Approximately 8 months after I began the process, we finally have obtained two televisions and two DVD players, which will go into the new library. One is operational now in our temporary quarters and will be used by our Life Line groups for playing health-related DVDs until the new library is opened. The librarian and I agreed that the second TV could be used just for fun DVDs for all library patrons.
Other news includes Kopo’s having been contacted by a faculty member at the University of Botswana School of Nursing. They are desperately short of professors to teach mental health curriculum, and would Kopo be interested? After some CV review and conversation, it appears that Kopo is exactly the right person to help out, as were we both at the Medical School. However, as opposed to the Med School where the Dean is an American (and we figured asked no one at the University for permission for us to teach!) nursing is a tad…shall we say….more obsessive! There is a giant bureaucracy at the University which may not be able to figure out how to handle a volunteer…..unbelievable as that might sound. So, Kopo waits to hear whether this will materialize. You would think that when a professional offers to teach a course for free in a subject that is needed, that they’d find a way, but in Botswana, you never know.
The weather finally seems to have broken and yesterday was the first day that it was over 80. The forecast calls for sunny days over the next week with temperatures in the high 70s. It still gets pretty cool at night, into the mid-40s, and sleeping bags remain the order of the day. If last year was any predictor, we will be in shorts and using fans within 2 to 3 weeks.
Only one month to go until we head for the States, San Francisco, and Meghan and Joey’s wedding. Yippee!!
The Kalahari Khronicle, Volume 2, Number 3
Last week's “Family Togetherness" issue was a rollicking success and for the first time we sold out our entire print run
----Okay, Okay. It was only 25 copies, and the purchase price for 17 of them had to be refunded when the readers won our promotional contest by finding the picture of "Where's Waldo."
I think next time, we won't put the picture in a front-page headline.
----All right, all right, four more copies were sold on our "Read now, Pay later” plan, but I am sure that we will be paid by Christmas.
-----Yeah, yeah and we gave three copies away to the School for the Blind to use as fire starters.
We do though want to thank our one cash customer, Akmed. I never realized that Botswana issued a coin with a picture of a Yak on the back and an inscription that reads "Republic of Kazakhstan." I have decided to ignore the rumors that Akmed is going to use the Khronicle to help house train his new puppy.
Do you want Mustard with that Novel?
Police in Boise Idaho think they may have solved a year-long condiment crime spree. Authorities say they have arrested
Joy L. Cassidy yesterday at the library moments after she exited the outside drive-through having dumped a jar of mayonnaise into the box designated for book returns. She is now labeled a "person of interest" in at least 10 other condiment-related crimes which started in May 2009. Library employees have reported finding books in the drop box covered in corn syrup and ketchup.
Kgosi's Komments -- -- Fortunately, there will be no drive-through drop box in the new Ramotswa library. In case Joy is released however, Kgosi is keeping the phone number of the Boise police on speed dial should some of the books come back filled with rotten Kudu meat or sheep’s eyeballs.
Amnesia can be Dangerous.
The Associated Press in Santa Ana California reports on an Orange County woman who was sentenced to a year in jail for sending hundreds of threatening text messages -- -- to herself. Prosecutors say Jeanne Mundango Manunga had previously told police that her former boyfriend and his sister-in-law were behind the threats. Prosecutors say that Manunga started sending threatening messages after she and her former boyfriend stopped dating in 2008. In addition to her time in the slammer, she was placed on three years’ probation and ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution.
Kgosi's Komments -- First off, Kgosi is happy that this lady's parents gave her a first name like Jeanne. It would have been too much, even for Africa if her full given name turned out to be something like Mandingo Mundango Manunga.
It is somewhat embarrassing to admit, but six months ago, Kgosi was involved in a similar problem with text messaging. It really would not have turned out to be such a big issue, except at the age of 64, Kgosi is starting to have some significant memory problems.
One evening he started sending multiple threatening text messages to the Editor of the Khronicle, claiming that the editorials “stunk like a hyena feces.” Then, in a "senior moment" at work, Kgosi began reading the texts, became infuriated that someone did not like the newspaper, went to the police and pressed charges against the perpetrator. After Kgosi was arrested, he spent two nights in jail until he invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to testified against himself. He was released on his own recognizance, but suggested this was a bad plan, since in three hours he might not remember who he was.
Yours Truly,
……………………..ah…………………..ah……………………. oh yeah,
Kgosi
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