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May 23, 2021

Beginning with Humor Relating to King Saud’s Sex Life; Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am Explored and Quoted by Billie Holiday; But Back to the Mess and Horror Created by Israel; Cease Fire Abjectly Meaningless and Not to Be Trusted: Al Jazeera Opinion Piece, Why Netanyha Thinks America Is Stupid; Qatar Please Bomb Israel; Secret of My Success; Photos of My Glove with Stickers Showing Fame

I would not say that I am obsess with the sex life of King Saud in 1943 but have been doing some thinking. Totally convinced that he would not be a good lover. He would…

May 21, 2021

I am About to Lose All of My Readers; Lose not Loose; Dull Defined and Illustrated; The Blog is Responsible for My Release from Boredom; King Saud Had a Most Interesting Sex Life as Revealed by LIFE magazine; Plans for the Day May Include Schitt’s Creek

Jokingly say to people that I am going to loose all of my readers unless I lighten up. Believe, me, no idea why so many people read me but convinced that my humor is the…

May 20, 2021

I Fear I am Not Done With Serious Stridency But At Least A Slightly Different Perspective on the Israel Atrocities: Devil Incarnate Defined: Bernard Avishai’s Brilliant Expose of Netanyahu: Wonderful Words from Instagram; Wisdom from Wise Man; Photograph of Lilac the Unicorn and Falcons

The New Yorker appeared to break its silence about the Middle East – one would think that the Middle East with all of its complexities did not exist because it is almost never mentioned, or…

May 19, 2021

Starting Off With Humor and a Sense of Being Grounded But Then Becoming Most Serious and Historical: The Proclamation That Should Have Been Heeded in 1943; Thousands and Thousands of Lives and and Suffering Would Have Been Avoided; Photograph of the Translation and One of Camels

This is going to be an extremely serious blog but it is not going to start out that way. In life there must be a mixture, variety in order to make life interesting and bearable,…

May 18, 2021

This From Al Jazeera; Reports of Mounting Demonstrations Against Israeli Aggression; Cities Protesting Listed in Alphabetical Order; Qatar Itself Suffers Damage with Repudiation From All; Anthony Blinken Asks for Answers But Receives None; Stupendous Defined With Synonyms Illustrating Israel’s Aggression and Arrogance, Photograph of King Ebn Saud and Interior of Palace taken in 1943

This from a May 17, 2021 article from Al Jazeera, the Qatar owned and operated network which spans the world. “Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities around the world,…

May 17, 2021

The Middle East is Most Confusing, Too Confusing for Words Even for Me; Confuse Defined and Synonyms Found; Riding On a Camel From Grandfather Back to Great Grandson; Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia’s Neom Not Feasible or Possible; Photograph of What May Become of a Certain Main Street; A May 31, 1943 LIFE Magazine Reveals All; Ending with Words of Wisdom From Instagram; Photograph of Cover of LIFE

It is impossible to keep up with what is going on in the Middle East, and I, humbly say, that I know a great deal about the Middle East and am personally familiar with many…

May 16, 2021

I Am Suddenly Reminded of a Certain Saying Concerning the Roundness of the Earth; Conversation Beginning with the Make of a Car and Ending with Pink Shoes; Haunted by the California Franchise Tax Board; Probably Not Capable of Doing Ramadan Fasting Again; Photograph of a Chinese Clay Warrior Souvenir

The reason God made the world round is so we cannot see too far ahead. Does that not describe my fate?? Here I am – ready, able and willing to see the world, to travel…

May 15, 2021

Not Sure Where This is Going; Accent the Positive, A Song by Bing Crosby; First Good News from Primary Care Physician, But Then Bad News; No Energy and Probable Left Knee Replacement Surgery; But Planning a Roof Party Inviting a Handsome Man and Several Others; Ugly Knee Pictured

Usually when beginning a blog I know where it is going and what it is going to be about. Not today. I think it will be short, and not sweet, but who knows? Not me…

May 13, 2021

Recovering From Ramadan; Weeding Out Instagram Followings; Yet Another Fake Crown Prince of Dubai; Removing Stickers From Globe; An Amazing Story of a Black, Muslim Triple Threat Woman Who Became My Guiding Light; Globe Both Pre and Post Sticker Removal

That pretty much describes my present state – I am recovering from Ramadan. It was a rather delightful morning – could sleep in, no jumping out of bed to swallow breakfast before sunrise. Slept in,…

May 12, 2021

Today Is the Last Day of Ramadan; I Did It; Much Encouraging News; Respite Defined; Parasite Defined and Illustrated; Locks Changed: Vilify Defined and Illustrated; Loaded for Bear: Being at the Right Place At the Right Time; Cute Pictures of Me: I am Home at Last

Seven hours from the writing that is now taking place I will have completed 30 days of Ramadan fasting as required by the Islamic faith. It has not been easy, been rather uneven and did…