Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
This image was something I had quite a bit of fun putting together yesterday. [Click for a larger view, and to read the notes, even though, after all this time, I’m sure you already know why I specifically picked those photos.] I was inspired by Jamelah’s montage to […]

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I originally shared the following Washington Post article (via Sepia Mutiny) with selective friends/family through email last week, and just realized that others might be interested in reading this as well. As I mentioned in my email, I first read this because I’m Pukhtun myself. But this is a moving and beautifully written account, and […]

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I originally shared the following Washington Post article (via Sepia Mutiny) with selective friends/family through email last week, and just realized that others might be interested in reading this as well. As I mentioned in my email, I first read this because I’m Pukhtun myself. But this is a moving and beautifully written account, and […]

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I recommend you all take a minute (or ten, if you’re slow) to read Sri’s post, March at Harbor. I read it yesterday morning, and it made me want to cry at the depth of human misery - and laugh at the strength of the human spirit.
Make some time to read through Sri’s archives. […]

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Just got an email from a listerve I’m on, about how a recent discovery in The Birmingham News archives led to the publication of unseen photographs tracing the progress of the civil rights movement through Birmingham.
The woman who sent the email explained:
The Birmingham News recently discovered a trove of unpublished photos from the early days […]

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[All links via Kottke.]
one. Jonathan Rauch’s March2003 article, Caring for Your Introvert:
Introverts are not necessarily shy. Shy people are anxious or frightened or self-excoriating in social settings; introverts generally are not. Introverts are also not misanthropic, though some of us do go along with Sartre as far as to say “Hell is other people at […]

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Via Hypnagogica (and also Superhero Journal, within just a couple minutes of each other), here are some photos to make you smile:
Members of the Pillow Fight Club were out in full force in San Francisco at 6pm on Valentine’s Day.
Background here and here.
Freakin’ awesome, man.

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Sorry, my wannabe English/Comparative Literature-major tendencies wouldn’t let me bypass all this drama without making use of such an obvious pun. Apparently, I’m not the only one.
Truthfully though, I’m damn tired of the drama - of the emails, the articles, the conversations with friends regarding this mass chaos and fury all over the world. Also […]

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Alright, so I know Eid ul Adha is long gone and that I’m addressing this disgustingly late (as usual), but I hope all y’all had a beautiful, blessed one inshaAllah.
Which reminds me, Zahir over at Fall of Icarus had a post highly pertinent to Eid, entitled “This may be blasphemous/haraam but….”
My favorite part:
Sometimes […]

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Every day brings us closer to spring, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
As the year winds down to a close, here are a couple of things to keep in mind:
Smile on your brother: The […]

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Okay, I promise I’ll stop with the links soon and actually give all y’all a real deal post to read, but, for now, lemme just say I’m having way too much fun browsing this website called HEL LOOKS, which has photographs of street fashion from Helsinki, the capital of Finland [via Oh My That’s Awesome!]. […]

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Is how we pray what makes us American? Or is it the sum of all the other moments in life that we share?

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I love love love the random smallness and coincidences of the online world. That’s the beauty of existence.
(p.s. And, yes, cynical Mr. Elysium, I did indeed verify it.)

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Hey, kids, how goes it? I’m still around, just trying to find things to do with myself besides chase the sunshine around the house. Somedays, it’s just so much easier to uploads photos to Flickr and deal with brusque titles/captions (or none at all) than it is to compose coherent pieces of writing for this […]

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My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by Hurrican Katrina, those who, like cncz and Maitri, are worried for the safety of their family and friends, and for their loved ones’ homes and jobs utterly destroyed in the wake of the hurricane.
Maitri, especially, has been writing much about Louisiana, although she has […]

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