tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313069753393877260.post997510496833922702..comments2007-10-24T15:03:06.752+07:00Somtownoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313069753393877260.post-83879565694464110802007-10-24T11:52:00.000+07:002007-10-24T11:52:00.000+07:00and if i may add a small comment about weirdness.<BR/>it is indeed a big compliment.<BR/>there are many views on the origin of the word wierd (or wyrd), some have to do with the concept of KARMA in gaelic mythology, some go to the Well of wyrd, which is the well that feed the nordic tree of the world, and there is also a reference to the valkyre as using the concept of wyrd (as fate or concequence) to 'weave' a result of a battle... my own favorite wyrd meaning is one of the old pagan cult/religion called wyrdians, which were worshipers of life itself, on all its aspects.<BR/><BR/>so next time you are called wierd, it means you are truely alive,<BR/>and a worshiper of life...Boaz Zippornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313069753393877260.post-47741869936514009302007-10-24T11:51:00.000+07:002007-10-24T11:51:00.000+07:00dear somtow,<BR/>as rastafari is my long lost cousins, (lion of zion ;) and as a youth i was a part of their religious endevours, through sacred plants and such, i am thrilled to hear you went to school with the prince. as they say...respect, maaaaan ;)<BR/>btw if you do talk to him, ask him what did the queen of sheba, (which is basicaly ethiopia today) tought king solomon...<BR/>maybe he has some inside information on this age old mystery...Boaz Zippornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313069753393877260.post-13147745054402308492007-10-24T02:29:00.000+07:002007-10-24T02:29:00.000+07:00Somtow,<BR/>My brother John and his son were in Ethiopia and used to play basketball and chess with the staff of the Cuban Embassy. John was stopped one day by an Ethiopian policeman, and John stood up stiffly and started muttering in Russian. The policeman promptly saluted and left. My brother was teaching at some school in the capital.<BR/>On another note, when I was a child I always heard stories about Prestor John and how Ethiopia was the location of his kingdom.Michael Sinclairnoreply@blogger.com