Posts tagged “caribbean”
I'm a gay Caribbean man responding point-by-point to a homophobic newspaper column. The author's claims about homosexuality being abnormal, his grotesque medical misinformation about anal sex causing incontinence, and his dangerous lies about AIDS transmission all deserve correction. I correct each factually, firmly, and with occasional dry humor.
Built a cleaner, readable version of the Trinidad Express website after their redesign turned it into a font-tiny, ad-cluttered mess. Check out Re-Expressed.com.
Taking a ten-day trip to Barbados. Back soon!
Trinidad's downtown Port of Spain traffic lights broke and got stuck on flashing yellow. Traffic actually improved. So they kept them that way permanently. That's home.
Posting from Tobago, where the beach looks like this. Hope you're enjoying the fog, London!
Saw Eragon, pretty visuals, terrible plot. Also, heading to Tobago and Trinidad for two weeks, back for New Year's Eve. Catch you then!
Castro's ailing, his 75-year-old brother Raul is running things, and everyone wants to know what happens next. No US invasion, no sudden opposition triumph. My bet: a USSR-style gradual loosening, then a tipping point. Cuba could be a real Caribbean power, but will probably just become another US satellite.
Pirates of the Caribbean was a thin, disappointing soup with historically ignorant Caribbean portrayals. Superman Returns, though, was pure joy: Singer finally got Clark and Lois right, Routh is genuinely believable as Superman, and the flying effects are perfect. I loved this movie unreservedly.
Heading to Trinidad for the Christmas holiday. Back for New Year's Eve, so count me in for your plans!
Just back from the amazing Grenadines, full report coming. Also: the new Pope looks genuinely evil. Emperor Palpatine levels of evil. Lightning bolts from the fingers, people who use condoms, you know the drill.
Moblogging from a yacht in the Caribbean via GSM. Technology is incredible, and yes, it's pretty great out here.
Two weeks in Trinidad, Tobago, and the Grenadines -- a trip I've been anticipating forever. Mostly off the grid, on boats and tiny islands. Back in the UK May 1st, so save your invitations until then.
My dad and I drove to the Mayaro coast on Trinidad's east side. I learned about coconuts floating ashore from a shipwreck, saw mangroves, and discovered that Crix crackers are beloved by Trinis despite being genuinely terrible. Also: chaotic maxi taxis and my dad's obscene BMW.
Spending a lazy holiday day at my parents' house in Tobago's Rainbow Hill development. Showed off the stained glass, a German sculptress's "local" art, rug-covered interiors, and an infinity pool overlooking the entire tiny island. Banana trees grow absolutely everywhere.
Just back from a few days on a tiny island off Trinidad, where the hills crash into the sea and sunsets turn everything into silhouettes against an impossible sky. It's the kind of beauty that makes you wax poetic and slightly embarrass yourself. Worth every cramped flight home.
Taking my annual family trip to Trinidad and Tobago. Three days in Tobago with no internet, but I got a tan and watched sunsets so gorgeous they look fake. Still alive, just not posting anything meaningful for a while.
The Trini blogosphere just exploded for me thanks to Jonathan Ali, who led me to a whole network of local bloggers. With a recent Guardian article on blogging, maybe we'll soon have enough of us to overthrow the government through sheer intellectual arrogance.
Just back from Tobago, hopelessly behind on work. Quiet Christmas -- got luggage, no iBook (thanks Mom and Dad). First Christmas without my brothers, which felt strange. Also, read Spree and tell me what you think.
Just arrived in Trinidad. Sun, ocean views, and a tan in progress. I'm insufferably smug about it.
Heading to Trinidad and thrilled about it. Cold, grey, and dark at 3pm here, so burning MP3 CDs instead of catching my train. Priorities.
I found errors in the BBC's Trinidad profile: their map is wrong and they misidentified Tobago's capital. Also, Sun's Java docs calling a DOM a "garden-variety tree" is idiotic. A tree is a tree, not a data structure.
I turned off Madonna to listen to rain on the roof, and it sparked an insight: rain is the ultimate sound experience. It surrounds you completely, it's perfectly random, it carries no message or agenda, and every rainfall is utterly unique. No recording can ever replicate that.
