A Look Back on 2011 – Hajj Times
I realize today is the 2nd day of 2012 and that maybe I missed the window of time when one is allowed to reflect on 2011 but I’ll just ask for forgiveness and move on…
Looking back on the year in…
Hajj Bound, InshAllah
For those of you that don’t know, the Hajj is a pilgrimage in and around Mecca, Saudi Arabia and is a requirement for Muslims if one is financially and physically able to make the pilgrimage. The…
The Inevitable Question During Ramadan
- Coworker: So you can't even drink water?
- Me: No.
- Coworker: So then what can you drink?
- Me: Nothing.
- Coworker: What about Coke?
- Me: *Raised eyebrow*
- Coworker: Fanta?
- Me: Ah yes, there's a clause in the Qur'an about Fanta. It's called the "Fanta Clause".
- ...
- Mua! I'll be here all night everybody!
Ramadan – Thoughts for 2011
It’s that time again*! Ramadan is most likely going to start tomorrow** and the days will be long this time around. We’re looking at more than 15 hours of fasting in Amreeka – no water, no food, and…
A Few Words About Captain America
I saw Captain America: The First Avenger last weekend (yeah, this post is slightly late) and I liked it more than I thought I would. There were two reasons why I was a bit hesitant to like this…
On Norway, Muslims, and the Media
On Friday, when the explosion and shootings happened in Norway, a lot of journalists that are part of real, honest-to-God respected media outlets put the blame on Islamic extremists without…
Look Maw! Muslims are on the TV!
TLC announced today that they will be airing a reality show about Muslims living in Dearborn, Michigan. The show is meant to be about the lives of regular Americans who happen to be Muslim. I’m…
Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse
Some months ago, I was having lunch with a couple of coworkers/friends when the conversation came to what we would do if the zombie apocalypse happened. The two were talking about who, out of the…
From XKCD- Religions! It had me at the first panel…
Ramifications and All That
I was at a concert at Sunday when I found out from my sister, who had been checking twitter on her phone, that Osama Bin Laden was killed. It was definitely a ‘whoa’ moment and I really wished I had…
On a Path Paved with… Coffee
I like coffee. Did I mention that? I realize I rarely write about anything coffee related despite the ‘caffeinated’ in the moniker so I think I want to change that and write about coffee now and…
Does this IM make me look fat?
- Bushra ... i'm not coming into work until i do at least 1/2 hour on the bike tomorrow morning. i'm turning into a Fatty McFatsalot
- Coworker /... i can't tell, but you do tend to wear loser clothes.
- Coworker/... looser*
- Bushra ... ouch, haha
- Coworker/... wow.. wrong word to mis spell
- Bushra ... yeah it is! it'll take *ages* for my feelings to recover
- Bushra ... and also someone will have to wipe these tears off my desk too
- Coworker/... rub it in burney. : P
- (Real name from IM changed to "Coworker" to protect the innocent, um, guilty)
What a bunch of nerds (or is it geeks?)
- Coworker: [describing something] ... so it ended up looking up like a Mitsubishi symbol.
- Me: What does that look like again?
- Coworker: It's like the Klingon symbol...
- Me: Oh yeah!
- Coworker & Me: [Concurrent realization that we're both nerds]
What Makes a Hero?
I was driving somewhere after work on Friday and happened to have the radio dial on the local KQED station. A story came up about the Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo. I’m sure most people…
Lesson From The Taqwacores – Being Accepting and All That Good Stuff
I caught the movie The Taqwacores this past Friday as part of the SF Asian Film Festival at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. The film, interestingly enough, is about a group of Muslim punks.
