Custodian of the two holey socks
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2009
Just saw that this blog has won the ‘Best Humor Blog’ at the Brass Crescent Awards. I would have preferred to win ‘Best Humour Blog’ but it’s no use nitpicking over details. Congrats to all the other winners, especially Faraz Rabbani, Indigo Jo and Muslimah Media Watch. To paraphrase Bob Monkouse: When I was younger [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 27th, 2009
Eid Mubarak. May you be free of second-rate ‘Muslim’ design: Mosques and/or Arabic in Space. Oh is that the time? I have washing up to do.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2009
There is a BBC article “The rise of the non-veggie vegetarian” that discusses the more nuanced classification of almost-vegetarians Classic vegetarian: Eats no part of any dead animal Vegan: Eats no animal product Meat-avoider: Tries not to to eat meat but has occasional lapses Meat-reducer: Is trying to eat less meat, probably for health reasons [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 2nd, 2009
This post is about medicine folk. As I child I was a short and skinny, and my parents thought there was something indeterminably wrong with me. Various experts were consulted. A Hakeem was visiting Loughborough Road Mosque, and we dutifully went to see him. The Hakeem diagnosed a generic liver ailment, and gave some kind [...]