Yes I love Lol’s.

Methinks Willy Wonka!

Pop Quiz. Is this:

A.  The Miljacka River after it’s been raining and all the snow has melted?

B.  Willy Wonka’s Chocolate River?

Nothing to say

I’ll let them say it:

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Dosti (Friendship)

Here is the song “Dosti” (Friendship), performed by American Muslim rock band Project26 (top clip) and by Salman Ahmad and Junoon (bottom clip).  Enjoy!

You can buy Project26 music, see more videos, and hear other songs on their MySpace.  Junoon’s mp3’s are available on emusic if you have an account there.

Elect a Muppet

Found this via Black Iris. For some reason I found it incredibly funny, perhaps just because I hadn’t heard the Muppet song in awhile! They match up most of the presidential candidates with the muppets they resemble. Not all of them really look alike (and Oscar the Grouch isn’t even a muppet; how did he get in there?), but some of them are hilariously accurate. Check it out!

Go Kermit!

But, as you may have guessed by now, this is really my favorite muppet. Unfortunately, he’s not running for president. Guess you have to be born in the US for that, right?

Snowy Palm Trees

Does anybody besides me think that’s funny?  Actually, a funnier picture would have been the three full-grown men having a snowball fight in the street in front of the shops.  Or the forty-something year-old man asking my opinion of the snowman he’d just made.  But I guess taking a picture of that would have been kind of rude!

Meow!

There have been two or more cats fighting outside my window for at least a week now.  Sometimes they sound like kids, but then they make distinctly cat-like yowls.  If I catch another mouse, I’m going to throw it out the window to add some fun to their party!

Oh, I start teaching English tomorrow!  I hope I can do a good job.

Speaking of cats…

“At the beginning of her introduction to Lorraine Chittock’s book Cats of Cairo, Annemarie Schimmel wrote: “When the British orientalist E. W. Lane lived in Cairo in the 1830’s, he was quite amazed to see, every afternoon, a great number of cats gathering in the garden of the High Court, where people would bring baskets full of food for them. He was told that in this way, the qadi (judge) fulfilled obligations dating back to the 13th-century rule of the Mamluk sultan al-Zahir Baybars. That cat-loving monarch had endowed a “cats’ garden” where the cats of Cairo would find everything they needed and liked. In the course of time, the place had been sold and resold, changed and rebuilt; yet the law required that the sultan’s endowment should be honoured, and who better than the qadi to carry out the king’s will and take care of the cats?”  Continue reading “Cats in Islamic Culture…”

Out of Gas

When your gas heater runs out of gas, have any of you ever continued sitting in front of it with your hands outstretched, as if it would do any good?

You betta recognize!

Hey. This is BG here, andI’ve got something to say. First of all, why did you call me BG? What’s wrong with “falcon slayer” or “valkyrie?” And then you baby-talk me in front of the mockingbirds! Now how do you expect me to get any respect around here?

And what’s this with changing my brand of food? I’m a bird of discriminating taste. So quit telling people I’m finicky, cause there’s a big difference! I have feelings too. I’m a sensitive bird. Don’t tell me you didn’t see that volume of William Birdsworth under the food bowl!

Now that you know I’m so cultured, why aren’t you taking me to Jordan with you? You don’t think I can handle it? And if anyone tries to quarantine me I’ll bite them! My beak’s nice and sharp from that cuttlebone. Come on, I fit in your purse, and I’ll be really quiet during the security check…”

 

Goodbye, BG. I’ll miss you!

And it’s a Tie!

Me (to cashier at gas station):  So which phone card is best for calling Jordan?

Cashier:  What country is that in?

 five minutes later

Me (talking to cashier through intercom): I just prepaid 12 dollars and this thing isn’t working!

Cashier:  Did you raise the lever?