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Take 2!: May 2009
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Doing battle with the bureaucracy - Cairo 05.19.2008. I finally located someone who could help me, and when I told him I was looking for the visa section, he asked me why. The conversation went something like this:. Officer: "Why do you want to extend your visa? Tim: "I am a student, and I wanted to spend a little time studying Arabic.". O: "Do you have a letter of affiliation from your school? T, digging it out: "Yes, it's called the Kalimat langua-". T: "Why, yes, but-". But then...
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Take 2!: May 2008
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Friday, May 23, 2008. Mammoth Cave, here we come! How is it possible that I find myself with LESS time to get work done, chill, post on the blog, etc. now that I have no classes, no papers, etc? I'm sitting around this morning waiting for the folks from ACTFL. One I HIGHLY recommend is the Big Ideas. No, the great podcast I just heard from Big Ideas starred Margaret MacMillan. Expounding on the topic " History: The Next Secular Religion? D ) is entitled " Understanding Black Patriotism. Well, that's not ...
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Take 2!: December 2007
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Saturday, December 22, 2007. Yet MORE reasons to like the Huckster! In re: Mike Huckabee:. What are the nuances I’m talking about? Posted by Abu Kaidman. Friday, December 21, 2007. Well said, Mr. Kinsley. The part of the article that received the heartiest internal "AMEN! S was the last section, in which he points out that in a reality TV-style contest to see which group has most proven its appreciation for American values (current legal immigrants, current illegal immigrants, immigrants of prior generat...
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Take 2!: Enjoying the morning after - Cairo 05.18.09
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Monday, May 18, 2009. Enjoying the morning after - Cairo 05.18.09. As many of you know, yesterday was my birthday. It started out in a decidedly inauspicious manner, but thankfully ended on a much higher note.due entirely to the efforts of my beloved. Here's how it all went down. Yeahthat was me all day), but the other part was the heat. WHY did I need to stay up until nine? When I tried to leave, though, my buddies the Ahmeds refused to give me my keys! No sleep for you tonight! Of various vocab words t...
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Take 2!: New! Excedrin - Racial Tension Headache
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Monday, December 22, 2008. Excedrin - Racial Tension Headache. Posting this here because FB is apparently on the fritz and is making things difficult. Excedrin RT. Takes me from 'Ohhh, no you DI'INT! To 'I wish a mother%*& $er would.' - just like that! I LOVE Queen Latifah. Little Arabic tidbit for ya: 'Latifah' = nice/kind, (f). So she's the nice, kindly queen! Posted by Abu Kaidman. That skit is awesome. December 31, 2008 at 8:50 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Funny Faces in Unexpected Places!
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Take 2!: March 2008
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Saturday, March 29, 2008. Once again, a flurry. I'll be really thankful when this semester's over - it's crazy enough trying to keep up with schoolwork and the little guy, much less when you hate one class, and strongly dislike another. Because I've not been sharing any articles recently, I HAVE to put this one up:. Imagined Snipers, Real Challenges. Roger Cohen, 3/27/08. Anyway, here's the CSIS site on the project: CSIS Commission on Smart Power. See more funny videos. Posted by Abu Kaidman. The story i...
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Take 2!: Eaten alive (Cairo, 05.15.09)
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Friday, May 15, 2009. Eaten alive (Cairo, 05.15.09). By work. That's the best way I can describe this week. I looked at my internship hour log last night, and it claims that this was a 52-hr week. I beg to differ. It sure felt a hell of a lot longer than that. The interesting thing about working here and at AYB-SD is that the work is fun, interesting, important, and engrossing, and Egyptians are incredibly warm, friendly people. What is the upshot of this? Posted by Abu Kaidman. View my complete profile.
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Take 2!: A long walk home - Cairo, 5.08.2009
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Friday, May 8, 2009. A long walk home - Cairo, 5.08.2009. This'll be a longish post, and the first on the hyper-touchy Asus keyboard, so bear with me. History has shown that when I chat with Anna, lots of letters get inadvertently struck twice in succession, so if there are a lot of typos that I don't catch, well.bear with me. There was a shot of 100 kids chucking their mortarboards into the air- a couple hundred yards in front of a pyramid! I gotta say, Spring-Ford, Alma, and NC State had NUTHIN' on that.
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Take 2!: For Laurethie, wherever this may find her
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Saturday, May 9, 2009. For Laurethie, wherever this may find her. Prior to arriving here in Cairo, I hadn't posted on this blog consistently since mid-June 2008. That's a LONG hiatus, and Laurie was (in her gentle way) prodding me to, you know, THROW US A FREAKIN' BONE HERE! And mention why, what all had been going on in the meantime, etc. This kind of leads us to today. What on Earth is Timmy actually DOING in Cairo? And, honestly, it's TBD what I'm going to be doing. I started taking the class I de...
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Take 2!: October 2007
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Wondering: Does he feel unappreciated? Anna and I went to an Umm Kulthoum. Concert last night, and it was alternately awesome and incomprehensible. Three Egyptian instruments, which look pretty much like a guitar, flute, and zither respectively). They were pretty sweet. Actually, the instrumental pieces were nothing short of unbelievable. The rhythms made it nearly impossible to sit still, and it was great to have those waves of sound just wash over you. Thankfully, they real...
