Things have been hectic, hence the last two week hiatus. I am still working on that loooong article on humor in classic texts, but in the meantime the buffer has filled up with things I’ve been meaning to post. So a few entries to follow. The long post will most likely come next week inshaa […]
Archive for the 'Life the Universe and Everything' Category
A couple of short answers
Published April 5th, 2007 in Blogging about the blog, Hadith, Inspirational, Islam, Life the Universe and Everything, Quotes and Tazkiyah. 3 CommentsOne of my favorite clips is this minute from young Dilbert.
One of the reasons I like Dilbert so much is that I can bear first hand witness to its uncanny accuracy in many an industrial environment. Clearly, not every company is a Dilbert-like company. And as with any comedic venture […]
The Cube
Published February 9th, 2007 in General Musings, Life the Universe and Everything and The Boys. 15 CommentsI remember as a teenager wanting a game system (and no I am not going to mention which one it was — that would be telling :) ). I learned a number of important things about life (at least I think they were important) through the simple fact that we did not get a game […]
Follow up on many comments
Published January 27th, 2007 in Blogging about the blog, General Musings, Life the Universe and Everything and Muslims and the Arts. 3 CommentsJazaakumullahu khayran and thank YOU to all those that have been visiting the blog and leaving comments. It is indeed much appreciated.
A few quick responses are in order.
Abeer: thank you so much for the links. The pictures and the drawings are beautiful. Now I have to decide how to use them :)
Farah: thank you for […]
Temptation
Published January 21st, 2007 in General Musings, Life the Universe and Everything, Quotes and Tazkiyah. 6 CommentsToday’s quote was from Shakespeare, “Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.” Not sure what he meant by that, but I do know the Quran has something to say about the multiple images contained in that sentence. The notion of fitna in the Arabic language and in Islamic usage is […]
