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Generalísimo Brando: Zambia, One Year On
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If I had more time, I would have written less." - Mark Twain. January 28, 2009. Zambia, One Year On. It's been almost 12 months since I left life in Lusaka. Pictured above (at right) is Derrick Sinjela, one of Lusaka's most determined journalists, holding a certificate of incorporation from the Zambian Government. As of November 2008, Derrick's vision for media development - what he calls the Rainbow Media Group - is a legal entity and can even be traded publicly on the Lusaka Stock Exchange. Professiona...
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Generalísimo Brando: I'm peaking?!
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If I had more time, I would have written less." - Mark Twain. April 13, 2009. I completed the last of my tortuously long Sunday runs yesterday. I feel less bad than I have some other Mondays - including one when I could barely walk to work - but even still, I have shooting pains in both legs, an aversion to anything resembling stairs and a trademark limp that I'd like to coin Runner's Hobble. I had a good 30 minute run today, and now I'm eating chocolate. Ha! April 13, 2009 at 9:16 PM.
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Generalísimo Brando: Marathon by the numbers
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If I had more time, I would have written less." - Mark Twain. April 27, 2009. Marathon by the numbers. Time in hours, minutes and seconds it took to cover the 42.3km. Kilometres run in training. Pounds lost in the process. Dollars raised in support of St. John's Ambulance. Minutes it took to run an overzealous first 10k. Kilometres into the race when I hit the first 'wall'. Times I broke down and cried during kilometres 39 through 42. Senior citizens that breezed by me. Runners who finished ahead of me.
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Generalísimo Brando: Wanted: one World Cup travel partner
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If I had more time, I would have written less." - Mark Twain. May 21, 2009. Wanted: one World Cup travel partner. This past weekend I had a ridiculously good time in Toronto with Mike Li, an old friend from Laurier, and his roommate Jane. Though significantly hindered by tomfoolery, we started planning our trip to Southern Africa next year. As such, I have thought up some criteria that will hopefully help me identify and rate potential candidates. If you think you’re up to it, don’t hesit...I’d lik...
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42.6: Tell me to shut up
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Musings from my time as a Radio Journalism Trainer in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Tell me to shut up. I'll be home in two weeks. This is clearly exciting. But a small part of me is also a tad nervous about the repatriation process. You see, I've heard quite a lot about 'reverse culture shock' - how difficult it can be to return to one's original society after spending time abroad under vastly different circumstances. But my Toronto boss, Carissa, confided over dinner a coupl...
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Three-fingers Brown: September 2006
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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." - Oscar Wilde. Saturday, September 23, 2006. The immediacy of desire. And then I left class and went to the Cord office, checked my email and immediately wanted to help all my writers ensure they wrote their best articles this week - that Tones and I put out a damn fine News section. And as I lie in bed in those semi-conscious moments before sleep, my mind races through all the people I wish I saw more of, the amazing friends I ha...
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Generalísimo Brando: Lifelong dream, here I come
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If I had more time, I would have written less." - Mark Twain. April 23, 2009. Lifelong dream, here I come. Dear Brandon Currie,. Further to your application for 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Tickets, your Ticket request has been entered into the Random Selection Draw and processed by the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Ticketing Centre (the “FWCTC”). Match 9 - E1 v E2 - 14 June, Johannesburg 13.30 (2 tickets). Match 23 - C1 v C3 - 18 June, Cape Town 20.30. Match 35 - B2 v B3 - 22 June, Durban 20.30. Another lat...
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Generalísimo Brando: Too Hot for GV
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If I had more time, I would have written less." - Mark Twain. February 10, 2009. Too Hot for GV. During a trip to Ottawa in November, I interviewed. For Governance Village. The India-born professor was, until recently, a long-time employee of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and held down foreign postings all over Asia, most notably in Afghanistan soon after the fall of the Taliban and at the beginning of Canada's development efforts there. Because poverty is one the root causes of co...
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8 Months in Nairobi: Politics on wheels
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8 Months in Nairobi. Came for 8 Months. Stayed for good stories. Great Kenyan Politicians Wanted. Infrastructure entrepreneurship = development? Let them eat cake". Two steps forward, too many steps back. 8 Months and then some. On Infrastructure entrepreneurship = development? On Food for thought. On Infrastructure entrepreneurship = development? Benin Mwangi @ the Cheetah Index. On Infrastructure entrepreneurship = development? On Infrastructure entrepreneurship = development? On First person food.
