I have something very special coming up for tomorrow - M. Bouba of Ghasbouba has graciously agreed to write something in response to Gaddafi’s silly speech. He also reminded me that September 1 is “Fateh,” the anniversary of Gaddafi’s coup in 1969 - so it’s a very appropriate time to counter the statements of the […]
There’s a lunar eclipse tonight (ok, very early tomorrow) over much of the States. If you’ve never seen one, it’s worth staying up for (or getting up, early birds).
The last one I saw was at 4:30am on a chilly morning in Morocco - I was leaving the Gorge to go somewhere (I think I was […]
Driss Basri died in Paris today. Seems like a great time to quote one of the jokes that got Nichane into such hot water last year:
Driss Basri [the hated and feared Minister of the Interior under Hassan II] died. He tried to bribe the Angel of Death in order to get to Paradise. The angels […]
I don’t look at my blog stats very often, unless it’s to laugh at keywords, but I suspect that people Google my (somewhat unusual) name and find me here. I’m thinking about making a page with brief letters to all the people that might look me up - plus one to the nimrods at the […]
This doesn’t look like any wheatfield I ever saw.
