A month and a half back, Fahim and I were returning home when we saw this truck. ... Cuz I really don't think we're in an alternate universe right now, you know? As it turns out, we got our answer when the car we were in passed the truck.
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This is one of our neighborhood purple-faced langurs, aka purple-faced leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus vetulus). He’s sitting on the telephone line just outside the window where I sit, using my computer. He’s close enough that I could have touched him if I stood up and opened the window. Well, and if he reached over to...
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Lucky guy. He knows what he wants, and he gets it done in no time at all. Why? Is it solely because he’s male? Well, yes, and no. Being male and not caring about choice, selection, and whether something will match other items helps, but also being a standard size helps. Today was Fahim’s...
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A question came up recently on a forum I frequent after I complained about all the things we can’t get here. What can we get here that y’all can’t get, or can’t get to the extent we can here? Limes are commonplace here, and lemons are rare at best. I’m trying to remember if...
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We went out and about today, and one of our stops was at Crescat, one of the local upscale malls. We stopped in Hameedia on a lark. Hameedia is a local store that sells upscale menswear including suits and kurtas. And guess what we found? Yep, a kurta! In Fahim’s size! Fahim hasn’t modelled...
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It’s a free program - Windows or Mac – that let’s you simulate the painting process like paint on a canvas. Well, I’ve always wanted to play with painting. I’ve even thought of asking my sister, the next time she comes here, if she’d be willing to give me some basic lessons. No, I’ll...
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Fahim comes home for lunch with a big blue bag hanging from his handlebars. It’s the antenna I figured he’d come home with. Assembly is required. Assembly is hilarious. The instructions suck, including references to things that are neither diagrammed nor described. And they have us attaching things in the wrong order. As we’re...
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