New clothes!
As part of the Festival tradition, we gave the new clothes we bought to everyone, and Fahim’s mom brought me…
Apollo Hospital
After work, Fahim and I headed over again to visit his mother, who was supposed to be released around noon….
On a more serious note…
Fahim’s mom landed in the hospital. Luckily, they had a soft enough bed so the landing didn’t hurt. :p She…
Sacrilege humour
Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at…
Sounds like it’s “Make Fun of MicroSlop” day
So these three Microsoft employees are driving back to Redmond from a company retreat and the brakes fail while going…
A modern version of “Who’s on first?”
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s infamous sketch "Who’s on First?" might have turned out something like this: —– COSTELLO CALLS…
And then there’s Bill vs. GM…
And oldie but a goodie… —– Bill Gates recently reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,…
Shopping for Festival
There are two major Muslim festivals each year. The first and most important is Id-Ul-Fitr, Ramadan Festival Day, which marks…
How do lizards climb straight up?
They manage, probably with their incredible nails. See this pic of the lizard climbing straight up a brick & concrete…
More on lizards
When that lizard was startled, it moved at a pretty good pace. Faster than me, that’s for sure, but I’m…
Borax and Sugar and Ants, Oh My!
Borax and sugar kills the ants so incredibly well, it’s delightful! Except that the big brown ants don’t like it,…
Monitor Lizards
I learned something new today. Well, a whole lot of things, really, but I’ll stick to the subject of monitor…
Lizard Really Be Gone
About 3 this afternoon, a good five hours after this all began and two and a half hours after we…
Lizard Be Gone
We still haven’t heard the lizard since I mentioned it above. I can’t tell if it’s actually gone or just…
Animal Control?
If this problem happened in, say, Canada or the US, we could potentially called Animal Control or some variation. Not…
Barbecue!!!!!
So*. One suggestion that came from a forum where I’d posted about this was to catch the thing and have…
The Siege of the Monitor Lizard
A lizard fell off the roof of our house. What was it doing on our roof? Living there, along with…
Have any interesting dreams lately?
Or, for that matter, boring dreams? Either way, plug in keywords from your dreams into this and see what happens.
The firecrackers…
Continued all night, as did the guy with the loudspeaker. Church bells started ringing again at 4:30, and the Catholic…
What part of Dong-Ma don’t you understand?
I have a friend who’s looking for a t-shirt that says that. It’s from Serenity. Or Firefly. Whichever. I haven’t…