Display of Christmas Lights- One of my many hobbies is to drive around to see the display of Christmas lights. I find it very soothing and relaxing. Enjoy these few photos,more to come.

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Mxdthingz

It is one of my many hobbies (pastime) during the holiday season to drive or walk around the city esp the downtown area or around neighborhoods in the evening to see the lights displayed on and around homes and buildings. I found it very relaxing and soothing.The view is just breathtakingly beautiful.

As we all know the use of decorative, festive lighting during the Christmas holiday season is a long standing tradition in many Christian cultures, and has been adopted as a secular practice in a number of other non-Christian, or non-predominantly Christian, cultures (notably in Japan).

This is my favorite time of year.I’ll post more photos as we go along.Happy Holidays everyone.

Use Caution with Thanksgiving Cooking.Thanksgiving is one of the most popular days for cooking in the country. It also is the leading day for home cooking fires.

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Mxdthingz

With pots boiling, ovens baking and skillets sizzling, Thanksgiving can be a hazardous day in the kitchen.
So much so, in fact, that the National Fire Protection Association says that with so many more people cooking on Thanksgiving than on a typical day, Americans are twice as likely to have a home fire on the holiday than any other day of the year.
Thanksgiving kitchens can be filled with inexperienced, busy or distracted chefs, which can spell disaster.
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Coffee Lovers–A rare and exquisite coffee you won’t find anywhere else is at Starbucks.Go Grab One!! (Give It Away as an Holiday Present or Just Keep it as Yours to Enjoy)

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Mxdthingz

Limited Reserve Tanzania By Starbucks

Starbucks Limited Reserve is a selection of rare and exquisite coffees you won’t find anywhere else. Too scarce in quantity to make widely available, these coffees offer distinctive flavors that evoke the characteristics of the lands where they were grown. Discover a new, exceptional coffee from each growing region every few months.

Big, round body, mild earthy complexity with hints of green pepper and herbs.

This Southern Tanzania coffee is comprised of coffees that are harvested by small holders, and is fully washed. The farmers who harvested this coffee have benefitted from centralized processing (pulping and fermenting) resulting in higher, more consistent quality.
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Windows 7 to be translated into 10 African languages

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Mxdthingz

The Windows 7 operating system, released by Microsoft, will be translated into 10 African languages. Translation teams from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia have already started translating Windows 7 and the upcoming Office 2010 productivity suite into languages like Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Afrikaans, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, kiSwahili and Amharic.
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Fela Kuti: as Broadway musical ‘Fela!’ set to open, everything you need to know of Afrobeat legend

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Mxdthingz

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter,Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith present….Fela! Marking the first Broadway production that these entertainment icons have presented.

Fela!, the new musical based on the life and music of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, opened on Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street) last night, November 23, 2009.
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Jennifer Hudson to play Winnie Mandela in an upcoming Movie"Winnie"

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Mxdthingz

It appears that multi-award winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, has got a new project to start very soon. According to eonline.com, the former “American Idol” finalist has recently signed up to play Winnie Mandela in an upcoming movie.

The movie is said to be a biopic, all about Winnie Mandela, who is the wife of former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela. The drama will reportedly be based on the Anne du Preez Bezrob biography, “Winnie Mandela: A Life.”

And it appears that Hudson is not worried at all, about taking on the challenging role. Hudson says that she was compelled and moved when she read the script for the movie. She also says that she is honoured to be asked to portray Winnie.

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Say You’re One of Them

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Mxdthingz

Nigerian-born Jesuit priest Uwem Akpan gives us a stark reminder of just how fortunate we are in his book Say You’re One of Them, a collection of short stories detailing the terrifying lives led by African children that are fictional only in name.
Say You’re One of Them tells the shocking and heart-wrenching stories of children from five different African nations. Though the stories are fiction, Uwem Akpan–and anyone who has spent any time in Africa–knows that they are not only all too true, but are just a sampling of the hell that is life for children in Africa.

Uwem Akpan’s heartbreaking 2008 debut, now available in paperback, was a selection of Oprah’s Book Club.

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Launch of the movie Baby Powder held in Atlanta, Ga.

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Mxdthingz

Exhibition was held in the theater – Porter Sanford III was preceded by a Red Carpet .After that the movie was shown for a full hour. The place was crowded and people seemed to be having fun,unable to restrain themselves from celebrating the success of the movie.After the movie ended, red carpet photo taking continued until midnight where stakeholders were tossing up in the new nest rest in Atlanta “The Valley International” “.

Show schedule of this movie continues as follows Houston, TX on November 26th 2009-Day of Thanksgiving. Washington DC on December 5th, 2009 then to Minnessota two weeks later before heading to East Africa and Europe.For more photos check the movie’s main website –

http://www.babypowderthemovie.com/

The official Baby Powder trailer. A Jake Production Film. Shot in Atlanta GA, release date, November 26 2009