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The Fellowship of the 10%

July 5, 2016

If money was not a consideration and you could do anything with your life, what would you do? … More The Fellowship of the 10%

I take out the key copy for that house and throw it at him. Just then MTG float in like she do. Oh Creator, today is the day for flying things and people being hit, I think. But too bad, the key miss her eye. … More 1-800-Abol: Chapter Ten

Mama Said

June 1, 2016

There are two things that happen without fail every time I am about to travel, no matter the length of the upcoming trip. One: starting about two weeks before the flight (for it is always a flight), I have strange “airplane dreams”. They are neither positive nor negative, just…odd, heavy with mood. Well, the ones … More Mama Said

1-800-Abol: Chapter Nine

May 29, 2016

You will think, most people will not want to have stranger coming into their home before sunrise and bumping around in their kitchen to set up buna. But somehow the word get around, and like fancy buna machine they program us to come in and start the buna while they upstairs are getting ready for their day. … More 1-800-Abol: Chapter Nine

1-800-Abol: Chapter Eight

April 30, 2016

My mother raised us on cow’s milk, ok? So I don’t even like coffee, ok? But liking coffee is not job requirement for becoming Tariku’s wife? I know what that Hiwot calls me. You think I don’t know? You think I am the only one in all Ethiopia that is called like that? They call … More 1-800-Abol: Chapter Eight

1-800-Abol: Chapter Seven

March 25, 2016

When I picked up the phone that day and called the taxi company dispatch to ask for the driver of taxi # 1569, the last thing I expected was that fourteen years later I would be sitting in the witness box in a courtroom, looking at two people who used to be so in love … More 1-800-Abol: Chapter Seven

1-800-Abol: Chapter Six

February 20, 2016

Chapter Six This courtroom. Why everything has to be made from wood I don’t know. Like inside a coffin box it feels. Only carpet is some ugly green color, like Miss To Go eye-shadow. MTG and Tariku are at their table, putting their heads with their lawyer like children whispering evil plan. But nothing will … More 1-800-Abol: Chapter Six

Soldier Student Hyena Son

January 31, 2016

The latest additions to the Why Sleep? series: The Soldier and the Student and Death of a Hyena’s Son. Old-timey, instructive children’s tales about lip mutilation!

Un-say

January 2, 2016

I like collecting information, though I’ve not done any serious polling of my usual victims since a couple of years ago. But those I communicate with frequently are never surprised to get questions on random of subjects from me. Of late, I have been asking ‘What is your least favorite single-word expression in Amharic?’ I forget what got me going … More Un-say

SD Vol 8: Username Unavailable

December 12, 2015

I find it super neat when I request my name, or some version thereof, for my username when opening a new online account and get the message that the username is unavailable. No way! Waaay! Awesome. Now that’s belonging. … More SD Vol 8: Username Unavailable