I will be busy grading final projects today. I hope to finish in one day today rather than the two it usually takes. Grading can be such a pain. UPDATE (7/29 6:25pm): Finally it’s finished.
Year: 2003
Far and Wide
It seems like visitors to this weblog come from far and wide. Here are the countries represented: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia,… Continue reading Far and Wide
Movies I Watched
I watched Seabiscuit and Bad Boys II this weekend. Frankly, I could have done without Bad Boys II. It is full of action and like a lot of the action movies it has no plot at all. Plus there is nothing great about the action either. It also uses formulaic humor to get a few… Continue reading Movies I Watched
No Comments
This post is for the visitor who viewed 16 pages on my weblog last night. Why couldn’t (s)he find anything to comment on? Please, visitors, comment on my posts. Tell me what you think. Tell me I am wrong (or right) and why. Expound on your views related to the topic of a post.
Quran and Textual Analysis
Via Ideofact, I see that Tacitus has linked to an article in Newsweek about Christoph Luxenberg (a pseudonym) who claims that some of the words in the Quran should be considered to be in Syriac rather than Arabic. In a note of encouragement to his fellow hijackers, September 11 ringleader Muhammad Atta cheered their impending… Continue reading Quran and Textual Analysis
Huffington Vs Huffington
Now that could be an interesting race for California Governor: Arianna Huffington running against her ex-husband Michael Huffington. Any guess as to how many people will vote for the wrong Huffington? The rule-busting California gubernatorial recall election took a turn for the bizarre Friday as author-columnist Arianna Huffington appeared ready to kick off an independent… Continue reading Huffington Vs Huffington
Restaurant Recommendations
We are planning to go to Washington DC next weekend. Can anyone recommend any good restaurants? I am looking for walk-in places where we don’t have to make reservations in advance or wear nice clothes but that have great food. For lunch, the restaurant should be close to the Mall, but the dinner restaurant can… Continue reading Restaurant Recommendations
CIA’s War
Josh Marshall quotes the Nelson Report about war between the CIA and the administration. and the war has just begun, intelligence community sources warn. The Iraq/Niger debacle is but one of “a whole series of stories which are ready to break”, a source told us today, adding, “I’ve never seen such hostility and disdain as… Continue reading CIA’s War
Boring Porn
I can understand the woman’s reaction, but what kind of porn puts a man to sleep?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
This random rant is brought to you courtesy of Tacitus: Pakistan itself, meanwhile, is happily engaging in its national pasttime of effectively ignoring its extremists and conducting small-scale aggression against its neighbors. Is Islamabad an ally? I guess if Riyadh is, sure. And I deserved to get hit, because he works hard and I didn’t… Continue reading Pakistan and Afghanistan