Linkin Park’s new album, Minutes To Midnight, is mixed bag. There are a few tracks I really like, and a few that I instantly skip. For whatever reason I actually like their rapping songs, and was immediately hooked in by their SNL performance of Bleed It Out (unfortunately not on youtube, but here is a […]

A local Emirati friend of mine sent me the link to this video of Dhiya Al Musawi being interviewed on Abu Dhabi TV in December. Google searches for his name turned up almost nothing. From what I know, he is a very progressive, outspoken writer from Bahrain who seems to have the courage to speak […]

JibJab hits another animation out of the park with their 2006 Year-in-Review video, “Nuckin’ Futs.”

Nuckin’ Futs - The JibJab Year in Review | Send To Friends | Funny Animations at JibJab
JibJab are the guys who got famous off the sensational “This Land” animation during the 2004 election.
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Time.com has a great letter written from a Marine officer in Iraq to his family and friends in the States. It escaped in the internet wild somehow a few weeks ago and it has now been seen by fellow soldiers, generals, and, well, us. It’s really well-written and provides a great deal of insight into […]

Well, it’s finally official. Skype is now blocked all over Dubai. There have been some conflicting reports over the last week or so. Because my article about how to get Skype working in Dubai (skype.com has long been blocked, but if you get the software and find a way to top up your account with […]

So, although most of the rest of the world has already seen Superman Returns, Dubai doesn’t have it yet. But we will. In just a few days it will open here. So, as you can imagine, the marketing machine is running fast and furiously. One of the local newspapers, 7DAYS, ran this Daily Planet insert, […]

I got this email from a dear friend today who I’ll be seeing on my upcoming trip to Barcelona. We used to work together, now we just flirt via email. This was a part of her response to one of my long, rambling emails that included some concern over the insanity in Lebanon right now… […]

For the dozen of you that don’t know what “net neutrality” is or the ridiculous debate currently going on in Congress, let me sum it up for you. Big telecoms and cable companies want the ability to charge more money to big companies to provide more bandwidth for them to deliver bigger and bigger files […]

Stephen Colbert puts the religious right back into its place, with a very simple question. It should be a requirement that any idiot congressman that wants to place the 10 commandments in federal courthouses should at least know what they are, no?

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I didn’t vote for him, and I still wouldn’t, but if Gore was more like this on the campaign trail, I would have considered it. Lately SNL has been getting a bit better, but this skit of Al Gore as President is fantastic.

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Now that I am out of the country, I don’t get to watch the Daily Show or Colbert Report as much as I would like. Occasionally I see a great clip being passed around, and occasionally I download an episode or two. To be completely honest, I love Jon Stewart’s Daily Show, and I LOVED […]

As usual, another brilliant appearance by Jon Stewart. This guy makes so much sense it hurts. Why oh why is the only reasonable political commentary coming from a guy on Comedy Central?
(This is also a test of the YouTube video embedding functionality.)

YouTube version can be found here.
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