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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
So, I have already hit a snag in one of the three final papers I need to write. One of them is due in 10 days, and has to be 20 pages. That's two pages a day. Crap.
I will take this time to briefly discuss a talk ...
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
I am that end of having a cold where you feel okay for the most part. The only remnant of it is the 80 cubic feet of mucus in your head that makes you feel like you're blowing your brain out when you blow your nose. Also, I ...
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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 ...
Posted in America, Learning, Religion | 1 Comment »
Sunday, December 10th, 2006
I read over a few Hadiths the other day. One in particular caught my eye. It was given in the context of after Friday prayer, when Muhammad got up to thank everyone for coming, etc. Here it is in Arabic and English:
و حدثني محمد بن رافع و ...
Posted in Arabic, Learning, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Monday, April 24th, 2006
So, there are still a few little quirks to work out with the transfer. Some things are not lining up properly, but I can fix that in two minutes as soon as I have the will to do so. If you happened to be reading the blog last night between ...
Posted in Arabic, Language, Learning | 3 Comments »