Construction workers getting ready to start the day.
Having finished the Medical school teaching, things have settled into a routine of getting up early, working a full day, home to a bowl of chips, dinner, a bath then watching something we have downloaded from the Internet. Several of our favorites are “The Big Bang Theory”, “Glee” “Nurse Jackie” “Modern Family” as well as radio—“Wait Don’t Tell Me,” “News From Lake Wobegone,” “The Writer’s Almanac” and “Shields and Brooks” from PBS. I had hoped to be able to get some Internet broadcasts of the Soccer matches, but the speed is just not fast enough. We can get radio broadcasts, but that leaves something to be desired with soccer. Lights are out by 9:00 and curling up in the sleeping bags.
The Kalahari Khronicle Volume 2, Number 1
The Khronicle is starting its second year bolstered by our booming subscription sales which now total one (Thanks Mom!) This number should double shortly as my Nigerian banker Sayid has also signed up and his check is “in the mail.”
Botswana Mid Week Sun—June 9 2010
Headline from page 10 “Panic as SA plane fails to Land” Prize winning reporter Ntibinyane Ntibinyane described the frantic situation aboard the South African Airways plane from Johannesburg to Gaborone when it “failed to land.” The final paragraph reads “All was quiet until the pilot announced: “We are more likely to return to Johannesburg and re-start our journey if the situation does not improve”
Kgosi's Komment--There is absolutely no further text in the article and no further word on what did happen, so Kgosi thinks the plane may still be circling. Then again, that was a week ago and I believe that Ntibinyane received his journalistic prize posthumously.
Also what self-respecting parent gives his kid the same first name as his last name like Ntibinyane Ntibinyane? Who would want to go through life as Abercrombie Abercrombie, Culpepper Culpepper or Schwartz Schwartz?
We close with the coverage of the Royal Sons visit to Botswana and specifically to Mogkolodi just 10 minutes up the road from us.
Princes William and Harry nearly urinated on by snake during first overseas tour in South Africa
BY NICK KLOPSIS
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Tuesday, June 15th 2010, 3:50 PM
Princes Harry (left) and William playfully handle a snake at the Mogkolodi Nature Reserve in south Botswana. The two are going on their first overseas tour in South Africa.
When you gotta go, you gotta go.
Princes William and Harry narrowly missed a royal embarrassment Tuesday when a snake they were handling decided to take a tinkle mere inches from William's hand, the Daily Mail reports.
The duo is on their first overseas tour in South, where they will be conducting official business as well as enjoying some downtime.
On their first day together, the princes stopped at Mogkolodi Nature Reserve in southern Botswana. Prince William is the royal patron of the conservation charity Tusk Trust, which supports education camps at the nature reserve.
At the camp, an African rock python was draped over the two princes' shoulders. The two began to playfully handle it, joking around and holding it up toward one another in front of a large group of children, a game warden and reporters.
However, the snake became extremely nervous in front of the large crowd and relieved itself, nearly urinating on William's hand in the process.
Kgosi’s Komment—While the above part of the visit was covered by many news services, a Khronicle exclusive was the meeting between Prince William and Kgosi after the snake handling. OK, OK……… I was a little nervous meeting a Prince in person for the first time. I think things were uneventful until the Prince, obviously remembering the USA-England World Cup soccer match, refused to shake my hand and said “Piss off Yank.” Well at least now the snake and I have something in common.
Kgosi
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