Carnivore

If you are a vegetarian, you may just want to not read this.  If you are a meatatarian, I hope you enjoy!
Two weeks ago, while I was on my medical leave in Nairobi (I am back home in Mombasa now), a fellow Peace Corps volunteer had his birthday and to celebrate we all went out [...]

The difference a laugh can make

Such an inspirational subject, eh?  I wrote that because I felt that “The difference a threat can make,” sounded far too intimidating and non-peace corps like and I am always trying to be oh so peace corps like…  But let’s get serious and let me be honest with you: with it only being halfway through [...]

Kenyan Dress

When joining the Peace Corps, a trainee is innudated with what can only be described as one of the most voluminous mailing processes originating from a single organization an individual can be a part of.  And the real kicker is that almost all of it is critical for your service, and my impression of my [...]

Stolen From Harmz

I stole this from Harmony’s blog because I liked it and felt like syndicating:

Here are a couple of amusing sayings about PCVs:
A pessimist sees a glass of water and says, “that glass is half empty.”
An optimist sees a glass of water and says, “that glass is half full.”
A Peace Corps Volunteer sees a glass of [...]

Request For Content Results in Short Term Memory Dump

As I believe I stated in an earlier post, many times I find myself wanting to start a task but I become so overwhelmed in planning the task that I never get to bring it to completion.  Such has been my problem these past two weeks with blog posts.  I have a few larger things [...]

One for the McLeans

Our family motto in Kiswahili is:Uaminifu, Nguvu na Ushuja
Thought that would be a fun little cultural exchange   Thanks to my friend Arthur for the translation.

Took us long enough

Sorry for no real post recently.  I am currently working on one in my head though, and hope to get it up today.  In the meantime, enjoy this article from the BBC:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/8244594.stm
Cheers!
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What!?

Ok, so my friend daniel (aka Em Squared) and I were wikipedia-ing and came across this line in the stick figures article:“There has been much debate about whether stick figures should have necks and this varies from artist to artist[1].”  See the subject for my reaction.
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I miss… #2

Root beer. There is not a single drop in this country that Ive found. Not in the nicer restaurants; not in the super markets; not anywhere. No Barqs; no a&w; no IBC; No even mug! A travesty.

Where i am and where ill be

Just thought i would post a quick ‘im alive,’ to let you all know what i am up to. I have finished my permaculture workshop in Nanyuki and the group of volunteers i was with have all split up. A few of us are spending tonight in Nairobi and then heading back to the coast. [...]