There was one man who gave twenty years of his life to a scatter-brained woman, sacrificing everything in his life for her - friends, work, even respectability - only to acknowledge one evening that he had never loved her. He was bored, that's all, bored, like most people; so he created from scratch a life of complications and drama for himself. Something's got to happen - that's the explanation for most human undertakings.
Albert Camus, The Fall
July 31, 2010
July 27, 2010
odd names
there is a shop in our neighborhood ... it's called "الانترنت للخياطة الرجالية" ... i should go in there one day and ask them how they came up with the name ... the other day i was driving and there was this van with the words "مارينا للجوارب" ... now when you think of marina you think of boats ... so i thought maybe they meant "قوارب" ... or maybe the font is just weird and i'm reading it wrong ... but then i noticed the english writing ... maryna socks ...
and speaking of odd names and how people come up with them ... here is something ...
July 19, 2010
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