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Ramblings of a Hopeless Khowaga

Ramblings of a Hopeless Khowaga
Random thoughts and round up of the latest international stupidity. Plus descriptions of my travels to exotic and not so exotic places. Brought to you from Austin, Texas.

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Vocabulary Lesson for the Season: ?Istablaha?
2008-01-11 18:29:00
?????? (Istablaha) (verb; form X)– to take on the appearance of something that is blah; to become blah. One of the things I enjoy about Arabic is that its rigid grammatical structure allows you to create words that don’t exist, but that are perfectly intelligible. This is a great help when you’re taking a test ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Vocabulary Lesson for the Season : “Istablaha”", url: "http://www.khowaga.us/feeder/?FeederActi on=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&# 38;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khowaga.us%2Fblo g%2F2008%2F01%2F11%2Fvocabulary-lesson-fo r-the-season-istablaha%2F&seed_title= Vocabulary+Lesson+for+the+Season%3A+%26%2 38220%3BIstablaha%26%238221%3B" } );

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2008-01-11 07:00:00
Date and Time Format Patterns The Best Worst Blurbs of 2007 The 10 most egregious misquotes, blurb whores, and other movie-ad sins of 2007.
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How Time Flies
2008-01-10 18:33:00
Is it Make Up Stories About Foreign Enemies and Then Kill Your Neighbors and Cook Them Day already?? Man, I miss out on all the good holidays … SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "How Time Flies", url: "http://www.khowaga.us/feeder/?FeederActi on=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&# 38;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khowaga.us%2Fblo g%2F2008%2F01%2F10%2Fhow-time-flies%2F 8;seed_title=How+Time+Flies" } );
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2008-01-10 07:00:00
Tutorial: Create Your Own Planets I've been looking for one of these!
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Frak.
2008-01-10 02:42:00
My horse is out of the race. The A.P. is reporting that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is dropping out of the presidential race. I know that for most of my Democratic bretheren, it’s really a two horse race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but I was pretty set to vote for Richardson. ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Frak.", url: "http://www.khowaga.us/feeder/?FeederActi on=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&# 38;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khowaga.us%2Fblo g%2F2008%2F01%2F09%2Ffrak%2F&seed_tit le=Frak." } );
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Planet San Diego
2008-01-09 18:19:00
I’ve seen these mini planet photos a few times but never knew how to do one of my own until now. (There’s a link to a tutorial if it happens that I’m not the last person alive to figure it out). Presenting: Planet San Diego ! SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Planet San Diego", url: "http://www.khowaga.us/feeder/?FeederActi on=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&# 38;seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khowaga.us%2Fblo g%2F2008%2F01%2F09%2Fplanet-san-diego%2F& #38;seed_title=Planet+San+Diego" } );

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2008-01-09 07:00:00
How to Shoot Light Trails Light Trails continue to be popular subject matter for many photographers and they can actually be a great training ground for those wanting to get their cameras out of manual mode and to experiment with shooting in low light at longer exposures. FuBar demolition tool You can use it to drive nails, but what it really excels in is F'ing things up beyond recognition
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Anatomy of a Restless Night
2008-01-08 17:13:00
Ever since I moved to Texas ten years ago, I have joked routinely about “what day winter will be this year,” and this year, so far, has been no exception. Our “cold” day consisted of a low in the middle of the night that dipped a few degrees below freezing, but after the spectacular ...
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2008-01-08 07:00:00
Suspicious Minds How a ragtag group of conspiracy nuts is changing public perception of 9/11. These are the nutjobs who showed up at Sandra Day O'Connor's speech... An American in Iran - The New York Review of Books 100 things we didn't know last year The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2008 , here are some of the best of last year.
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Two More Youths to be Executed in Iran ?
2008-01-07 19:30:00
… and the queer blogosphere is abuzz with the possibility that the sentence might be for consensual homosexual activity. Regardless of whether or not this is true — it’s hard to tell in Iran what someone’s true crime is — let’s take a look at the punishment: the executions will be carried out by ...

