General Thoughts

I hate haters, therefore I hate myself.

… according to the one and only Seth Godin, in my humble opinion, the world’s finest marketing expert and someone whose ideas have influenced my thinking considerably.

Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether or not they want to accept the ramifications.

Flush the former down the toilet and embrace the latter.

A good observation I just came across:

… I think banning Mein Kamph is a great way to make sure Germans (or anyone) can’t learn from the mistakes of the past.

I agree. Plus, it’s really dumb anyway since I can easily download it and read it online. I’m sure Germany has internet. So, what’s the point?

And why profiling for security purposes probably isn’t a smart strategy. Confused? Okay, allow me to elaborate a tiny bit.

Some found it offensive, others were confused and didn’t know whether to be amused or angry. As for myself, I burst out laughing. Hilarious!

Just watch it. Please watch it. It’s a no-miss. You’ll get what I’m talking about after viewing it for just a little over one minute.

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It looks like you guys might need an outlet to express your opinions on the random events happening in the world, the latest Gaza-Israel crisis. Consider this an open thread so that other posts will remain on topic.

I’ve got a long draft saved up containing what I think about it. It seems that some are waiting to read my ehm, non-conformist ideas, so I’ll publish the post in a few hours from now later today, or tomorrow. Meanwhile, I have to run for my classes.

The title of this post is a subject I’ve been researching quite heavily for my upcoming book. This kind of analysis might seem simple at first but it’s actually quite tricky. So far, I’ve managed to find some great insights after hours of reading and researching, and I’ve come up with a number of ideas, but your perspectives may contain things I might have missed so please don’t hesitate to share them.

The involved complexity lies in this: to varying extents, our minds themselves are the products of the very ideological systems we seek to analyze and evolve.

So, how does one carry out this analysis as accurately as possible? Personally, I see at as an epistemological problem, one involving social contexts.

What do you think?

“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” - Albert Einstein.

“No, the Eskimos did! No wait, you started it first! Aaarrgghhh!”

I almost died with laughter when I saw this cartoon. Hilarious and pure genius! Can’t we all just get along? Why not?

Come on Danes and Jews, we promise to stop but only if you do so first. Cool? Seriously, because if you don’t, I’m telling the UN. Oh and I’m also going to boycott Wikipedia (which is controlled by Zionist CrUSAders in case you didn’t know).

This is a very, very important and serious issue. Forget everything else. Even Kawthar agrees.

Have a good one people! And don’t get too excited. You might end up being caught by the religious police.

Here they are. Look who’s number 3 and 7.

1. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud (Saudi Arabia): US$ 29.5 Billion
2. The Al Rajhi Family (Saudi Arabia): US$ 24 Billion
3. The Hariri Family (Lebanon): US$ 17.8 Billion
4. Nasser Al Kharafi (Kuwait): US$ 12 Billion
5. Maan Al Sanea (Saudi Arabia): US$ 10 Billion
6. Mohammad Al Amoudi (Saudi Arabia): US$ 9.2 Billion
7. The Bin Laden Family (Saudi Arabia): US$ 8.5 Billion
8. Abdulaziz Al Ghurair (United Arab Emirates): US$ 8 Billion
9. The Olayan Family (Saudi Arabia): US$ 7.2 Billion
10. The Sawiris Family (Egypt): US$ 6.2 Billion

This is sad. Last year, around this same time, it was Saddam Hussein. Most rejoiced. Now, we have this shit.

May she rest in peace.

For information and updates, I recommend checking out Ali Eteraz.

1. It will be a year in which Sudan will sit at the edge of the cliff and either descend back into civil war or manage to salvage whatever is left of the current peace.

2. It will be the year of the US elections, the year Bush departs and a new president (most probably a Donkey) gets elected into the White House.

3. It is supposed to be the year the UN-AU hybrid force of 20,000+ gets sent to Darfur. January is the scheduled month. Don’t even hold your breath!

4. 2008 will be a year in which Bush will struggle to accomplish something significant so he may at least leave behind him a decent legacy.

5. In 2008, April to be exact, this blog will turn two years old.

6. It might also be the year Britney Spears regains back her sanity.

7. It could possibly be a year of another major terrorist attack. I hope I’m super wrong.

8. It will be the year I finally graduate which will give me much more time to focus on my entrepreneurial plans and further evolve this blog.

9. 2008 may hopefully become the year Bin Laden gets bombed into pieces.

10. The year 2008 is predicted to pass by yours truly just as fast as 2007 did, if not, way faster.

I know, I know, the title of this post sounds like an advertisement. Well, it is! Erm, kind of. Hell, you can consider this an endorsement. Why? Because I’m a huge fan of the “modification” I’m going to tell you about.

Mike is a friend of mine. He’s from Wisconsin. Met him a few months ago at a party and immediately liked him his invention.

He’s the co-founding brain behind…

a shisha like no other, a hookah that satisfies and makes you smile…

Say Hello to The HoboHookah

It’s the result of discovering the joy of shisha in Wisconsin, becoming a huge fan of hookah smoking by the time he was living for seven months in Egypt and then deciding to reinvent the whole thing after significant research. It’s known as “the first modern American hookah“.

I believe some Middle Easterners will not like the hobohookah and will consider it some kind of cultural rape. Worse still, they may even call it American imperialism. As for me, I like it. I love seeing this kind of cultural fusion and creativity. Plus, I enjoy my regular dose of shisha fruit flavors and the wonderful “vitamins” they contain, only now I consume them with style.

Have a good one people!