December 2009
14 posts
Ok, here we go
So I saw Avatar in 3D last night. Now, generally, I am a geeky individual. I dig movies like this. Not to mention that James Cameron is responsible for a couple of the coolest fucking science fiction movies to date (namely, Aliens and the entire Terminator series), everyone and their mother was ranting about how awesome 3D was. So here are my thoughts.
In simplest terms, it went a little like...
Hamda Hamideh Falafel
1 bag dried chickpeas, soaked overnight and drained
1 small onion
A bunch cilantro and parsley
1/2 green pepper
1/2 jalapeño
2 cloves garlic
Salt
2 tablespoons double acting baking powder
Food process the shit out of all the ingredients
Fry
NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM
A tribute to Aime Cesaire
In the day or two of downtime, I have read both “Discourse on Colonialism” and “Notebook of a Return to the Native Land.” This seqment is by far my favorite:
Words?
Ah yes, words!
Reason, I crown you evening wind.
Your name voice of order?
To me the whips corolla.
Beauty I call you the false claim of the stone.
But ah! my raucous laughter
smuggled in
Ah! my...
Word. This song is great, if you love Sigur Ros. →
From earlier today
Ephrani (a student): “Musa, you Arab?”
Me: “Yeah Ephrani, my dad’s Palestinian”
Ephrani: “You don’t look Arab…”
Me: “No?”
Ephrani: “No, you look Rican”
Me: “Rican?”
Ephrani: “Yeah, Rican”
Sprint to Humans: We Know Where You Are, and So Do... →
Goddamnit. Mike, why do you have to be kind of right? This is really scary
Israel stripped thousands of Jerusalem Arabs of... →
I'll take Israel for $2,000, Alex
So I can’t help but be really skeptical about this, but apparently Jeopardy is preparing to feature Israel as a clue for this up and coming year’s episodes.
From Haaretz:
I’ll take Israel for $2,000, Alex.
That’s what contestants on “Jeopardy!” were saying November 23, when the famous quiz show included a Double Jeopardy category titled “A Journey...