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2008-01-07 07:00:00
Arabic Lessons The language is not so much hard as it is vast, with dozens of ways to form the plural and words that vary from region to region, town to town. With every sign of progress it seems to deepen beneath you like a coastal shelf.
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All that?s old is new again
2008-01-06 21:00:00
I know you can’t tell from where you’re sitting, but this is a brand new blog. I’ve been thinking for a while now that it was about time to toss out my creaky old database, reinstall WordPress from scratch, and get everything updated and working properly. However, I’ve gotten messages from Heather and ...

Links for 2008-01-05 [del.icio.us]
2008-01-06 07:00:00
Reading the Koran It is the Book of all Muslims the world over. But paradoxically, it is not the first book someone seeking to know Islam should read. The Year in Anti-Gay Hate Speech Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh ... it's like a party no one would want to go to!
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On Pastries, Politics, and the Voodoo Magic of SkyMall
2008-01-05 22:50:00
I know, I know. I should write about what went down in Iowa, right? I considered it briefly until I was in the car the next morning and heard a fascinating piece on NPR about the role that pastries played in swaying votes in one town — I think it was supposed to ...
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2008-01-05 07:00:00
<em>Radar</em&gt ; unveils Madison Avenue's gay ad campaigns Some subtly ... and not-so-subtly homoerotic ads aimed at the gay community. And fans of hot boys. Funny tutorial: "You Sucjk at Photoshop" - Boing Boing If only all software instructional videos were as funny and useful as this one, called "You Sucjk at Photoshop."
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Snapshot: San Diego
2008-01-04 18:25:00
Here’s the other big panorama I had sitting around waiting for me. I shot this from the end of the pier adjacent to Seaport Village in San Diego Harbor after the rainstorm when I was out there in December. It’s a 360, although not a true 360 since you can’t go up and ...

Lindsay Lohan Fell Off the Wagon
2008-01-04 15:21:00
So says every major news outlet. Shocked — shocked! — I am. I may need to take the rest of the day off to recover. Share This
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2008-01-04 07:00:00
Brazilian Lessons for 2008 Take a clue from the other land down under. CD Liner Notes of the Distant Present
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Electioneering, or, My Solution to Voter Apathy
2008-01-04 00:55:00
It’s caucus day in Iowa, the day that ordinary Iowans participate in the caucuses and so become Caucusians and gather to celebrate their Caucusianity by standing around and … I don’t really know how this works. I just know that it’s Caucusian Day in Iowa. (Of course, in Iowa, every day is Caucusian ...
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Snapshot: Montréal
2008-01-03 14:44:00
I’ve been sitting on this one since before the holiday, but left it on my computer at work so I couldn’t upload it. Silly moi. I took this photo from the second story walk along one of the public buildings on the riverfront in Mont réal back in November. Click for a larger view (be ...

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2008-01-03 07:00:00
Looking at America There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our country. The Best 20 Food Books of 2007 as Chosen by Leite's Culinaria Our "Best of" isn't just a popularity contest; each book that makes it to the final list is carefully weighed against similar books ? often requiring countless trips to the bookstore, in order for us to be satisfied with our choices. TV : Boy Meets Grill : Mediterranean : Food Network TV : Guy's Big Bite : Sangria Shrimp : Food Network
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2008-01-02 07:00:00
Gay Muslims Pack a Dance Floor of Their Own European Muslims, so often portrayed one-dimensionally as rioters, honor killers or terrorists, live diverse lives, most of them trying to get by and to have a good time. That is more difficult if one is both Muslim and gay.
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Vacation Joys
2008-01-01 18:22:00
I’ll resist the urge to make a “first post of 2008″ joke or something like that. It’s over. I gotta go back to work in a couple of days. Wah. On this holiday break, I have been without funds due to frivolous holiday spending and the like, so I’ve watched a lot of ...
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