[old] reductio ad absurdum

Update your links people :D

eveything has been imported...

I hear the clock, it's six a.m.
I feel so far from where I've been
I got my eggs and my pancakes too
I got my maple syrup, everything but you.
I break the yolks, make a smiley face
I kinda like it in my brand new place
I wipe the spots off the mirror
Don't leave the keys in the door
Never put wet towels on the floor anymore' cause
Dreams last so long
even after you're gone
I know you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you.
I called my momma, she was out for a walk
Consoled a cup of coffee but it didn't wanna talk
So I picked up a paper, it was more bad news
More hearts being broken or people being used
Put on my coat in the pouring rain
I saw a movie it just wasn't the same
'Cause it was happy and I was sad
It made me miss you oh so bad 'cause
Dreams last so long
Even after you're gone
I know you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you.
I go about my business, I'm doin fine
Besides what would I say if I had you on the line
Same old story, not much to say
Hearts are broken, everyday.
I brush my teeth and put the cap back on
I know you hate it when I leave the light on
I pick a book up. Turn the sheets down.
Take a deep breath and a good look around
Put on my pjs and hop into bed
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
I try and tell myself it'll be all right
I just shouldn't think anymore tonight 'cause
Dreams last so long
Even after you're gone
I know you love me
And soon I know you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you

Yeah.... You were meant for me and I was meant for you.

--Jewel

The Indian Parliament has moved a step closer to banning domestic firms from manufacturing low-cost generic copies of patented drugs.

Capacity for compassion anyone?

I could go on philosophically about why IP is a bad idea but do I need to?

cheers.

An Iranian weblogger has been jailed for 14 years on charges of spying and aiding foreign counter-revolutionaries.

Old news but worth the post, I think.


Committee to Protect Bloggers. The site keeps track of blogger that have been detained, apparently some of them are from Bahrain...

Found these two paragraphs on un-veiled.net.

---beginning of quote---

About:
un-veiled.NET was first started by Ananyah as a place where people could speak their minds about certain topics that are seen as taboo or generally not talked about in society. This site gives them the freedom to write articles on topics that not only effect them but which they feel strongly about.

---end of quote---

and then....

---begining of quote---

1. NO personal attacks on people
2. NO articles/comments on Religion as this may offend others
3. When commenting, if you did not like the article, please DO NOT use vulgar language or attack the author.
4. DON'T copy articles and paste them, while claiming they are yours.

---end of quote---

Events this week:

-Dar al Athar is having a lecture on Ibn Batuta tonight @ 7pm.

-Dar al Funoon is showing the photography of Reda Salim from 19/03 to 02/04, 10am to 1pm - 4pm to 8pm

-There is a play called "Art" (I think) that will be playing on the 22nd and 23rd at Hilton Mangaf (speak to them for more details).

-Bait Lothan is hosting the fifth annual photography exhibition starting on 26/03 @ 6:30pm and includes the following lectures through to 30/03
--"Basics of Photography" -Baha'a Aldeen Alqazweeny 27/03 7pm
--"Where Digital Photography lies within the Social Sciences Framework" -Muwfaq Abd Almajeed 28/03 7pm
--"Latest Developments in the world of Digital Photography" -Ashraf Co. 29/03 7pm
--"Portrait Photography" - Bader Nasser Alhaji 30/03 7pm

Open Wound: Chechnya 1994-2003

"The difference between theory and practice is that in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is."

Today 7pm.

From the brouchure:

"Abdo Dagher was born in Damietta, Egypt in 1936. Abdo taught himself to play the 'ud (Arabic lute) when he was seven. and a performance by a foreign soloist (possibly David Oistrakh) attracted him to the violin when he was ten. He left home at the age of thirteen and had to earn his living by working as a musician. The greatest impact on Abdo Dagher's knowledge and muscial compostiions goes back to the relgious music performed by the Sufi orders, which he learned in his childhood.

"Abdo Dagher moved to Cairo when he was eighteen years old. He worked in a shop for manufacturing musical instruments. In the 1960's, he helped in founding "The Troop for Arabic Music". It was not untill the year 1992 that he started presenting his compositions in concerts of his music outside Egypt including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Italy, Bulgaria, and Qatar. Known as Malik At-Taqasim (Master of Improvisation), Abdo Dagher has a wealth of music in his repertoire but he does not read or write notated music.

"He will be accompanied by a group of guest musicians."


cheers.

"educating women on their political rights"

Speakers

- Dr. Hasan Jawhar
- Dr. Mohammed Abdulghafar Al-Shareef
- Mr. Ali Al-Rashed

open to all.

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