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Table of Contentes

Note from the Editors:

We have a lot to say and conjecture upon because we are now yesekenu azawintoch… nah. Our ibdet has blue balls.

My Story:

We’ve said it once, we’ll say it again: a frazzled emeCHat should be designated a controlled substance.

Bailout Nation:

The biggest “too big to fail” company is not AIG. It’s the ET Favor Bank.

Qulqulet:

Embrace your manhood. Embrace the two “Qu”s.

:

Stream of co-consciousness volleyed across a bunna rekebot and sublimely held afloat by the smoke of incense and roasted coffee beans…”

SELEDA Apologies:

It has not only snowed in hell, but diabilos herself is building a snowman out of the frozen carcasses of SELEDA editors.

Genffo Bonds:

Motherhood is a gory war. It is even more gory when it is fought between mothers and daughters.

Promise of Tomorrow:

The old game of new beginnings.

Teff Luck:

What do those hideous Somali pirates have in common with some hideous Swedish geek oligarchs? Nemo knows.

Top 10:

Top Ten Signs the economy has turned for Ethiopia and Ethiopians.

The Counterpart:

Oh, your country has an Emergency? Here’s some chocolates and a guitar. You’re welcome.

Closure and Heart Earrings:

There is something about Ethiopia. There is something about the power she has over us.

Open Mind, Open Body:

The best time to screw up you kids is… from minute one.

Intin:

… “A door clicks shut and 10 years of Intin – spoof – disappears.”

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Remember the playful line, “ke bEtE belai qura sefroqura sefro”? Well, you’ll never be able to hear it again without your spine tingling. .

30 16 Questions:

Inside the minds of a few SELEDA editors. Hazmat suit optional.

Your Journey into my Life:

Welcome home, baby girl. I knew I belonged to you.

SELEDA Salutes:

There are six ET music videos on Youtube that won’t make you want to sprinkle your computer with tsebel and/or the blood of a senga berE.

Home:

There are some wounds time refuses to heal.

Beam Me Up, Scotty:

Ethiopian babies should come with: detailed instruction manuals, receipts (for exchange or return purposes) and their own molqaqa mogzeets.

Mr. Jimmy and I:

Your Excellency Mr. Exiled Interior Minister of Nigeria: Ante Zitetam!: A tale of i-revenge.

SELEDA Berenda:

Beshou Gedamu and Messay Shewaqenna capture  Ethiopian souls… with a click.

:

Was it the Bible that said that it’s harder for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye than it is for a sliver of Machiavellian compromise to penetrate through ET pride?  

DCtopia:

Dear ET Men: Sperm deposits are non-refundable. Thank you.

ADDIStopia:

Why do poor people in Addis always harsh our new-money mellow? Why?

SELEDA Retrospective:

There is no such thing as too much kitfo or too much SELEDA. Here’s one Editrix’s list of favorites from the past.

The Reset Button:

Ethiopia. Redux.

SELEDA Gu’lt:

Finally! The Crass Commercialization of SELEDA.

Do the Right Thing:

Somebody should have told us “dr b’yabr anbessa yassr” was not a new S & M game.

Backpage:

SELEDAverse hoi…! Welcome your new leaders. Question: are they great leaders, or are they the greatest leaders? They’ll tell you.