tings percolating, but with some good news, this time

learn patois! a hands-on programme designed to build proficiency in speaking patois will be launched wednesday, january 23. the 12week programme fast-tracks learning by combining classroom sessions with practical experience; the project-based course is structured to provide 60 hours of language theory and 60 hours of immersion in patois, including interaction with a patois-speaking community. 2hour classroom sessions will be held on wednesdays from 6–8pm at the lloyd best institute of the west indies, 91c tunapuna road, tunapuna, and 3hour hands-on sessions will take place on saturdays, 10am–1pm at the paramin rc school. the $500 course runs january23-april13 and will be conducted by richard mendez and nnamdi hodge. at the end, participants should be able to carry on a basic conversation in patois and have an appreciation of a patois community and its cultural practices. for registration and additional information contact course co-ordinator nnamdi hodge @771.4952.
and in other bes' local news: waves restore grande riviere! yay!
now- notice how the decrease in crabs linked to the increase in brazilian waxing is also accompanied by an increase in stds...
as for the dude who manage to outsource his job, my 1st instinct was, good for you pardner, if you figure out how to make that work for you, fix up...but the fact that he "spent less than one fifth of his six-figure salary for a chinese firm to do his job" seems wrong, somehow, in terms of world balance...
this is something i find myself having to explain more often than i should to people who should know better, but then that's her point, right?
this "distress of the privileged" is an argument that i think bears consideration...
and lastly, this, because it was funny/curious and because richard marx (simultaneously with paula abdul) was the 1st album i ever bought with my own $, on cassette...
walk good.