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The Kamini Comet
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 9:55 PM
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Kamini's unofficial, nonfactual (being that rumors change daily), noncommercial, approximately montTuesday, May 6, 2008 9:55 PMiments of the publisher, editor, or any associate living, deceased, or ex-patriot. |
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February 2008

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9 1/2 Months
Where else in the world would one consider one’s business day to be hugely successful, cause for celebration in fact, purely because one has managed to get a spare key cut. ... read more |
January 2008
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Extreme Snail Mail
It must be a record somewhere—nearly three years for a small package to reach our post office on the port. In the age of instant coms, it’s hard to believe that an envelope could literally take years to arrive at its destination. ... read more |
December 2007

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‘It’s All Greek’ for Good Reason
It is not by coincidence that the cliché "It’s all Greek to me" connotes incomprehension. While Greek, spoken or written, is notoriously tough to master, its difficulties have an unusual twist on the island. The dozen-odd subdialects of the mother tongue can be quite confusing to the untrained ear. ... read more |
October 2007
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The Fourth World?
Inmates of the Rock have, on occasion, frustrated with bureaucratic delays and lack of amenities, been overheard to call our island, in jest, the “fourth world.” But here’s a thought: even in Uganda, plastic bags have been outlawed. In fact, someone caught selling plastic bags could face a US$20,000 fine. ... read more |
August 2007

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Aliens in Kamini?
The strange, almost haunting noise that reverberates periodically, day or night, through Kamini valley has apparently had locals perplexed for the past couple of years—a sound so unlike the familiar braying donkeys, crowing roosters, yapping dogs, and yowling cats that it has caused many to wonder as to its source. ... read more |
July 2007
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Fire on Hydra
It was our plan to present things in humorous light ... But there is nothing funny about this: in fact, even any humor in the initial rhubarb in which conspiracy theorists claimed that one of the contestants in the ongoing mayoral dispute of 2006/2007 was to blame has paled with the smoke-screened sun. ... read more |
June 2007

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Most Successful Miaoulis Ever!
Within minutes of news getting out of the pyrotechnic flagship's keeling over on June 23, 2007, a number of conspiracy theories erupted. ... read more |
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