War is not nice

The killing of civillians during times of war always seems to shock the world.  It’s like we assume that when two countries decide to drop bombs on each other, they will work assiduously to avoid children, the old, the infirm etc…  The truth of the matter is that when people have reduced their humanity to [...]

A Carnival of Islam

Interesting Idea from Abu Sahaj at Wa Salaam
A Carnival of Islam as described on his blog:
“…this carnival is an effort to allow Muslims in the West to express what life is like for Muslims living in the West. It doesn’t matter if you are a US, Canadian or British national, if you are a Muslim [...]

Shades of Grey

Martijn at Closer has posted something interesting about a picture making the rounds on the Internet.  Like many others, I was shocked at the picture I saw of Israeli children decorating missiles that were destined for targets in Lebanon.  Our emotions being close to the surface as they are these days I as well as many [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve taken the time to write.  I’ve missed my little blog. 
 Life has been busy as usual with the mundane things that tend to steal your time.  Nothing too exciting has been going on.  the weather has been crazy hot here - I look at it as prep for Spain. 
As usual [...]

J’attends mes vacances

Boring days waiting for my vacation to start.   I’m looking forward to it but my fear of flying is kicking in again.  A few nights ago I dreamt I was on a plane and when I looked out the window I saw another plane burst into a ball of flames in the air.  This always [...]

Je ne regrette rien…

French forgive as Zidane explains

By Alasdair Sandford
BBC News, France

It had the makings of an address to the nation from the head of state.
Across the country, families gathered round TV sets; in bars they ordered extra drinks.
The sports daily L’Equipe ran a cartoon of Zidane sitting behind an ornate desk, alongside a French flag [...]

He is Zidane

 
He doesn’t give interviews so we may never know what happened
We have our own opinion…
1.He is North African (’nuff said)
2.The Italians are annoying cheats
3.The Italians had been fouling him all day and they were no calls against them
4.The Italian made some racist comment (like usual)
5.He is Zidane…no excuse needed
Leave it to Zidane to not only [...]

Sable Island

Sable Island…the name is beautiful.  Evocative.  I was watching a show on the seals of Sable Island and I fell in love with it.  One of these days I’ll go there and see the wild horses and the seals and the ocean.  The Atlantic ocean has always seemed so different than the Pacific to me.  [...]

Darwin’s Nightmare

I just finished watching one of the most depressing documentaries I’ve seen in a while.  Darwin’s Nightmare is a stark film, depicting the Great Lakes region in Tanzania.  A huge fish industry has started up there, exporting hundreds of tons of Nile Perch to Europe.  Many people have jobs that tie directly to the major [...]

Sexual Revolutions

I was reading this post earlier and came across a comment that irritated me.  I am so tired of people giving these pat little answers to great, complex questions that arise everyday.  In this case an easy answer to why do men leave when their girlfriends/wives, ect…get pregnant was “well it’s that sexual revolution of [...]