"Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis." Schopenhauer

Last week a historical monograph titled "Discover Old Belize Town: Sites & Places of Memory" authored and compiled by Dr. Aondofe Joe lyo was launched at the House of Culture on Regent Street. Even though the volume is a slim and trim 60 pages, it is chock full of information on the olden days of the Old Capital. A who's who and what's what on the times and customs of Belize before it was Belize: a time before time. Or nearly before recorded time.

Caye Caulker, September 2006 - Last week internationally known celebrity cum naturalist Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin was killed by a stingray off the coast of Australia while filming one of his ‘living-dangerously-in-nature” specials. Irwin achieved international celebrity-dom from the television program “The Crocodile Hunter”, a popular wildlife documentary series co-hosted with his wife Terri Irwin.

Belize City, September 2005- "Only sick music makes money today"- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

"I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us. " - Martin Luther