This week's LiB caption competition is seconds from final impact. The winners were: First: Striker - In true meteorological fashion, the Weather Girls' prediction that it was gonna start rainin' men was wrong by a mere 24 years. Second: Adjustah...
I created this panorama from three pictures taken inside the Godet and Young warehouse on Tuesday morning - just over 24 hours after the fire. The metal racks that held the stock are clearly visible amid the blackened beams and...
Calvin writes: "Educating Private Ryan has shown us that many Bermudians believe that broader forms of community service should be considered as valid alternatives to serving in the Bermuda Regiment. One suggested candidate is the Big Brother program and it...
Takbir Sharrieff, of Bermudians Against Narcotics (BAN), wants to add Court Street, St. Monica's Road and Cambridge Road to the list of "increased penalty zones", where violent crime is punished more severely. Why so timid, Mr. Sharrieff? A shooting or...
This week's caption competition is defying gravity. Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Winners will be announced on Sunday. Part of the OTB Caption Jam.
Today is No Alcohol Day - the day that Bermuda's Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention is urging us to abstain from alcoholic beverages, think about our alcohol consumption, and refrain from drinking and driving. If the results of...
The Ministry of Education has recently released a new "Information Technology Learning Portal". It contains a lot of interesting information about the public education system, including details of the curricula and a fledgling forum. The homepage will prompt you for...
Earlier this month, the Government introduced a scheme to enable soldiers in the Bermuda Regiment to receive special grants to further their education at the Bermuda College. Last week, the Shadow Minister for Race Relations and Economic Empowerment, Jamahl Simmons,...
Earlier this year, the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) had its budget upped to $53.9 million. It was an increase of 7%, almost three times the current rate of inflation. So why is the Service now demanding that it be paid...
It was always naive to think that Court Street's problems could be solved by a lick of paint. When a gunman entered the Swinging Doors nightclub and shot and injured three people this morning, it demonstrated why. Less than a...
Shortly after 3am this morning, Mandy and I were awakened by strange popping noises, and the sound of distant shouting. Getting up to investigate, I peered through the screen door to our porch. The first thing I saw was a...
This week's LiB caption competition is now over. The winners were: First: Full Fullish - Max to David: "Um, Sir, you can't go in there, you aren't on the list." David: "But I'm with him!" Second: Yet Another Limey -...
The current discussion on independence for Bermuda is not a new one. Back in 1988, when I wrote this column for the Mid-Ocean News, many of the issues then were similar to those now. At the time, I had a...
This week's caption competition is hanging out with the UBP. Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Winners will be announced on Sunday. Part of the OTB Caption Jam.
An Op-Ed piece in the New York Times titled “I’m O.K., You’re Biased” by Daniel Gilbert provides insight into the finger-pointing and defensiveness that occur so often in the blogosphere. The writer cites reseach that concludes we suspect others of...
Killbot has found some amazing video footage of the humpback whales that have been sighted off South Shore recently. Reminds me of the pod of dolphins I was lucky enough to see while out sailing in a similar location last...
Yesterday's Royal Gazette featured a disappointing interview with Transport and Tourism Minister Dr. Ewart Brown. It eschewed difficult questions in favour of affording Dr. Brown another opportunity for self-promotion. What motivated his "back to the plantation" remark in the run-up...
Several things bother me about the spat between the Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA) and the Government over the latter’s proposal to penalise companies who do not appear to be training and promoting black Bermudians. First, although Community Affairs Minister...
National Drug Control Minister Wayne Perinchief is backing the partial decriminalisation of marijuana. It's about time. Mr. Perinchief is right that "the punitive effect of a marijuana conviction outweighs the crime". I don't agree that marijuana users are "victims" of...
A recent story in the New York Times questions lethal injections as a humane method to carry out the death penalty. As I have given some thought to the way I'd prefer to die, this debate genuinely interests me. Setting...
In a letter to the editor of the Royal Gazette last week, Dr. Eva Hodgson wrote: I am not a sports person but I do know that cricket has been in the hands of the black Bermudian clubs with the...
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that BTC has announced that it is seeking approval from the Telecommunications Commission to introduce a 3 Mbps residential broadband service. Provisionally the service will be available for $109 per month, with 2 Mbps...
In an Opinion piece in today's Royal Gazette, Rolfe Commissiong criticises white Bermudians for voting almost exclusively for the UBP while praising black Bermudians for their willingness to "cross the political colour line". The implication is that Bermuda's blacks are...
The war in Iraq and the “war on terrorism” are merging with the Sunni/Shiite conflict into what looks like civil war. Harper’s index reminds us of the continuing deception directed at the American public by its leaders: The minimum number...
An opinion piece in the NY Times on April 6, 2006 (by John B. Anderson And Ray Martinez III) promotes automatic voter registration for US high school seniors as part of their graduation procedures. The article proposes that high school...
I'm back from Vegas feeling refreshed but considerably poorer. I've approved all comments that were left on my posts over the last week and turned moderation off again. Many thanks to Stuart Hayward for handling all the moderation on his...
I'm taking a break from the blog for the next week. Comments are being held for approval while I'm away. Although you can still leave comments, most won't appear on the site until I've had chance to review them. Stuart...
Cut! This week's LiB caption competition is now over. The winners were: First: Two Cents - "So when that barber tried to trim the beard, I gave him one of these ..right in the face" Second: thisgrassman - Michael "Digger"...
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