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Saturday, February 16, 2008 - Posts

• Examples of Solved Philosophy

  Given my complaints about the perennial accusation that philosophy never settles anything , I figure it'd be worth offering some examples of philosophical knowledge. (Nothing is for certain, of course, but I think that the following claims are at least Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 06:15 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under Philosophy, compendia

• UAE License plates Madness and the Good Cause Behind It...

  The most coveted license plate of them all went to the auction block in Abu Dhabi today fetching about $15 million. The good thing is that the proceeds will go towards building a hospital for traffic accidents' victims. I wish something like this would Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 05:47 from Arabs & Globalization | 0 Comments

• Belief Content and Linguistic Error

  Suppose young Timmy mistakenly takes 'prime number' to be roughly synonymous with 'cool number'. So he goes around saying things like '666 is a prime number'. Does he believe that 666 is a prime number? Presumably not. He certainly doesn't have a de dicto Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 05:05 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under language

• Teen shot in hate-crime attack at school

  Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 03:21 from Big Queer Blog | 0 Comments Filed under News, Commentary & Opinion, lawrence king, hate crime, shooting, bullying

• Capt. Abu-Raed and the Church Folks

  I had wanted to advertise "Captain Abu-Raed" in our church bulletin, but hey, ya know, film PR isn't the normal fare of those publications. So I did what I usually do best: yack, yack, yack about it.(I did put a plug in on my kid's school bulletin, though). Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 01:28 from my treasure | 0 Comments

• السيف اللي كان بإيدك..

  Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 10:31 from Jordanian Issues | 0 Comments

• Chef Tololy

  I made grilled shrimps tonight, complete with butter garlic dip. Why? Because I was bored enough to actually undertake cooking something other than a turkey sandwich. However, I remain utterly untalented compared to my sister, who made this cake yesterday: Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 10:15 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under Picturesque

• On V Day, AGAIN

  Oh, yeah, and I love this Foamy video too. It’s about Valentine’s Day…I should’ve linked to it yesterday. I really should’ve. Don’t watch this if you’re,um, sensitive. It will offend you. You have been forewarned. Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 07:04 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under V for Video

• Captain Abu Raed

  Art imitates life – although some say that life imitates art. One person trying to prove the latter referred to an episode of CSI (the American TV series Crime Scene Investigation) which showed the use of bleach to remove DNA. Apparently criminals are Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 06:48 from Jordan Journals | 0 Comments

• Body Building in the HKJ

  I was sad to read this article by Taylor Luck in the Jordan Times. I think weight lifting is great, and that it can benefit every 'body' when done in moderation and without fixating on pecs and biceps. Is there anything funnier looking than a guy who Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 06:07 from my treasure | 0 Comments

• The Watchers

  I identify with Germaine. Big time. Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 06:02 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under V for Video

• Stay Single And Save yourself the embarrassment

  But...Some People Wont Listen!! Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 05:52 from M For Mystery | 0 Comments Filed under Single, bad idea

• is this legal?

  I was in City Mall this morning and went to the delicatessen/cafe to have a look. Seemed very nice with tasty looking pastries so decided to buy a slice of apple pie which was priced JD1.500, quite expensive but thought I would try it out at home. The Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 05:08 from Jordan Journals | 0 Comments

• The Revolutionary Shoemaker

  This ad is about Adi Dassler, the creator of Adidas. It’s interesting, but I guess I’d expect something better, more informative, and more original from Adidas about their very own Adi. [via 2:48 AM] Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 02:47 from And Far Away | 0 Comments

• Missionaries in Jordan

  I found a very interesting press release, it seems, in Al Rai this morning. It was issued by the Jordanian Churches Board in response to a report published by Compass Direct News. The report which I have linked to maintains that “Jordan has increased Read More... Posted 16-02-2008 02:24 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under Jordan