4th Knot - The Red String

4th Knot

It's a new year, and I'm off to Nigeria to ring it in. In fact, I'm on a plane right now! My brother's got a new job and my book is getting dramatised, so there's plenty to celebrate as I ring the new year in back home. All that and more, in this edition. (January 2011)

I’m on a Plane (Lyrics)

I’m on a Plane (Lyrics)

> The original "I'm on a boat" SNL Digital Short can be found here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU] Awww yeah! Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for take off! Everybody in the plane keep your seats upright And stay in your mother loving chairs! We taking off, Let's Go!

Theme Song

Last night for some odd reason, I found myself binging on Saturday Night Live Digital Shorts [http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/digital-shorts/videos/] (Short comedies from the SNL show ). Actually it was no coincidence, entirely the fault of Kemi Onajin. Anyway, while watching I came across this short featuring T.

Lagos Bound

You ought to have gotten the hint by now that I was going to be away from the U.S for awhile. All this talk of backup content and not being able to host my friend or see my brother for some months. That's because I'm on a plane. As

There can be only one

There can be only one

All I am saying Americans, is that there can be only one English. What you write, what you read, what you speak, is nothing but a pidgin; Or at best, a dialect. Don't deceive yourselves into thinking you speak true English because you don't. The only true English is the

American English?

American English?

In a recent discussion with Ekenne Arinze [https://theredstringblog.com/author/ekenea] on the eminent destruction of the English language at the hands of Americans, I came to the conclusion that there shouldn't be such a language as American English. After all the American vocabulary is nothing but a corruption

Coming Soon to TRS

Coming Soon to TRS

There are a number of changes that I will soon be making to The Red String. So before I make them, I thought I might ask for some feedback. If I don't get any, then I'll just go ahead but if there's any you would not like, do tell. * I

Deji at Accenture

Deji at Accenture

My brother Deji has recently switched jobs. He's moved from being a Senior Developer at Oracle [ttp://www.oracle.com/index.html], to a Consultant at Accenture [http://www.accenture.com/]. So I just want to take a moment to officially congratulate my dear brother on his new job at

Dami Again

So my friend Damilola Jagun who I managed to catch up with in August (See Pilot Edition [https://www.dropbox.com/s/txb4qgxgw9kr7fd/TRS%20-%20Pilot%20Edition.pdf?dl=0]) is back in the US again. This time she's working with Temple Hospital [http://tuh.templehealth.org/content/default.htm]

The Duet Dramatization

The Duet Dramatization

Back in the Pilot edition [https://www.dropbox.com/s/txb4qgxgw9kr7fd/TRS%20-%20Pilot%20Edition.pdf?dl=0], I made mention of our book The Duet: An anthology of poems [http://www.amazon.com/Duet-Anthology-Poems-Toki-Mabogunje/dp/0976694115], which my mother and I co-authored. Well, our book is getting dramatised next