The Blah Blahs and the Yada Yadas

I’m a very rational person. I don’t even deal with irrational numbers like pi, lest they come and destroy my perfectly rational world. They’re a slippery slope to irrational beliefs. As a true rationalist, I brush away unfounded conspiracy theories every chance I get. Ghosts? Hogwash. Psychics? Frauds. Area 51? Bogus. But there’s only so [...]

Picture, if you will, the middle east. If you are most people, - and statistically, most of you are - then you had the picture of clear sand dunes in the desert with armed masked travelers on a string of camels trekking to their dark green canvas tents. Now picture Dubai. Not exactly the same [...]

‘Ma arif‘… It is arabic for ‘I don’t know‘… It is a phrase I’m capable of expressing in seven different languages… possibly the handiest phrase of them all. It is a multipurpose, multi-utility, trans-cultural univeral time-saver, usable and reusable across different categories of questions. Personally, I use this phrase most frequently to combat with direction [...]