http://douzy.blogdrive.com/ D's Cove - The Litter Box of Language's Captive Sat, 19 Aug 2006 12:40:02 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Writing Computers & Internet Music http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/16.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:38:16 GMT I love anagrams and I love playing scrabble (though I can't play it so well). If you love anagrams as much as I do, then you would enjoy the short list below: ANIMOSITY ~ IS NO AMITY DORMITORY = DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN = BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER = MOON STARER DESPERATION = A ROPE ENDS IT THE EYES = THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH = HE BUGS GORE THE MORSE CODE = HERE COME DOTS SLOT MACHINES = CASH LOST IN ME ELECTION RESULTS = LIES! LET'S RECOUNT MOTHER-IN-LAW = WOMAN HITLER SNOOZE ALARMS = ALAS! NO MORE Z'S A DECIMAL POINT = I'M A DOT IN PLACE THE EARTHQUAKES = THAT QUEER SHAKES ELEVEN... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=16 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:09:28 GMT Once again, the virtually perpetual Middle East cataclysm escalates. Hezbollah launches rockets into Israel Israel pounds Beirut Lebanon death toll 'reaches 900' Hezbollah threatens to strike Tel Aviv Fears grow as Tyre runs short of food, fuel - and hope Israel readies new push into Lebanon Israel launches new airstrikes on Beirut Ahmadinejad: Destroy Israel, end crisis France circulates a revised resolution All these headlines, and more, are as disquieting as they sound, and not mere oft-employed journalistic hyperboles. The blogosphere has also gone agog and is on fire... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=15 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/14.html Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:33:05 GMT Once again, I find myself in one of those situations where I wonder why we ever make the expression, ceteris paribus. I am obviously not very happy today. Why? Today, I am supposed to be posting Nigerian songs on my music blog, The Music Dome. However, up to this moment, I still cannot be able to do so because the songs are in Windows Media Audio (wma) file format. Fortunately, I was able to download a freeware wma to mp3 converter. Unfortunately, I still could not convert the wma files to mp3 because some codecs are not present on the PC and the DirectX driver needed to be upgraded... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=14 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/13.html Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:13:16 GMT Early this morning, as I was checking the sites from which my blog got the latest referrals, I discovered that some came from MSN search (particularly, search.msn.ch) with the keyword, Zinadine Zidane. I swirled over to the search page immediately and typed in 'Zinadine Zidane', hit the 'return' key, and there was my blog listed among the search results (though on the second page). It was actually my last post on Zidane, "Le Voilą, Le Roi!". What more honour could I have paid to my hero, a true human hero? I would duff my cap for him any day. Also, I discovered that on MSN Search, my... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=13 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/12.html Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:59:11 GMT Ok, I don't really like bothering my readers with the trivialities of my daily life, which can be too boring sometimes. However, since this is a personal blog that discusses general issues, especially with a personal perspective, I guess I could bore you with a little of how I spent my weekend. Well, nothing that much spectacular. I hardly have enough time for outdoor social activities except on Sundays. Hence, yesterday (Sunday), I had to look for where to go. Finally, it happened that I had to go and pick two brothers to accompany me to where I had to go, the Millennium Park, Abuja.... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=12 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/11.html Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:46:50 GMT Action...! Camera... Lights... At last, the heat is on at D's Music Dome! For those who do not know, that is my second (music) blog. Find time to pop in there. You would always find a song you like there because it is a music mishmash. However, always remember to pop in back here for the non-musical miscellanies. I'll see you when you get there! Cheers! http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=11 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/10.html Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:04:31 GMT Ok folks, I finally have to declare D's Music 'Potpourri' Dome open! Due to glitches on the server I wouldn't be launching The Music Dome the way I had envisaged. However, I couldn't continue to keep y'all waiting for much longer. More so, I've been advised to strive to moderate my perfectionist tendencies, so I'm willing to accept my imperfections and the fact that all things can never be equal (ceteris non paribus ... lol) Anyways, I'm finally there, we're finally there, and as much as possible I want to make the presence and existence of my music blog a unique one and avoid a... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=10 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/9.html Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:49:49 GMT Generally, many folks in Nigeria would not often bother about taking care of the way they store the notes. However, there are other situations where the naira is known to be readily abused, which include during religious worship, particularly during the offertory(-ies) at churches and at the markets and shops. At churches, most folks would crease the naira, hiding it in their palm with a tight fist as they go to drop it into the offertory box. Oft I would wonder if it's because of the biblical injunction that the left hand should not know what the right hand was doing. At the... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=9 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/8.html Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:09:50 GMT Oops! It took me about six days to stumble on the news that Adidas, the German sportswear and equipment maker had announced its plans to launch an internet site, www.mercizidane.fr, on Saturday 15th July, 2006 to say MERCI to the French football playmaker, Zinadine Zidane who retired from professional football after this year's World Cup finals at Germany, thus confirming its firm support for the French enchanteur, despite being sent off disgracefully during the final game of his professional career. Hence, Emmanuelle Gaye, director of external relations for Adidas France, noted that "In no... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=8 http://douzy.blogdrive.com/archive/7.html Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:52:59 GMT In 2003, a study of more than 65 countries published in the UK's New Scientist magazine suggested that Nigeria had the highest percentage of happy people. More recently, the same Nigeria has been touted as the most religious nation. How factual these findings are, I cannot be certain, but one thing I'm certain of is that religion has actually become the opiate of many, may be, most Nigerians, with myriads of churches wantonly proliferated here and there. The other thing I can be sure of is that if Nigeria really had the greatest proportion of the earth's happy folk, it thus still... (more) http://douzy.blogdrive.com/comments?id=7