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…