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Shhhhh Tsome
Feb 20th
I mean think about it, if God had Twitter and Facebook, do you think he would tweet or Facebook he saved a soul or listened to our prayers.
by Teddy Fikre written: Monday, February 20th, 2012
YO! Today is the first day of Tsome! I can’t wait to Facebook all about it. Man, I have been waiting all week for 12:00 AM Monday so that I can be the first person to tweet “I am beginning a 40 day Tsome”! This is great, when at 11:59 and 50 seconds, I already had my Facebook comment and my Tweet typed in! 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-TSOME! Click send! Yes, now all my friends and followers know I am tsoming! Oh glory on me, I am the center of the world, I am so religious with it eko:: Surely, God will bless me for Tsoming in public and letting the world know just how much sacrifice I am making in HIS name. Man, I might as well be Jesus Fikre aydel, I mean I am giving my one begotten kitfo up in order to glorify yene esgyaber::
Um, no Teddisho, you are not actually fasting nor Tsoming for Him. You see wendeme, when one fasts, it is a covenant More >
MK_47
Feb 13th
I can go on for days writing words across the sky connecting dots with each star in the heavens, even then I could not really capture the true essence of the cocob I see in her eyes.
by Teddy Fikre written: Monday, February 13th, 2012
It’s time for me to shine my spotlight on yet another DOPE model citizen. This one, her name is Meron Kassahun, better known as MK_47. This lady is a lady of rage, she is a citizen of Atlantis and I am just a fish just floating by blowing bubbles in her universe. I swear meto gena this big foreheadiye is so amazing that Luther Vandross was reduced to silence when looking into her eyes. I swear this amazing woman of Ethiopia has somehow levitated my mind and induced me into believing that Whitney Houston is still living and breathing through her lungs. I mean look at her eyes, look at her lips, look at her nose, she is the personification of serendipity and in her iris I see hope and change that Obama could never comprehend.
Alas, if you think I am about to reduce Meron into a mere sexual object and reduce her to an idol of More >
Like Me
Feb 5th
Ever since I was young
I have been blessed with a curse
Not too many people liked me
No really, see I think differently
Thus I attract glares and animosity
I like to think I am kind
Really, even movies I rewind
I go out of my way to help people
I have given people my last dollar
My credit card and keys to my house and car
My weakness is seeing people that are weak
Thinking that I could save them with love
And for that I have been hurt a lot
Though I can be vindictive
If you cross or try to get over on me
People that have wronged me
Have rued the wrath of Teddy
But overall I think I am a good guy
So why is it that I draw odium?
Standing ovation of ire on a podium
When I was seven in Ethiopia
In Lycee I was never in the in-crowd
I thought maybe because I wore fresh boots
My dad bought from me from Italy
Could it be they thought we were rich?
That’s it; the ire is because we were wealthy
No it can’t be, for we were never “loaded”
My parents always struggled to take care of us
So the illusion of money was just a chimera
Then we moved to America
Thought things would be different
Yet I attract the hatred More >
Habesha Mailbag
Jan 27th
Welcome to the Inaugural Habesha Mailbag
I am launching the Habesha Mailbag with the help of a few friends who lent me their time and creativity to come up with some questions, enjoy the gursha sewoch.
by Teddy Fikre written: Friday, January 27th, 2012
Well the moment has come for the launching of the inaugural Habesha Mailbag. Yes, I have changed with the time, I still don’t like the word Habesha, I prefer to be called Ethiopian. However, the word is not going anywhere, and if it serves as a bridge for Ethiopians and Eritreans to identify with a common name—well who am I to hold a grudge? So going forward, I shall call this the Habesha Mailbag.
So you ask, what is Habesha Mailbag. Well it was influenced by one of the writers I idolize by the name of Bill Simmons. On a weekly basis, Bill would take questions and comments from his readers and then reply back with a wit and humor that would make me literally make me laugh my Qit off as I was reading the article. Grant it, trying to emulate Bill Simmons is a tall order—after all, Bill was a writer for multiple late night comedy shows. But More >
A Beautiful Soul Named Soledad
Jan 27th
Maybe one day my daughter will end up breaking more glasses than you and when she does, I will tell her to salute sojourners of truth like Soledad.
by Teddy Fikre written: Friday, January 27th, 2012
Time for me to put pen to pad and write about another beautiful soul by the name of María de la Soledad Teresa O’Brien. I am sure you have seen her radiant smile on your television before and High Definition has done nothing but enhance Soledad’s radiance that much more. This lady is DOPE to the bone, no other news anchor captures my imagination more than Soledad each time I watch the news. Seriously, her beauty makes me forget for the moment of the inanities spewing from Newt Gingrich’s mouth or the duplicity forthing from Mitt Romney’s lips. This is quite an accomplishment, who knew that a journalist would be able to gloss over the enmity of the Tea Party.
But let me not minmize Soledad’s accomplishment to mere good looks. Soledad is an accomplished writer, journalist, news anchor, and the conscience of our collective minds. Born on September 19th, 1966, Soledad has gone on to accomplish great feats in such a short time that it makes More >
Divine Model
Jan 26th
I know God is thanking you profusely for all your works and deeds, but let me thank you along with HIM, thank you Aimee for being such a Divine Model.
by Teddy Fikre written: Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Let me introduce you to a divine model named Aimee Velázquez, a DOPE lady of grace who is gracing the pages of the universe. Aimee is of Puerto Rican and African-American decent, this hot mamacita is on her way to burning the universe with her beautiful smile and an equally enchanting soul. Aimee proudly represents both her Puerto Rican heritage and her African-American culture with pride and distinction. From an early age, Aimee was destined to be in front of cameras—she was born with beauty that only Nikon can capture fully.
Aimee is not typical in her demeanor; she is not a spot light chaser for the sake of owning the spotlight. She is an altruistic beautiful angel, she is intent on shedding light on issues that impact too many of our sisters and brothers in dark lit corners—she is champion of Domestic Violence Awareness and countless other efforts to overcome senseless violence perpetrated in our community. She was a presenter at the Domestic Violence More >
Black Virus of Self-Hatred
Jan 25th
I know this article will lose me many friends and followers on Facebook and twitter, but hopefully it will reach and teach a couple of folk to admire and love themselves first.
by Teddy Fikre written: Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Do you know there is a virus more lethal than the Ebola virus and ten times more deadly than the black plague. No, I don’t mean HIV nor am I referring to malaria or some other exotic disease which is being cooked up at this moment in CDC to initiate a black genocide. Nah, this disease I am referring to is a Black Virus more pernicious than any virus a lab technician in Atlanta can cook up in a million years. This black virus is the self-loathing and hatred that black people have for themselves.
I should know about this virus, this germ of self-hatred used to once course through my veins. I once used to close my eyes upon seeing black folks on TV and used to rub lotion on my arms and face continuously in order to wipe off the black; to this day, I still put too much lotion on—some habits die hard indeed. I went though my life More >