I have never seen this before and I have been using Google for quite a while now (ok, I can’t remember it happening before and my memory is like a sieve sometimes!) but this is what I got a few minutes ago when I wanted to check my gmail: I don’t feel too bad when …

In Bahrain we’ll be holidaying it up but good… for the National Day holidays businesses and government will be closed from Thursday Dec 15 through Dec 18, Jan 1st of course is a holiday, and then Eid Al-Ad’ha is coming up around Jan 10th, then the Hijri new year on Jan 31st. Here’s the rest …

Bulbs patch, originally uploaded by malyousif. I’ve planted some 100 bulbs I brought back from Amsterdam with me in September here. They’ve been in the ground for a couple of weeks after being in the fridge since Sept. I have the alums already producing leaves at the back of the frangipani now, and the dwarf …

Folks, Christmas in Mahmood’s Den has come slightly early this year, I’ve got some Blogger labels kindly donated by Eric Case of Blogger whom I have had the pleasure of meeting in Dubai during the Arab Thought Foundation‘s conference (I’ve been told off for the article I posted by the way because Hamad has demanded …

left to right: Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad, Fahad Al-Musalam, Shaikh Salman bin Rashid, and Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad with Talal Al-Ghaith The Unstoppabulls Racing Team, owned by HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamed bin Isa Al Khalifa, have a busy weekend ahead of them with two racers are getting ready to shine at the weekend at …