You are Young men, you must be LIVING

yearslater:

Suspended books (by hanifoto)

Books are priceless and timeless.

“The transition of Hamas into a full-blown terrorist organization was complete.  Many of its members had climbed the ladder of Islam and reached the top.  Moderate political leaders like my father would not tell the militants that what they were doing was wrong.  They could not; on what basis could they declare it wrong?  The militants had the full force of the Qur’an to back them up.

So even though he had never personally killed anyone, my father went along with the attacks.  And the Israelis, unable to find and arrest the young militants, continued to pursue soft targets like my father.  I think they figured that since my father was a leader of Hamas, which was carrying out these attacks, his imprisonment would put a stop to them.  But they never made an effort to find out who or what Hamas really was.  And it would be many painful years before they would begin to understand that Hamas was not an organization as most people understood organizations, with rules and a hierarchy.  It was a ghost.  An idea.  You can’t destroy an idea; you can only stimulate it. Hamas was like a flatworm.  Cut off its head, and it just grew another.”

Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef

Very interesting point regarding extremist organizations, parallels Al Qaeda in my opinion as well.

This is why China is such a monster in Gymnastics….

So I wake up this morning at 6am as usual and I’m on my way to work when I watch a truck run a red light and t-bone the taxi cab pictured…..I immediately pulled over and called 911, ran to each if the cars to make sure everyone was alright - only a few minor cuts & bruises….but the thing that shocked me the most was that all of the other people sitting at the greyhound bus station right on the corner as well as the other drivers in the surrounding cars didn’t even make an effort to get out to make sure everyone was okay. The light turned green and everyone went on their way like nothing had happened. It annoyed me, considering what if someone was really hurt and stuck- with oil leaking out of the car and the car still being on…??? Luckily everyone was okay though and the fire dept arrived shortly thereafter….but still, where’s the care at?  People are in too much of a hurry to help each other out, it’s sad….

Calvin Klein - Had a suit night in Vegas this past weekend. I’ve never seen so many hotties in one place before :)

Cool.

Antony Gormley’s Breathing Room III

Lunch - ramyun w/an egg :) yummy