Archive for January, 2008
Slowdown?
There has been a noticeable slowdown of posts here at CulturalDysfunction over the past 10 days or so. It’s definately not from a shortage of topics, but due to circumstance of real life. I’ve been dealing with a hellacious something-like-the-flu (Kuwaiti Crud as some ex-pats say). I will know tomorrow if Lana’s visa into Kuwait [...]
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
The song said ‘no,’ but the artist said ‘yes.’ Amy Winehouse has entered rehab.
They tried to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no.
Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know.
I ain’t got the time
And if my daddy thinks im fine
He’s tried to make me go to rehab
I wont [...]
Ashura - Importance to Sunni and Shi’a
The Day of Ashura is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and it also marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram. This day was an important Judaic feast of celebration and atonement , is important to Sunni muslims, and is very important to Shi’a muslims.
Shia
This day is of particular significance [...]
Killers Executed Under Decision From Islamic Court
The father and stepmothers of a 9-year old daughter have been executed via public beheading. Their crime was violently torturing and eventually killing the man’s 9-year old daughter. The man had divorced his first wife, received custody of the daughter, and he then remarried.
I think that in this case, the punishment fits the crime. Executing [...]
‘Walking’ Your Python is Illegal
I came across this little story online while I was taking a break from writing another post (to be released soon). The joys of the news highlights as shown to me by Earthlink.
MASTIC, New York (AP) — A U.S. man was arrested Tuesday for walking on a highway with a 14-foot python wrapped around his [...]
Plugin Added - Firestats
Another plugin addition to the site. I could not find anything substantiated on bbclone as far as putting it into wordpress, so I found Firestats. It works as a regular plugin in wordpress and will tell you things such as which pages were hit, referring pages, OS/Browser/Country stats for visitors, and many other things. Right [...]
Plugin Addition - Related Posts Plugin
I added the Related Posts plugin (here) to the site today. The plugin will list up to 5 “related” posts to the one you are currently viewing. It works off the tag keywords. Screenshot below.
George Bush Inconvenienced Me!
George Bush was in Kuwait for 2 days. I know portion of 6th ring were closed yesterday for something related to this visit, but here is my experience:
Get to work early because the gates will close at a certain time. We tried to get breakfast but all the facilities in a certain portion of our [...]
Kuwait Worried About Homosexuals in School
This is completely nuts. Making lists of “suspected” gay and lesbian students in schools, observing their behavior, arresting gays and lesbians on sight (this was a verbal order by the way), all to stop the “phenomenom” from spreading. This is being handled in a completely ridiculous manner! The people that came up with this wonderful [...]
“The Quran and Bible Errors”
I found this while perusing the internet earlier today. It is claiming that the Quran says the Bible, Torah, etc, are the word of God and cannot be disputed, yet everytime someone finds something questionable or false in the bible, that it disproves the Quran. I’m not a historian. I’m not a Bible buff. I [...]
