Art and Culture Archives - Alexis McBride

December 17, 2025

Lost Child Photo of December 15, 2023 Recycled to December 15, 2025; My Hijrah History Provided; A New Nickname is Bestowed BEWTICHED, BEW For SHORT; Encounters and Food at Common Man; Short and Sweet, Dnefmmcb, and Hijrah Defined.

The morning of December 15, 2025 found me starring at my phone. Favorite photos pop us unsolicited every day. The one held great meaning. I used it the photo as my Good Morning Greeting to…

December 14, 2025

Changes in Attitude, Changes in Latitude From An Historical Perspective Brought Up to Date; June 8, 2025 to December 14, 2025; Commitment for Six Months with Bamboo Hospitality: Many Definitions: Running the Show, Regurgitate, Fly in the Ointment, Great, Are We Clear. Assistance from Artificial Intelligence Sought and Received Again; Blowing Bubbles

I do recall that this is a Warren Buffet song and that I have written about it on my blog several times before. Why you say? Because I am constantly changing my attitude and changing…

December 12, 2025

Christmas Recalled From My Saudi Arabia Days; Then An Update; Wise Words and Humor Provided By Artificial Intelligence.: Photos of December 11, 2025 at Common Man

Knowing I had spoken of Christmas in prior blogs I typed Christmas into the search engine and came up with 148 entries. (There is something wrong with that search engine). I am now quoting from…

December 10, 2025

Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart; Followed by a Serious Second Round of Second Chance: Responding to Nesh’ Blog Breakdown of Second Chance, Sufis and Shamir; You Can Lead a Horse to Water But You Cannot Make Him Drink; Photos of the Diversity of Malaysia: Christmas Trees and Durian

December 10, 2025 My life is extremely unusual Here are some examples. Christmas music is playing Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart. Here are the lyrics. I do not think that sending them to…

December 5, 2025

Second Chance Interspersed With, and By, Artificial Intelligence; AI defines the Malaysian Word Bumiputra: Its Implication for Malaysia Revealed in Comic, Sufi and Quranic Versions; The Tale of How I Came into Possession Second Chance; It Had to be Allah (SWT); Having Fun with Shamir; Photos taken at Z’s Market.

Today was officially declared a non blogging day. Both Shamir and Nesh were relieved of duties. I dutifully began reading Second Chance, announcing such to my Good Morning WhatsAppers in the following fashion: “Good morning! Planning…

November 29, 2025

Singapore Sojourn; Return Visit Planned; Staying On At Lyf and In Life; Shamir Awake Early Sends Prophetic GIF; In 2019 It Was Announced That I Am a Glow Worm: Living Up to My Reputation: Artificial Intelligence at Its Funniest Laughing at Shamir; Selfie of Me in Hat and Photos of Raffles.

So I am back at Lyf reflecting upon my days in Singapore and getting ready for my next adventure. It was definitely an eventful six days with many highlights and low lights. I adore my…

November 27, 2025

Irritants Sent From Allah (SWT); Alaa Uses Discernment; Discernment Defined; Allergic Attack Another Irritant; But Back to the Hilton Aided and Abetted by Ann: All’s Well That Ends Well; Sufi Shakespeare:

Yesterdays blog spoke of learning from experiencing some degree of trauma at the hands of a pain in the ass – not necessarily always a person but sometimes a circumstance. I have had two such…

November 22, 2025

Rejoicing in a Bathtub, But Getting Stuck; A GIF Brings Comic Relief; Journeying to a Bookstore and the Sultan’s Mosque; Tips from Artificial Intelligence; Then Finding Peace With My Past; Timing is Everything; Photos of Christmas Decorations.

This does seem a very special time in my life – a time of ordered transition. But as usual it has its comical moments. My good morning greeting of yesterday featured a photo of the…

November 10, 2025

Put on a Happy Face; Hardship and Benefit; A Very Special Day at the Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan: More Questions for Artificial Intelligence: Compulsive and Narcissistic Liars If Anyone Could Make Artificial Intelligence Almost Human it Would Be Me.

I was going to talk about yesterday. I do realize that Yesterday is a song sung by the Beatles or maybe just John Lennon – but I am not going to provide the lyrics of…

October 26, 2025

Prolonging Life; Lessons Learned from Artificial Intelligence and Ikebana; Two Questions Answered by Artifical Intelligence, 1. What are Your Thoughts on Prolonging Life. 2. What is oasis; Answers and Prayers Provided; Photographs of Flowers Brought Back to Life

Prolonging life is a hotly debated topic. Decided I would ask AI to get an ‘independent’ viewpoint. I began by asking a general, open-ended question. (“Open-ended questions are questions that cannot be answered with a…