The Musings of an African Writer
Hey love. So another month has come to the end, and here I am again to look back, evaluate and figure out what I need to do to move forward. I don’t know about you, but consistency is hard, especially when you tend to fall into the trap of analysis paralysis. The last time I …
Did you know that the word Emoji is actually made up of two Japanese words? The e is to mean picture and moji is to mean character. Surprisingly, the word’s connection with emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental. Emojis started off in Japanese mobile phones way back when they were simple text bits of ASCII art. Now …
What’s that slithering in the grass? Is it a rake? No silly. Rakes don’t slither! I know, it’s a cake. Cakes don’t slither either. Then is it a milkshake? For heaven’s sake, It’s a snake! Snakes slither. Oh right, like Slytherin. I knew that. Did you also know that snakes are pretty much the introverts …
It’s getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes. I am getting so hot. I’m gonna take my clothes off, you know, because it’s nude day. There are lots of benefits to going nude. You can do your laundry or see whether it’s just like the naked dream. Then again, you can walk …
It is official. Time to unsheath our glorious Geekness and conquer the world. Break out the RPGs and grab your LARPing gear. Things are about to get nerdy. In spite of the Victorian era definition, being a geek is all about skill and ability (minus the biting off heads thing). We innovate, problem solve and …
In the complicated humdrum of the digital age, simplicity is foreign. With everything getting even better updates, what worked before is quickly rendered useless. Slowly we are complicating life and ourselves in the process. It’s time to slow down, go back to the basics, and keep it simple. As writers, the one thing that draws …
Do you like having fish in your swimming pool? Then you probably would have enjoyed taking a dip in the ancient roman emperor’s bath. Depending on how open-minded you were, fish wouldn’t be the only thing grazing your nethers. Roman kinks aside, however, swimming pools have been around for quite some time. In fact, in …