Archive for June, 2007

Tablua Rasa

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

For my Islamic Law class this past semester, I wrote a short essay about Muslim linguistic philosophy in light of modern linguistics. For some reason, I don't have the final draft, but I do have the first draft. I don't really want to go through and edit it, ...

I’m Choking from Gnawing on the Ball.

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

This weekend I attended the Deftones concert with everybody's favorite reverend. The show was originally booked for In the Venue, which is really strange considering that they must have sold more than one thousand tickets. What's even stranger is where they moved it after they realized that a ...

We’re here! We’re queer! We don’t want anymore bears!

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, I am bringing back a feature that has long been sitting dormant in the vast expanse of the Internets: the Friday Fatwa. I don't know if I can say how long it's going to be back, but it should show its ugly face every now and ...

Thank you, Vashon, for perpetuating the stereotype.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

I visited a high-school graduation ceremony in Washington state this past weekend. It was a whirlwind trip, with very little time for any R & R. As a result, this week I am more lethargic than usual. I am sure the increase in Salt Lake temperatures the ...

Comments from the Peanut Gallery.

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

I find it terribly ironic when fan clubs devoted to Sam Harris pop up on Facebook. A group of followers of an atheist thinker to gather and rally against theism with evangelical zeal seems remarkably odd to me. One of the discussions in the Facebook group I linked ...

Did I ever explain….

Monday, June 11th, 2007

...where my blog title came from? Here.

Brief matters.

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

I dug through some of the comments in response to my letter to the editor. I didn't want to register to respond there, so I figured I would bring up a few points here: · Point: In the same [1852] speech I referenced, Young stated that the master should treat ...

Polyphemus blinded.

Friday, June 8th, 2007

Do you ever have one of those days when you're like, "I am going to write a letter to the editor"? I had one of those days on Wednesday. In retrospect, I will probably piss some people off who are close to me. That's the way it ...

Dammit. I want pancakes.

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Note: there is some harsh language at the bottom.  Turn away now if you are easily offended. I stumbled across these headlines people submitted to the Salt Lake Deseret Morning Tribune News back in January. Some are interesting, some are funny, some are melodramatic and nauseating. Here are a ...

On Translation.

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

Lameen on Farfur the Mouse.