puzzle for naturalists. They concluded,

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Revival

Ria — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:05:14 +0000

On a vacant lot in Grants Pen, a big tent was planted and on Sunday night, the revival meeting held its first service. From a mile away we listened to the testimonials and the whoops of redemption. Then the storm clouds drew in and the night turned black. The rain swept in from the sea,

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With God on our side

Ria — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:09:42 +0000

As I mentioned on the night of triumph of the new leader of Jamaica, it is the only country where you will here a politician say, God bless you, comrades!

However, the new Prime Minister has created more confusion with her more recent righteous-to-rass statements:

If I am appointed by the Almighty to be Prime

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Sod ‘em and begorrah

Ria — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:56:42 +0000

Following up Zinnia’s links on my earlier post, I found this mildly interesting article, I was born this way, from the Jamaican Gleaner in 2001.

More fascinating was the comments page.

There’s an initially amusing flame war between TT and Saleem and his girlfriend, before the online casino comment spam takes over. The page was

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I had a dream

Ria — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:20:00 +0000

Last night I had one of those long, extraordinarily vivid dreams, where I can go off on tangents within the dream (the fabric of her robes and how she addressed the Ambassador), but I can always return to the strong central narrative. As often happens, the details began to fade as soon as I

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Allah knows best

Ria — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 06:26:13 +0000

When I picked up my paper this morning, my eye was drawn to the headline, “The tsunami was the will of God. Allah knows best”, attributed to “Muslim leader”. Inside, the paper quoted a range of religious leaders’ reactions to the tsunami, all of whom described the event in fatalistic terms. Iqbal Sacranie’s comments

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I am with you all ways

Ria — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:03:31 +0000

The creator of these pictures explains how he was inspired to start:

I was awakened in the middle of the night with a clear, vivid impression that the Lord wanted me to do some special drawings — drawings depicting ordinary people in their everyday environment . . . . with one important addition: the

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