An arrogant linguist boarded a ship. He asked the sailor, “O sailor, do you know any grammar?” When the other replied in the negative, he said with contempt, “What a pity-you have spent half of your life in vain.” This made the sailor sad, but he kept quiet. After a while, a terrible storm broke out and the ship began to sink. The sailor asked the now-frantic linguist, “O grammarian, do you know how to swim?” This time, the linguist replied in the negative. Then the sailor said “What a pity - for it means that you will lose your entire life!”
- Mevlana Muhammad Jalaladdin Rumi, Masnawi, 1:112
Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere
LeBron James is signing to Tehran!! In a huge coup, the Iranian National Basketball Association has offered LeBron James a billion dollar 2 year contract in addition to stock options in crude oil production. Ahmadinejad comes through with the steal!
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The iPhone 4 is a special phone. So special, Apple requires you to grip it in a special way so as to not drop your calls. If you don’t grip the special phone in the special way, your punishment is disconnection! Unfortunately, I’m not special, because I can hold my Blackberry however I like but it never loses the network signal. See here for Steve Jobs’s iPhone 4 holding technique. Disclaimer: I’m not an Apple hater. I prefer Apple products to PC’s and Microsoft. I own two Mac computers. I even had the Apple Newton, seriously (and, I was too young to have any use for it. I go hard). I’m just not a member of the cult, which gives me the privilege of exercising free thought.
In 2007, I experienced a 6.3 earthquake in Kampala, Uganda, close to sunrise. The epicenter was in Juba, southern Sudan. The quake woke me from my sleep, I was disoriented and couldn’t find the opening of the mosquito net around my bed. I could actually hear the earth ‘roaring’ if you will, and the walls of my flat were swaying back and forth. As soon as the earth settled, every Masjid in Kampala started calling the Adhan for Fajr salat (morning prayer). The Muezzins, dozens of them scattered throughout the city made the call without any panic or hesitation in their voices. It was surreal. In the natural order, we’re fragile transient beings, here for only a moment. No matter how minimal the earthquake was or how over-exaggerated some reactions have been to it, these are moments to reflect.
Kurupt Feat. Pete Rock – “Yessir”
Kurupt, the indomitable Dogg Pound battle emcee drops his next video featuring production by Pete Rock. My opinions on Hip Hop are often controversial but regardless of what anyone says, I put Kurupt in my ‘Top 10′ emcees of all time. He still represents a generation of emcees that struck fear into the hearts of the lay person, a non-pinup rapper, the anti-hero. The way it should be.
Huun Huur Tu: Live at Fantasy Studios
Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara // Raw Footage
Despite the Israeli Government’s thorough efforts to confiscate all footage taken during the attack, Iara Lee was able to retain her video recordings. Above, is the unedited footage from the moments leading up to and during the Israeli commandos’ assault on the Mavi Marmara.
Pitch Black - It’s All Real
Mortal Kombat
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