I don’t know if there is a more appropriate word which could describe how I feel about what I hear and read regarding the elections, or rather, the stupid inane posturing by the government on one hand, and some of the candidates on the other. Each desperately digs holes for the other to fall in, …
Month: November 2006
Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman is a 22-year-old Egyptian blogger who has been arrested by authorities in Alexandria, Egypt. Abdelkareem first received international attention in early 2006 when he was kicked out of Al Azhar University for posts he wrote on his blog. During that first incident, he was detained by police but eventually released. Despite his …
I’m afraid this formula would work with anything, not just Segways, but let me tell you how it got to damage my back and left me in hospital for 5 days with instructions for complete bed rest for another 10 days. This, hopefully, will have a lesson to others so they too do injure themselves …
Due to a minor accident, I have unfortunately been admitted to hospital for observation for a couple of days. Nothing to worry about but I won’t have full access to the Internet. So in the tradition of Mahmood’s Den, until I return the scapegoat of the moment is hereby declared to be Saddam Hussein. Have …
We’re floundering around the same position we were classified at for 3 or 4 years as far as ranking is concerned, but the actual score is edging southward this year: To go back in history a bit: in 2003 we scored a respectable 6.1, in 2004 that went down to 5.8, ranking 34, last year …