[On the Virtues of Eating] — Cult-Like Lure of ‘Ana’ Attracts Anorexics - Yahoo! News
Reinforces inclinations to write something on The Virtues of Eating, Drinking, and (Moderate) Merriment.
India Our Land and Its Virtues, The Milli Gazette, Vol.3 No.19, MG65 (1-15 Oct 02)
India is our land,
India is beautiful
It is most beautiful,
It is our land.
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | A nice cup of tea - but make it black, green or white
Wah, wah, wah.
(As for white tea, my dear-though-presently-electronically-extinct friend Levantine Historian Saheb, had promised me some. No clue what happened to it. Other tea… wah wah wah)
A Presentation on the SunniPath Academy
The Summer Session is starting soon, and registration is open. See the SunniPath Academy Course Catalog.
Guardian Unlimited | Limiting the mountains of disposed nappies… It won’t wash
“Disposable nappies produce mountains of waste each year - can it really be true that reusable ones are no better for the environment? Leo Hickman, an eco-convert who spent a year ‘elbow deep in excrement’, says it all smells a little iffy “
“….among economists he was perhaps most known for, and proudest of, his economic apostasy. He refused to accept what he considered the simplifying assumptions and the mathematical models that were fundamental to both the liberal and conservative economic orthodoxy of his day. Richard Parker’s comprehensive biography arrives at an appropriate time; many of the basic assumptions of orthodox economic theory that Galbraith challenged for much of his career are now being questioned within the orthodox tradition itself.”
Foreign Policy: Arabs in Foreign Lands
” People of Arab descent living in the United States are doing far better than the average American….”
Robert Burns: The best laid schemes… - The Quotations Page
(The best laid schemes of Mice and Men
oft go awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!)
Robert Burns, To a Mouse (Poem, November, 1785)
Scottish national poet (1759 - 1796)
Martin Lings (Ustadh Abu Bakr Siraj ad Deen) has died — Sunni Sister
Sidi Martin Lings has died, Allah having taken him to Himself, yesterday. Allah have mercy on him; accept his good deeds and service, and multiply it beyond measure; and overlook all else.
It is enough of an honor for this noble man that he has written the very best biography of the Best of Creation, the Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Thousands have learned about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through Sidi Martin Lings (Allah have mercy on him), an honor in this life whose reward we ask Allah to multiply beyond measure, and that He grant Sidi Martin Lings the highest of ranks…
Umm Zaid wrote about him on her excellent blog: Abu Bakr Siraj ad Deen Martin Lings
CIGNABehavioral.com - Seven Keys For A Successful Marriage:
… from the writings of Dr. John Gottman. Sayyidi Dr. Ibrahim Kreps, a remarkable man himself, says that in decades of counselling, he’s found that Gottman’s writings are the best when it comes to marriage, and arguably the closest to the spirit of the sunna….
Seblogging: Self-knowledge - an ancient remedy
They say: “Whoever knows themselves knows their Lord.”
One explanation: [Whoever knows themselves…]
Dala’il al-Khayrat - English translation by Ustadha Ayesha Bewley…
One of the greatest and most mubarak works in praise of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad, his folk, companions, and followers.
Minor Wisdom: Important distinctions
“Careful writers and speakers are aware of the subtle distinctions between words… Proper usage distinguishes the craftsman from the hack.”
How Time Works - Howstuffworks
Time is something that most of us take for granted. Have you ever thought about why, for example, there are 12 months in a year? Why are there 30 days in September? Why are there time zones and what’s with daylight-saving time? Why are there 86,400 seconds in a day?
Copernic Desktop Search ranked #1 - The Office Weblog - office.weblogsinc.com _
“Copernic Desktop Search was selected as the best overall desktop search tool this week in a benchmark study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s E-Business Consortium. The independent study tested vendors on usability, versatility, accuracy, efficiency, security, and enterprise readiness and was not funded or supported by individual desktop search companies or other organizations.
Completed in March 2005, UW’s study found Copernic’s software to be the most well-balanced desktop search tool among those evaluated, ranking it above 11 competitors including MSN Toolbar Suite, Google Desktop, Yahoo! Desktop Search, Wizetech Archivarius 3000, Ask Jeeves, Enfish Professional, ISYS Desktop, dtSearch Desktop, diskMETA Pro, Blinkx, and HotBot Desktop.”
I couldn’t agree more….
DeenPort MP3: Shaykh Diya’ sings Imam Busiri’s [Qasida Muhammadiyya]
… and closes with a song in celebration of the coming of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)…
I have many friends from Harvard, and nothing against it.
Closing In on Stalin - CONTEXT - This Week in Arts and Ideas from The Moscow Times
“Josef Stalin preferred to be seen from afar — larger than life, inaccessible. In a major new biography, Robert Service tries to cut him down to human size.”