Apparently, pope Benedict XVI signals the End Of Days. It seems that some 12th century Irish priest, Malachay, had a knack for seeing the future (funny how no one has had that ‘knack’ the past 300-400 years), and he predicted that 112 popes would reign before Judgement Day (no, no T2’s in this story).
He […]

I think too much about God and religion for an agnostic. Then again, maybe I should. The point is, I had this image when I read that article. If God had a sense of humor, she should take the non-sinners to heaven, and leave the rest of us here. But, since we’re so attached to […]

I had to submit some papers to the International office at my university. This office deals with all foreign students, and all students pursuing international programs (a.k.a. studying in English). Now, I have been extremely disappointed in my stay in Germany, and one thing that bothered me for a long time was that it was […]

I’m not one for rants about peace and love and all that jazz, but this is a scary fact:
“It costs less to produce a single bullet than it does to create one page in a textbook”.
Then again, all it takes is one bullet, on the other hand, one single page means partial knowledge… and THAT […]

I have a question. Why is it that personal hygiene and productivity are inversely proportional? Why is it that the harder one works (from home, that is) the dirtier he is?
One could claim that being busy doesn’t leave much time for anything else. I don’t believe that.
Case in point: Me!
I haven’t shaved in a couple […]

I recently came across this article (alas, didn’t think to save the link) that discussed the benefits of semen. Yes, yes, we men know what a glorious thing semen is, but here’s what you women have been missing: The study proved that semen actually made women happier. Women who had sex without condoms were less […]

I laughed so hard, my sides hurt yesterday, when I came across this. Got it via Yogi… The funniest IM Logs I have come across in ages
You have to check it out, read the couple of conversations with the Wizard…Here’s one of the conversations:
bloodninja: Ok baby, we got to hurry, I don’t know how long […]

I want to die at the right moment. Here are my terms.
I want to die at the end of summer. That way, I would have enjoyed a summer, and wouldn’t have to go through another winter. I’d die fully charged, perfectly tanned, and having partied my ass off.
I want to die right after ending a […]

Check this out. A fully fledged insanity test. I failed it. Let me know how you fared.

The time thing I had on the past couple of days: I quit smoking, as an experiment. Stopped for four days. I concluded my experiment after that. I guess it’s easier to label it as an experiment that’s over, than as an attempt to quit that failed.
Second, and more interesting experiment is something I’ve been […]

It made sense, when I was 16 or so, to look up to ‘Superstars’. Be it rockstars, popstars, or athletes… But, with time, I’m noticing that I am doing this less and less. And for good reason. I’m growing older.
This means that, first of all, it’s upsetting when someone aged 16 bursts out on the […]

this will be clarified later

Having joined the masses that have to shop for the sustenance (as opposed to: “mum… What’s for lunch?”), I couldn’t help but notice, after a while, that there are certain patterns that identify people, or groups of people.
Let’s start with actual personality traits that can be discerned:

Impulsive: This is the shopper who walks in with […]

What are we gonna do…. With it?”
Nope. Not me.
I watched Hitch this evening. I had a date, but it wasn’t love on second sight. And, as I’m blogging at 2:30 am, you can it wasn’t a romp in the sack either.
The movie was funny. Several decent laughs, rare bouts of slapstick comedy. I would say […]

I am sitting in my room. Legs on the table. The back of my leather IKEA seat is tilted to provide the most comfort possible. It seems to me that this is the way it has always been. I feel like I’ve been sitting like this, in my IKEA room, my entire life. Thoughts and […]

I must admit, that title (which I didn’t know existed before pope John Paul II’s death) sent mini-shivers down my spine. To me, it spoke of ages gone. Of kings and castles. Dragons and wizards. Powerful protectors of the church. Glorious crusades. Knights in shining armor. Princes riding in on their war mounts, rushing to […]

Is a black man in Europe also an ‘African-American’?
Is a white man in Africa (say, South Africa) an ‘American-African’?
Political-correctness is the first stage of numbness. It, and useless practices that warp simple humanity into neutral, machine-like (but multi-syllabic) monstrosities will be the end of us.

We’re all alike. I guess. Across generations, continents, and cultures, certain traits, habits or experiences don’t change. Others define certain generations, or cultures. Sadly, not all these experiences are nice ones. Nevertheless, we learn as best we can from them, and move on.
A friend of mine in Lebanon sent me a link to this online […]

Constant happiness is an oxymoron. There is no such thing.
Why, you ask? (Well, if you don’t ask, you might as well stop reading here)
It goes against our human nature. Man’s natural state is not happiness. Happiness implies satisfaction, and for that reason, it’s a temporary emotion rather than a continuous one. Constant happiness would […]

“If alcohol is a crutch, Jack Daniel’s is a wheelchair”

Here it is. I have wanted for a while to go with a new design. The basic idea behind it was to create something minimalistic, very plain, very simple, and basically let the content speak for itself (if I can say that without sounding very arrogant). I will be adding links later, but I wanted […]

Two unrelated news items caught my fancy. The first being Google’s announcement that they were increasing their GMail account sizes to 2 GB! That’s right! Just after Yahoo announced their increased storage capacity (10 mb to 250, and recently to 1GB), Google came right back into it.
Google claims it’s just to offer a better service […]