Category: lifestyle

Beginning With Humour Borrowed from Nissan of The New Yorker; The Inside Track on the Negotiations for My Muslim Marriage Dowry; Three Men Competing, One Real Old, The Other Two are Not; Then Comes The Real Reason I Am Moving to Saudi Arabia with References to the Quran; Photos of a Business Card That Explains and Explores Other Motivations; Me Having Fun at the Edge of the World. 

I may not agree with the editorial policy of The New Yorker (if they have one) but their humour I absolutely love. The cartoons, Andy Borowitz (of course) and also a regularly appearing page  called Shouts and Murmurs. This…

Now In Canada After Flying (or Being Stuck in a Montreal Airport) for Twenty-Five Hours; ;Two Idioms Describe the Arduous Journey;  CCC to the Rescue:  Home to The New Yorker Magazine Edition Providing News of the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Candidacy: Catch One’s Breath and Hit the Ground Running Defined; Save-On Grocery Praised; Tasks for Jet Lag Day Two Described;  Cartoons and Photo of a Prayer Room Wall.  

I am back in Edmonton after an arduous flight. Fourteen and a half hours from Riyadh to Montreal. It was not has bad as it sounds; Qatar Air Business Class was comfortable, efficient and down-right…

Now I Have A Nickname, WHOLE: It  Explored; Initially With Humour and Then Spiritually: Eccentricity Taken From a 2019 Blog; Arab News Provides Insight and Information on the Islamic Faith, Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s Enormous Progress; Photos of Some Highlights From My Saudi Sojourn  

Faithful readers will know that everyone (who is anybody) o is anybody in my life, has a nickname. It is one thing to invade my own privacy by writing this blog, telling all (well almost…

The Words of a Wise Saudi King Contrasted With The Sheer Stupidity and Utter Insanity of The USA House of Representatives; Fabulous Reporting by Al Jazeera Reveals The Truth; Why Support Israel While Massive Gun Violence; Interloper Defined and Illustrated by Encounter in National Museum; Incredible Instagram Reel; Photos Taken in National Museum  

Last week, while in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia I visited the National Museum. It was entirely impressive, preserving the history of this country with utmost reverence. Matt, an American Interloper commented: He: You would never see…