Month: June 2008

more trouble…

They’re starting to gather at the Saar Roundabout as I write this. Various parties called for a demonstration in support of cleric Isa Qassim of Duraz, the followers of whom felt slighted by Jassim Alsaidi’s unwarranted attack on “their symbol”, and as they regard an attack on Qassim as an attack on the whole religion, …

SHUT THEM UP!

You know you’ve lost the argument if all you have left to “defend” your cause is to demand that the other party be shut up, and use a desperately disparate parliament to encode that demand into law. What is stranger still, is that the party demanding the reneging on the constitutional right to free speech …

Why is it…

that every time I wash the plants in the garden, the weather turns dusty again? pisses me off! It was wonderful this morning. I did a lot of work in the garden; weeding, washing, cleaning, re-tying, and general fixing, but now looking out of the window, the bloody thing is turning ugly with dust being …

Is this thing on?

I changed the tabber into just a rolling “featured articles” section that rotates through the first 7 latest featured articles. I hope this is less confusing to people. I had to find a solution as the “tabber” feature was the most complained and misunderstood feature on the new site design. I hope you’re okay with …

The Buddha patch

The Buddha patch, originally uploaded by malyousif. I can’t remember when it was that I showed you the Buddha patch last, so here it is as of a couple of hours ago. You can see how scorched some of the plants look. It’s summer. The death season for everything green! Nevertheless, have a wonderful weekend …