To establish a vibrant and world-class facility in New York City that promotes tolerance and pluralism that will strengthen relationships and attract those of other faiths to integrate and learn about Islam . Monday, May 17 2010.

Sunday, January 2, 2011. If I have something that I have to do, I put it off. It was both horrifying and fantastic. So come September, I went back to college as an adult student and found myself a freshman again. Many of us submitted our first drafts for the class to critique and they were .

Tuesday, April 24, 2012. On Killing a Tree By Gieve Patel. It takes much time to kill a tree,. Not a simple jab of the knife. Slowly consuming the earth,. Rising out if it, feeding. Upon its crust, absorbing. Years of sunlight, air, water,. And out of its leprous hide. Not so much pain will do it. The bleeding bark will heal. And from close to the ground. Will rise curled green twigs,. Which if unchecked will expand again. The root is to be pulled out.

A more-or-less random sampling of the thoughts surfacing from the sludge that is my mind. Proud member of the Illinois Reality-Based Community. And thanks to The Mad Prophet. For pointing me to this bit of code. Beat it with a stick! I vote we disabuse him of that notion right now. Our legislators and the Blagorgeous that the.