Bushra: A Random Muslim RSS


A place for me to put random stuff. My real blog is www.caffeinatedmuslim.com

Archive

Oct
29th
Thu
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Nephew with his toy blaster.

Nephew with his toy blaster.

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Actually, it's all violent.

  • Nephew: [After viewing a video on my iPhone and spotting another] Can I watch the Batman cartoon now?
  • Me: [Gently] No, Raza, it's too violent.
  • Nephew: [Sad] Ok.
  • Me: Do you want to show me how your blaster works instead?
  • Nephew: All right.
Oct
28th
Wed
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Just Follow Me Already...

  • Me: If you join Twitter, then you can follow me and know what I'm doing At All Times!
  • Noureen: But I could just go on your website and read the updates there.
  • Me: But you don't go to my website.
  • Noureen: But I could.
  • Me: But you don't.
  • Noureen: But I Could.
  • Me: [Gives up]
May
16th
Sat
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Cerie, I’m going out for a couple hours. I’m meeting a book agent about writing a Deal Breaker book. He’s going to take me to lunch wherever I want to go. Do you know if there’s a sit-down Quizno’s in Midtown?
— Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
May
8th
Fri
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Do you feel that? It’s squishy.
— Doctor examining my knee a week after I had a bit of an incident.
Apr
24th
Fri
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Voltron Transformed!!

Voltron Transformed!!

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Voltron Lions!! (In my cubicle)

Voltron Lions!! (In my cubicle)

Mar
10th
Tue
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At the Kaiser rooftop garden (located on top of a parking garage)

At the Kaiser rooftop garden (located on top of a parking garage)

Mar
5th
Thu
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Overheard in BART

  • Guy #1: (shouting) She's a Man!
  • Guy #2: No she's not!
  • Guy #1: She's a Man! She's got a big [not sure what he said here]. She's a man! And you love her.
Feb
4th
Wed
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That’s who Corporate America wants. People who seem like bold, risk takers but never actually do anything. Actually doing things gets you fired.
— Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, responding to the fact that he doesn’t actually do anything in his video resume.
Jan
31st
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60 Minutes broadcast about the situation in the West Bank. They got a lot of flak for it.

Jan
28th
Wed
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Practicing Arabic

  • Classmate: Do you work on Arabic while on BART?
  • Me: Well, I look it over but I can't practice it out loud. Otherwise...
  • Classmate: Otherwise, you could get arrested.
  • Me: Yup.
Jan
27th
Tue
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Hanging out on Market Street in San Francisco.

Hanging out on Market Street in San Francisco.

Jan
25th
Sun
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It’s not enough any more to give ‘em just news. They want comics, contests, puzzles. They want to know how to bake a cake, win friends, and influence the future. Ergo, horoscopes, tips on the horses, interpretation of dreams so they can win on the numbers lottery. And, if they accidentally stumble on the first page… news!
— Editor-in-Chief Ed Hutcheson, played by Humphrey Bogart in Deadline: USA
Jan
19th
Mon
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Gaza 'looks like earthquake zone'