Archive for the 'Humor' Category

some things that have made me laugh. they don’t necessarily make you laugh.

Rub and Shine

January 12th, 2007

One would think I escaped all the ‘usual’ trouble I’d grown so used to in Nigeria — NEPA, especially — and since I came over, everything’s been as normal as you’d expect things to be.
I got out of bed this morning and rushed into the shower. I didn’t get any water when I turned it [...]

Update! Update!

January 4th, 2007

I’ve been getting calls to update when I would rather sleep. Four days is really a long time in the blogosphere.
For want of something to say, I’ll leave you with someone I became fascinated with. He owns the year 2007, and his codename is 007 — yes, his name is Bond, James Bond.
Entertainment Weekly’s featuring [...]

Hotelling the Windows Way

December 8th, 2006

I was reading the issue of Infoworld that arrived in the mail today and I saw this:
Bill Gates may soon be joining Leona Helmsley and Donald Trump among the world’s elite hoteliers. Sir Bill’s investment group is part of a consortium bidding to take over the Four Seasons Hotel chain. One can only imagine what [...]

Shopping Lists

November 25th, 2006

Due to the gross abuse my account has suffered under my whimsical spending, I, Azuka Okuleye do create my first shopping list for tonight’s trip to Walmart with a solemn promise not to spend a farthing more than is indicated on the list.
Update: I spent a lot more than I intended :(. Normally, without a [...]

Staunching

November 20th, 2006

Very few people know I’m a gourmet — even fewer know I’m a gourmand.
I made some wonderful stew three days ago — well, as wonderful as ‘wonderful’ can be if you use vegetable oil instead of palm or groundnut oil and a rice cooker instead of a pot.
I took some to my friends — Fatou [...]

Eighteen

November 13th, 2006

I really don’t feel any different, but of course I never expected to be. I told my friend Kwame yesterday I was going to be 18 today.
“You know what we do to people on their eighteenth birthdays in Ghana?” he asked me. “We beat them!”
As if I’m looking for a beating. I’ve been up most [...]