"Jihad of Peace"

Came across this story by way of Fark this afternoon. I honestly can't tell whether Mr. Al-Atraqchi is serious or not. His (by now) cliched attempt to redefine jihad as a personal struggle with one's inner demons suggests that he's not. But with a punchline like this:

Peacemakers are brave. They are enlightened [...]

Musings

A thought occurred to me the other night:
I don't think I could ever be a Third World dictator.
The amount of discipline one must maintain in order to run a country with an iron fist is far too daunting. Plus, I'm not enough of a control freak, nor am I overly concerned with germs.
And the [...]

And now for something completely different…

Not that anyone's asking, but it's been a hectic 3 months. Been busy, but thought that it might be nice to start the blog entries back up again. Hopefully the frequency will be far higher than it has been inn times past.