I asked ChatGPT if he/she/it was familiar with the concept of the shell and the pearl and this is the response I received. Yes, I’m familiar with the concept of the shell and the pearl—but…
This Sunday April 27, 2025 has been a most unusual morning, and it has only just begun. I awoke before my Fajr prayer alarm sounded. Routinely and usually the feelings upon waking can best be…
April 25, 2025 I have become neglectful of this my precious blog. I guess I have been to busy living life to the fullest. The next four days are not at all crowded with life…
A previous conversation with Fazil heard me saying:Me: I will now look up jiggy and iddah. I am getting smarter by the minute with your help. Later I did look up the two words. Jiggy…
I am in Singapore with an hour to spare because my next Apple class is an hour away. I am dressed, breakfasted, WhatsApped my driver and administrative assistant confirming my return on Sunday. Laughingly texted…
I constantly am shaking my head in sheer wonderment. Me: Those Saudi’s know how to do things!! Alter Ego: What do you mean? Me: Absolutely everything they do. If is totally mind boggling! Entirely!!! Alter…
These last three or four days have been filled with momentous events. Most of them quite horrible, they will be slowly explained. But, in the long run, everything has turned out Ok – I am…
I am saying no more, for once. Sort of speechless, who would have ever thought something like that would every happen to me, of all people? Yesterday was one of the worst days of my…
This is going to be a very serious blog so it is best to begin it with humour and Andy Borowitz of The New Yorker comes to your rescue. This one is priceless: “Explaining their…
This from yesterday’s blog. “There is so much discussion since the inauguration about the accomplishments of minorities. But I am not a minority for several reasons, none of them my fault. Read about my majority…