Yummy Wakame Weblog

Rich elite prosper in Zim crisis
While shelves are bare in regular stores, other advertisements offer foodstuffs, cooking oil and even bank note counting machines to help traders in the hyperinflationary economy do their business. Harare economist John Robertson said about ZIM$6000 buys today what ZIM$100 bought in 1995. Black market gasoline, selling for four times the government’s fixed price, keeps traffic moving.

About 80 percent of the population live in poverty and according the UN World Food Programme, nearly half of all Zimbabweans will need food aid this year to avoid mass starvation. The state Central Statistical Office said last month annual inflation reached a record 269 percent and unemployment exceeded 70 percent, driving many unemployed to scavenge for goods to sell or sell furniture and other assets to survive.

A fraction of the rest — perhaps three percent, mostly President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party elite and their business associates — control the hugely profitable black market in goods and hard currency. They are enjoying boom times. Agencies selling limousines and even luxury cosmetics have reported record sales.

Windows RG (Really Good Edition) released.
View the demo. More realistic when viewed in full screen.

YAY! After endless searching I finally found my long lost and cherished cherub friend.
Hello Evan!!!

Beat the human senses quiz
Are your eyes being tricked by your brain? Do you know what a supertaster is? Or how to avoid travel sickness? Put your senses to the test in our Senses Challenge. You could win an MRI scan of your own brain! WOW!
(Found by Quin – winner of the Brighton Virtual Festival 2003 weblog award)

Dad Jokes – because somebody’s got to laugh I guess.

LIVE NUDE CATS found on Chapel Perilous.

Hunting for Bambi
It’s a new form of adult entertainment in Las Vegas – men are paying thousands of dollars to shoot naked women with paint ball guns.
(Thanks Vampy)

Snap bubbles :D

This week President Mugabe awarded himself a 600% pay rise and now earns two million dollars a month. That’s pretty sad when a Labour Official told me this week that the minimum wage for a house worker in Zimbabwe is still just three thousand four hundred and fifty seven dollars a month (that is less than five British pence a day).

Cathy Buckle with more news from Zim. This is just insane!! Zimbabwe is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen, with some of the friendliest people I have ever come across. I hate sitting back and accepting what is happening there at the moment, but dont really know how to help.

Im not quite sure why, but judging by the amount of scripts listed, there must be quite a few people interested in this. So for you, movie scripts, courtesy Drew.