Muse A long, very long, time ago we moved into The Linux Center. And now the time has come for us to move out. This could be the end of TLC as we planned it, and as we know it. Originally we planned this house as a location where the Linux geeks of Sri Lanka could learn, meet, and pretty ...
Rant It is now over a month since the 18th Amendment was passed. And I can finally get my head around writing about it without simply saying FUCK a lot. Isn't that nice? Personally I am not surprised this happened at all. Sri Lankans in general and the Sinhalese in particular are extremely happy to give over control to someone, ...
Rant Recently I had a talk with a friend of mine. Not just a talk. A Talk. Note the capitals. Now for those of you who know me, and for many of you who read this blog regularly, you know that I swear, a lot. My language and topics often go from the blue to the horrifying to the disgusting. ...
Muse A friend of mine nearly fell for a scam a few days ago. It was a quite well done scam, and would have passed through too, if it wasn't for the fact that the young lady was quite vigilant. About two months ago, a guy contacted her on her Facebook account and sent her a friend request. She didn't ...
Muse My parents were in conversation with a Buddhist priest who is in the middle of a Human Rights case with the Police over a raid on the temple he is head honcho of. You may know (of) him, but I am not mentioning any names. According to the case, the Police of the area raided his temple because they ...
Muse Now there's a shocker. Here I am, calling Mahinda Rajapaksa The Beast, attacking him and criticising him at every step, and all of a sudden I do a complete Heel Face Turn?? What the fuck is up with that? Why, oh why would I want him to win? The answer is simple. Revenge. Revenge on The Beast for sure, ...
Muse Usually it is when people die, or move on, or do something significant that you talk about their legacy. But The Beast is no ordinary man. He has forever changed the face of Sri Lankan politics. He has made more changes to Sri Lanka's political structure and political system than anyone ever has. Too bad for us those changes ...
Muse Before you ask, I am still spoiling my vote. But there is something that needs to be said. Something worth thinking about. There is lots of talk about the Army not voting for SF. There is talk that the people in the forces have become disillusioned with him. This may or may not be true. But if the Army ...
Muse Poeple ask me how I'm going to vote. With the election fever in full effect, that is the biggest question on people's minds. Who we vote for is what is going to set the course of this country for the next 6 years. And people are looking for reasons to vote for either of the two evils. Obviously this ...
Rant Election days are here again, and the skeletons are coming dancing out of the closet. In case you missed the news, Sarath Fonseka (aka the racist) is now running for presidency as part of the UNP. And im proper Sri Lankan mud-slinging style, he decided to drop a bombshell on the people. Evidently he thought it would bring the ...
Rant The power went out last night. You may have heard about it. You may have even experienced it. I did. I stayed awake until 0730 sweating and swatting at the mozzies. Damned mozzies. I barely got any sleep. Of course, my first reaction was somebody must pay. We pay the power bills, is it too much to ask that ...
Rave Yes, I know. I haven't posted lately. A lot of half-written articles are in my blog cache, but none are ready for being seen. So here I go. Yesterday - in the process of getting ready for a long-weekend trip to Batticaloa and Pasikuddah - I went shpoping. Bought many ...
Muse Here I am, faithful reader. Still writing, still trying to figure out this strange-ass world of ours. Here I am, at 0700h (7a.m. to you clueless plebes) with a large glass of vodka/sprite (raspberry vodka if you must know) bubbling away in my gut, tapping away at the laptop, on a balcony looking over the beach. There is something ...
Muse The things that worry me about the war, and the eventual end, started back in New Year's day (April 14th in Sri Lanka). That was the day they showed the celebrations in Kilinochchi. The leader of the forces there was symbolically invited into the city by an Arachchi wearing what seemed to be an extremely Sinhalese costume, talking classically ...
Muse It's Monday. It's Morning. It's Monday Morning Quarterback time. The news is all over that the LTTE has been defeated. Prabhakaran is probably dead. (Though the LKGOV's statements are best taken with a grain or ten of salt - remember the 60,000 civillians who suddenlt became 200,000?) But the LTTE are pretty much done. It was almost funny to ...
Rant Isn't it fucking fun? The LKGOV wants us to report all foreigners who are criticising the LKGOV and the Glorious Forces (sounds like a band from the 70s). The Ministry of Immigration & Emmigration even has a phone number for people to use as a hotline. And the media (radio stations especially) are shouting it out at the top ...
Muse The time is 0645. I just spent the last ten hours with some friends of mine who had flown down from the US. First we went to Cheers for alcohol, and then we spent a large amount of time looking for a place to drink, because Cheers closes down at 0200. We ended up in a hook joint. Want ...
Muse My life seems full of sagas. No, not the Norse kind. Not like Gilgamesh. Or Odysseus. In fact not like anyone cool at all. It's just things that happen. And happen. And happen. And then end up becoming this weird uber-crazy insane thing that kind of snowballs into the stuff of legend. Or possibly cautionary tale. I had a ...
Muse Do you remember a certain chap called Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike? Nice old fella, so intent on servicing, I'm sorry I mean serving his country that he converted to Buddhism so he could win votes. He then broke away from the UNP and went on to become Prime Minister with his newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Oh, ...
