You Need To Stop!

need to stop

As my pen name “De Sanitation Specialist” implies, I have made it my life’s mission to confront and call out the sh!t that exists in our society. Oftentimes I really want to tell people they “modda so and so” but then I remember that being a “loud-mouth-opinionated-know-it-all-grammar-nazi” is not cool and I might probably get bitch-slapped for it anyway. BUT *cue choir of angels singing* then I remember that those smarty-pants at Scorch gave me a section called “Quality Control” to vent all my pent-up,…

Kardashians: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Kardashian Kollection Launch Party - Arrivals

Love them or hate them, you just can’t seem to ignore The Kardashians. The controversial family came into the spotlight when a sex tape featuring Ray J and Kim Kardashian was released in 2007. Later that year the family received their own reality tv show on E network: Keeping up with The Kardashians which has earned them millions and led to two other spin off series. Some praise them, many criticise them but no one has ever stopped and wondered, what can I learn from them……

Untangling Local Government in Trinidad & Tobago

local government

So we are in another silly season of elections and this time we are being asked to vote for local representatives. Many people have no idea who these people are, what they do, and what local government really is- apart for the fact they represent a particular political party. The term ‘local government’ in Trinidad and Tobago is literally an oxymoron (no that’s not a moron with pimple cream on his face)- it means a contradiction in terms. Or a phrase referring to something that…

SCORCH Issue 42 – “The Vroom Vroom Issue”

Bianca-Manzano-4

Download Editor’s Note: Apart from being known as The Original Pumping Machine, we at SCORCH embody the principles of team-work in the work place. A few seminars, staff retreats and team building exercises can achieve what team work can. Sometimes you’re not completely sold on the contributions or potential contributions of your teammates. But the bottom line is, you’ll win if you band together, and you’ll lose if you don’t. At SCORCH we are all winners so banding together is a must.And so it was…

Technology and Relationships: A match made in Hell!

Couple Texting

DISCLAIMER! This article is in no way trying to imply that yuh getting horn (Even though…never mind). It is simply to inform you of how some tech advancements could possibly put a bit of a strain on things. Yes, all relationships are different and some may be a lot more open and trusting than others. Unfortunately, when feelings are involved a wide range of emotions like jealousy and down right maliciousness/macoing tend to be present as well. As newer technologies, gadgets and social media platforms…