Archive - 2008

Mr Obama

It's no longer the message but the messenger that is being sold. Guess We'll find out when the 3:00 am call comes & Mr Obama is in the local gym shooting hoops >>>

For the love of Rumi

I came across this site that seem to have a good translation of Rumi's Masnavi poetry

 

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A note on Anger and pride by Oriana Fallaci

She inscribed Anger and Pride after many years of silence whilst struggling with cancer in occurrence of 9/11 >>>

Don’t look at me left left

Any way, what follows is a number of some Farsi expressions that are not necessarily funny unless they are translated into English. You may have heard some of them before. This list, which is by no means exhaustive, is your punishment for warding off the good writers from this site. To tell you the truth, I was so bored during the last spring break and tired of persistent watching of the weather channel. Staying idle is so unbearable for energetic individuals like me. I thought doing this may not be that tragic, but it is less tragic that going to Florida and jumping into empty pool. That is what a couple of my drunken students did last year>>>

McCain: "In The 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"

Seriously???!!! How doesn't the news anchor burst out in tears of laughter?!!! McCain's audacity and imperial hubris are at times truly astonishing>>>

Smokers

And me... >>>

Could This Be True...?

I found this clip interesting, it seems to be a propaganda piece but who knows. You decide for yourself. Let all pray for peace, War has never done any good>>>

When Nothing Is Sacred Except the Secular

The post I just wrote swept up by the moment to Faryarm (a Bahai) on my "Imagine a World Without War!" blog>>>

serendipity

The word serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole based on Persian fairy tales of three Princes of Serendip (Sri Lanka)>>>

Help Those Who Don't Ask!

Need your comments on this!

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فکر نمی‌‌کردم

د..پس چرا نیستی‌؟ >>>

Ironi Dancing feet - Sounds from distant past

 

Sounds from distant past and some not so distant past

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