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Celebrity, Media, Movie critic
Lucky Hank? NO, Unlucky us!
This latest series starring Bob Odenkirk and Mirelle Enos is not a lucky way for us to spend our time watching a new series. So not intriguing as was his starring role in Better Call Saul. IMHO totally banal. Does anyone really care about a professor’s meltdown into an infantile persona? Now, I do like […]
Game Over: The Grim Reality of Match Fixing and Its Impact on Athletes
We have witnessed and experienced disasters as a result of match-fixing. Arranging and participating in match-fixing is one of the worst crimes you can commit while alive in this world. Match-fixing is extremely damaging to sports’ integrity. Match-fixing entails a tightly knit network of individuals whose primary goal is to fabric the outcome of a […]
First Trip to Italy
So you are thinking of going to Italy for the first time, and you want to know where to go first. It is a great question with lots of great answers. Let鈥檚 start with a short list of gat parts of Italy: Rome, Venice, Florence, Tuscan Hill Towns, Amalfi Coast (Capri +), The Lakes (Como […]
Practice can make you happier
You can actually improve your happiness level without changing your circumstances. It鈥檚 like singing. I鈥檓 a terrible singer, but with some guidance and practice, I would be less terrible. Happiness is like that. And while I have no interest in improving my singing ability, I am, and maybe you are as well, usually interested in […]
“The Strange thing about the Johnsons”: Quite a disturbing short film
鈥楾he Strange thing about the Johnsons鈥� is an American short film that was released in 2011 having been written and directed by Ari Aster. It is a psychological horror drama that revolves around members of a suburban family where the son is involved in an abusive incestuous relationship with his father.I know! Believe me. You […]
Culture, History, Media, Politics
Does Putin have to Die: Interview with Ilya Ponomarev Episode 10
This article is the transcript of a live 鈥榠nterview鈥� show done regularly by journalist Gregg Stebben and Ilya Ponomarev, the only member of the Russian Parliament to vote against Putin in the annexation of Crimea and now a Russian dissident and Ukraine supporter. Please excuse any transcript errors in this article. Gregg: Hello, Greg here […]
12 Hours in Kajiado, Kenya
Did you know you could drive past a Zebra casually grazing by the side of the road in Kajiado county? Or better still a herd of cows cohabiting with another pack of antelopes all looking for an afternoon feed? Need I mention how you should look out for the baboons who are always eager to […]
Neymar might never be elected the best player in the world.
Neymar is the most gifted Brazilian player of his generation, and it’s undeniable. He has everything a player needs to be at the top shelf of football, but why has he never been voted the best player in the world throughout his career? This is a question that I always ask myself. The answer to […]
What鈥檚 so great about London.and not. 鈥� Considerate Contractors
If you walk past a construction site in London, it will be nicely covered. The lorries (aka trucks) transporting rubble will be covered in such a way that no dust flies around. There will likely be no loud banging, no cloud of dust, and no long queues of large vehicles occupying the roads. Glorious London! […]
True Lies is True Boredom
OK folks, don’t hate me as I venture into critiquing TV shows! And my first one is? A total disaster called True Lies. Well, as they used to sing at the Miss America pageant, “Everyone Can’t Be A Winner” and this one certainly is not. Not even a runner-up. I understand that the pilot of […]
Bruce Willis retires from acting
Bruce Willis has been gracing our TV screens. For most of us, we have actually grown with him, and he was our favorite action actor (for many of us, anyway). Unfortunately, just last year, in March 2022, the public came to learn the 67-year-old guru decided to retire from acting because he has aphasia. This […]
What’s with all the weirdness in the music industry: Playboi Carti鈥檚 performance raises eyebrows
Just last month, Sam smith performed that weird and creepy performance that made everyone pause for a second and second guess their choice of attending the Grammys. Many people were convinced it was more of a satanic ritual than anything else. Well, when you watch the video I think you will definitely end up forming […]
