Welcome to The Ed’s personal website.
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A Short Summary of Time
I was once challenged by a friend: ‘I have just finished reading Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time” and I have no clue what I just read. Can you send me a half page summary of the book’. So, here… * * * ‘Is space infinite? And in what sense? Is the material world…
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Is the Glass half-full or Half-empty
You may have been in a situation in which a motivational speaker holds up a glass with water to approximately the halfway level and he/she asks his/her audience “is the glass half-full or half-empty?” I first came across this question in high school. My English teacher sketched what appeared to be a glass with water…
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An Evening of Time Travel
On a certain dreamnight, The Deputy Sheriff of Dreamsville had to choose between sweet sleep and boredom. Being the boring Dreamian that he is, he chose the latter. It wasn’t the first time he was faced with that dilemma and he knew it wouldn’t be the last time either. So, he opened a book to…
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Raining Moonrays
To the moon-lovers –The moon is out full and bright, outshining a billion stars.Beautiful.Even the crickets came out to watch,And sing-and-dance,the cricket song-dance,under the raining moonrays. And :-Ed came to bask.
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Half-a-moon
calabash-like,half an African moon,is tonightthe shape of a full smile.Glow on, smile down,half a moon.(but hey! what thou hidethbehind that smile and radiant glow?)
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About DreamsVille
There is a still unknown Somewheretime in the vast fabric of Spacetime known only as DREAMSVILLE. The events of that placetime are recorded in this blog. Meet the Dreamians 1. Carlos Quitos – Carlos Quitos is the leader of the Mosquito Motorcycle gang in a part of Dreamsville known as Insectopia. He loves biking and…
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El Moon
The moon is shining bright,all fully grown up ‘n’ stuff,behind patches of rain clouds ‘n’ that gas ‘n’ smoke ‘n’ all,outshiningall the billion stars combined –with light borrowed from a star: SolThe Moon smiles‘n’I wonder what it hides behind that smile ‘n’ brilliant radianceI wonder what lies on the dark side. The Moon is burning…
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A new USDPP member
(First posted on 18 Oct 2013) Ladies and gentlemen, after sharing our manifesto, and sending numerous envoys to meet him and explain to him our agenda, he, today morning, became a part of us. Folks, on behalf of all the great and enlightened members – aliens and humans alike – of the Inter-Galactic Unga Sukari…
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The ‘konda’ Experience
(Posted 17 Oct 2012) I love new challenges. That is why today when I got into a ‘konda-less’ mat and the dere asked/requested/pleaded/begged me, ‘kijana tafadhali nilipishie gari’, I wanted to say no, but before I did he added, ‘Utaweza?’ Huh, what? That did it. Did someone doubt my ‘money-rithmetics’ or my debt collecting skills…
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Why Nyumba Kumi Failed
(Posted on 09 Oct 2013) My first experience as a #NyumbaKumiInitiative-ist: *Knock knock (on the single lady next door neighbour’s door)* No response. *Knock!* “Ni nani?” “Ni mimi, hapa next door.” *Silence* *Knock knock!* “Wewe unataka nini? Enda!” (True story) “Wah, nilikuwa nauliza kama ni wewe umenichukulia nguo. Pole.” *Noises inside. Latches unlocking.* “Pole. Sikudhani ni…
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