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13:22 – Peak of the hybrid #eclipse as seen from Accra, Ghana. http://t.co/8mwxniw203 #solareclipse pic.twitter.com/X2k8ZusnWk — Kwabena (@Kwabena) November 3, 2013 At exactly 1.22 p.m. today, November 3,2013 , Ghana and other parts of West Africa experienced a partial solar eclipse . Thanks to news houses like +Citi97.3FM , we knew all about it before hand. The phenomenon, described as “the romance between the Sun and the Moon,” started at 11.38 a.m. and lasted until 1.22 p.m. In the run up to this, many Ghanaians looked for the special shades to watch the eclipse because you couldn't see this with your naked eye. I wasn't very interested so didn't bother to get one. But Ghanaians took this eclipse thing " World Cup " when it comes to cracking jokes about it. That's what this blog post will cover. But before we get into that, the Ghana Planetarium organized a special event to view the Solar Eclipse today. Folks learnt about what causes an eclipse...

Yes, the Black Stars have long beaten the Pharoahs of Egypt 6-1, but #OleleFacts don't get old. Even when the one who helped start this phenomenon gets older. So espeically, when today is the birthday of the one who helped start this  +Achere Buxton . I got in on the #OleleFacts earlier and here are some :-) Enjoy. They are old tweets, but you can still say Ole! :-) @Naa_Achere #olelefacts from 27th August? wow did you start this trend? — Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) October 11, 2013 #OleleFacts became popular in October. Naa Achere and her friends were tweeting this in August. Foresight. :-) Switching from my Ugandan alter-ego, Richard Nshuti Mayanja, to myself to finally join the #Olelefacts trend. — Mighty African (@mightyafrican) October 11, 2013 I had been celebrating Uganda and had to switch names to get in on the Ghanaian trend. Olele discovered the sun. #OleleFacts — Mighty African (@mightyafrican) October 11, 2013 Hehe. That means he also discovered light...

Many of you might know Richard Kingson as Ghana's goalkeeper at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. There are many great images of him. He's not been Ghana's first choice goalkeeper for a couple of years now. Recently, he was called back into the Black Stars set-up and many fans are not happy with this, thinking he is too old to still play great football. This has led to the creation of many jokes about how old Richard Kingston aka Olele is. These have captured all over social media with the hashtag #OleleFacts. There is even a Twitter account called @OleleFacts. This phenomenon has also been featured on BBC. Wanna know what the fuss is about? Read these tweets below. According to history, Olele's first words were "You must be Adam, welcome to the Garden of Eden"  #oleleFacts — Our Favorite Fugitiv (@Naa_Achere)  August 27, 2013 +Achere Buxton  gets us going again. So Olele was either the first man or really is an angel living amongst us. Your pick. E...

So Richard Kingson got called up to the Black Stars after some years away from the team recently. Many Black Star fans have said he is too old to play for the Ghana national football team. So the jokes started and #OleleFacts has been born. Here are some of the best ones related to football, which is what he was famous for in the first place.  Olele has played in four generations of the Black Stars #OleleFacts pic.twitter.com/RxMSHqFyZT — Francis Ahlidza (@fahlidza) October 1, 2013 He sure has been around for a while. If John Mensah is the rock of Gibraltar (23.3% of the time), then Olele is the rock of Ages. #oleleFacts taken with a pinhole camera , look for him pic.twitter.com/H3snvq7RPY — Our Favorite Fugitiv (@Naa_Achere) August 27, 2013 Olele likes being in pictures. One of them is very old...the other is Nelson Mandela. #Olelefacts pic.twitter.com/1eMFz05Dmd — DiDi (@itsDiDi) October 4, 2013 Nelson Mandela was 95 this year. "When Olele got to c...

In fact, sometimes I can't believe how ridiculous I get. Some might say I have a way with words. Actually, I am considering doing stand-up comedy. I have always been writing poems , used to write a lot of short stories (maybe I'll get into those again soon) and most recently, I have been doing spoken word. But at the time I found my love of writing in Presec through short stories, funny articles and poems, I employed 'these styles' in 'letters'. These styles included various figures of speech and what is known to Presec enthusiasts as "Chaa". In my youthful exuberance, I'd write letters to various girls and I don't know why we 'did' this, but we felt our letters had to be special, funny, witty, and 'chaaristic'. I don't have the letters I wrote in Presec with me but I was browsing through my Facebook messages and realised I never 'lost' my touch. I found a long-lost friend from those jolly old Presec times and felt ...

A friend and I were discussing pick up lines the other day and if they do work, etc. They've been a few that I've wanted to use but I haven't mustered enough courage to try them. I'm still collecting my thoughts for that blog entry on women too. Earlier today, I realised my cousin had tagged me in some note full of pick-up lines and that list was hilarious. I have now run out of excuses to try some pick-up lines. After all, what do I have to lose? Don't I want to actually see what will happen? Won't I have some juicy stories to tell? I would, that's why I will be picking out of these pick-up lines next time I am inna di club or some other appropriate or unappropriate location. So here goes - I can't find my puppy, can you help me find him? I think he went into this cheap motel room. Let's do breakfast tomorrow. Should I call you or nudge you? Yo Baby, you be my Dairy Queen, I'll be your Burger King, you treat me right, and I'll do it yo...

I couldn't resist this. Ghanaians, I am sorry. After praising Paul Kagame as an entrepreneur president and salivating over Jacob Zuma's dancing skills, this is what I have to say about Asomdwoe hene Professor John Evans Atta Mills. John Atta Mills became the third consecutive Ghanaian presido called John on January 7, 2009 after edging Nana Akufo Addo in the slimmest of margins. Since then, there hasn't been much he has done to forecast what his presidency will do for Ghana in the next four years. If I have missed this, please let me know. But when many Ghanaians talk about him today, it's about his 'slip of the tongue' sayings when he delivered his first sessional address to parliament. I don't have the full speech yet but you can listen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mit_SJPUCcU http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=77167219973 http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=151604695091 Some soundbites from the speech - "Our ecomony, our ecomini is ...