Martijn raised an interesting question the other day. How do you measure happiness? At first glance it seems like an easy question. You think of simple answers that people tend to give; family work friends…but the answer is not that simple. At least for me. There have been times where each of these things has [...]
Entries from February 2007
February 10, 2007
“——” Monologues!
Plays Contraversial Title Leads to Complaints, Change
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A modified marquee in Atlantic Beach has been drawing some attention. “Hoohaa” replaced a word in the title of a play after a driver complained about finding the previous wording offensive. The marquis for Atlantic Theaters advertises a number of plays including, the Masquerade Ball, [...]
February 10, 2007
Muslim Fashion Week?
Marie Claire Advertising Some Muslim Fashions…and not a pleated skirt in sight thank God!
February 10, 2007
Attack on Wiesel
Nobel Peace prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel listens to a question from the media during a press conference, March 17, 2005, in
Washington. (AP Photo / Haraz Ghanbari)
Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel attacked in hotelUpdated Fri. Feb. 9 2007 11:03 PM ETAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCO — Nobel Peace laureate and Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel was [...]
February 9, 2007
The Last King of Scotland
We went to see Last King of Scotland the other night. It was a brilliant portrayal of Idi Amin I must say. Forest Whitaker did such a good job bringing him to life and attempting to capture the complexity of the man.
Deka was annoyed at the fact that certain historical events were glossed over, like [...]
February 8, 2007
Newest Addition to the Family
Here are a couple of pics of little Yakub. My brother keeps changing the spelling of this kid’s name so it could change again…He is the cutest little thing. Very well behaved - he only cries when he is hungry. He handled his first family get together very well too - he charmed everyone, ate [...]
