I went to Shakespeare Tavern today with a few friends to watch the play Julis Caeser. The performance was not great but it was interesting.
Year: 2003
Marriage: Between Cousins
Bill Allison had a post recently on the subject of cousin marriage recently: Quite a sad story about marital practices in Saudi Arabia from Arab News, in particular, the practice of marrying daughters off to their cousins. An excerpt: The final word comes from Maha, another woman. “There is the tradition of keeping a girl… Continue reading Marriage: Between Cousins
Haloscan Acting Up Again
Haloscan has not been reliable as a commenting system recently. They have too much down time for “maintenance”. Same thing today: Server work in progress We’re doing some routine maintenance on the server. We will have the commenting restored later today. Update: We’ve restored the commenting but a couple of the most recent posts from… Continue reading Haloscan Acting Up Again
Guns, Warlords and Afghanistan
Said Tayeb Jawad, chief of staff for President Hamid Karzai, had an op-ed in the NY Times calling for a de-militarization of the armed groups in Afghanistan. Just over a year ago at the conference in Bonn on organizing a post-Taliban government, the factions of Afghanistan pledged “to withdraw all military units from Kabul.” A… Continue reading Guns, Warlords and Afghanistan
What language are you supposed to speak?
Dummkopf! Vei shpiek ju not GERMAN? Ju mast komplei and tschensch jur kurrent Lenkwetsch reit nau! What language are you supposed to speak? brought to you by Quizilla
United States: What’s to like and not like?
At the end of her moving post on torture that I referred to earlier, Emma of Late Night Thoughts says: If Americans are to be believed, America is a nation with a special dispensation from God. The shining city upon a hill, an example to all of what is best in mankind. We cannot make… Continue reading United States: What’s to like and not like?
Cricket World Cup
The super six stage has ended. Australia will now play Sri Lanka on March 18 and India will play Kenya on March 20 in the semifinals. Kenya is the surprise here. Both Kenya and Zimbabwe reached the super six stage because New Zealand and England respectively decided not to travel to their country and forfeited… Continue reading Cricket World Cup
About Photographs
Yes, I know I went overboard about the auto show photos. One of the benefits of a digital camera is that one can take as many photographs as possible. I took about 75 today. As you know, I ocassionally post photographs on my blog. It has been sporadic up to now but I plan to… Continue reading About Photographs
Lexus Concept Car
Can you tell which side is the front?
Chevrolet SSR
Chevy SSR hybrid truck as seen at the Atlanta auto show…