I don’t know what to say about the dastardly terrorist attack two years ago. I have no interesting story of where I was. I was sleeping in Atlanta and was awakened by my roommate around 11am because of frantic calls by Amber from Jersey. She found out about the WTC attacks when she reached her… Continue reading September 11
Optical Illusion
There are some very interesting optical illusions here. I especially like the “rotating snakes.” Via Uncertain Principles.
Weird Comment
Mr. Samiulhaq, apparently from Saudi Arabia, reached my weblog by searching for samiulhaq. He got to my post on Activist Islam in Pakistan and commented: send me photo Now, if only he had looked around on my weblog, he would have found a number of photos of me. But alas, he wasn’t that curious! I… Continue reading Weird Comment
Productivity: Experts’ View
While talking about the economic output per hour and hours worked in different countries, I had a question about estimating productivity in the IT industry: I also have a question for anyone who knows economics more than I do. Everyone I know in the I.T. and other hitech fields works 50-60 hours a week but… Continue reading Productivity: Experts’ View
Pakistani Blogs
KO is compiling a list of Pakistani blogs. He already has 26 blogs on his list. If you know of any more, whether in Pakistan or expats like me, let him know.
Arrival Day
The Head Heeb has come up with an ethnic holiday for American Jews. As he explains, 349 years ago today, the ship St. Catherine landed at New Amsterdam carrying 23 Jewish settlers. They were not the first Jews to set foot on American soil — the merchant Solomon Franco had visited Boston in 1649 before… Continue reading Arrival Day
Woodrow Wilson
Once again Wilsonian ideas are popular, both with liberal hawks and neoconservatives. So I thought I should excerpt some comments about Wilson from the book I am reading nowadays about the Versailles Peace conference at the end of World War I. Wilson never forgave those who disagreed with him. […]He was also stubborn. […]The French… Continue reading Woodrow Wilson
Imitation Fitness Blog
Inspired by Unqualified Offerings, I thought I would post about my fitness struggle. My problems are somewhat different than his. For one thing, weighing 166lbs and being 6ft tall means I don’t need to reduce my weight. My problems come from two sources: A life spent being underweight: I weighed 125lbs until my early 20s.… Continue reading Imitation Fitness Blog
Spam in Comments
Another blog milestone today: I got spam! Somebody left a comment for enlarging certain parts of male anatomy.
A Dervish’s Dua
Via my referrer logs, I noticed a new blog “A Dervish’s Dua” by Maryam. She has a good post on Muslim feminism as well as a good debunking of Amir Taheri’s claim that hijab is an invention of the 1970s.