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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS1cm2Nlbtc Eid-Al-Fitr is one of the major holidays of Islam. It comes at the end of the holy month of Ramadan and celebrates the end of the fasting. The holiday comes on the first day of the 10th month in the...

Yeah, so now I'm seriously anti-anti-anti-anti-mellow about new seasons of TV shows. I'll even include some ones still-on-the-radar-but-not-that-much-care. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL THREAD ABOUT REAL STUFF SO DON'T FUCK UP!!!!! Robot Chicken Bob's...

Month of Return to Allah Ramadan has always been a positive turning point in the lives of many Muslims and non Muslims Narrated by Abu Hurairah, May Allah be Pleased with Him Interpreation of the Meaning: "The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of...

Why does the laundry always end up on the floor next to the laundry basket, rather than in the laundry basket?

In a Catholic/Lutheran (LCMS if it matters) relationship, which member of the couple should convert? IOW: who has to change the most in their beliefs to convert?

I invite Western people who do not know the Prophet Mohammed and deal dishonorable and absurd qualifiers, read the comments of European scientists and research related to the Koran and the Prophet; The prophet peace be upon him says: (day of...

Cats hold a special place to the Muslims, since Prophet Muhammad is very fond of cats. One story mentioned that a cat saved Prophet Mohammad from being bitten by a deadly snake. There was also a story of the Prophet cutting off his shirt...

I ordered and paid for a hamburger with my phone. Which, sure, welcome to the present, Pops, but it still made me happy that I'm doing better than the Jetsons.

Anybody reading this who is living in San Diego or has friends in the area? I have an internet friend who lives there and could use some meatspace friends. She's 30, ex-Navy, quite intelligent, and has trouble doing much of anything due to having to...

we in the blessed days the first of the month of Dhul Hijjah, which is held by the rites of the obligatory fifth of Islam and God willing I will explain to you all about that duty detail Hajj in Mecca and visit the grave of Mstafah Habib...

It's a great interview if humans continue to layer them a lot of chronic diseases that we see today, such as skin diseases, infectious diseases, to read and ponder .... 1 - Nail trimming: Scientific research has shown that failure to cut the...

Yeah, I had a fucked up dream two days ago. I was in a recording studio, at a session being led by a Hammond organist, with me on piano, and at least a drummer and guitarist. Very vivid, but not really a pants-down-at-the-prom thing. Just...

There is this story about an Egyptian whose Doctor prescribed to him some medication in order to prepare him before he gets operated on, to rid him off certain tumor in his stomach. When he realized that the medication would prevent him from...

Sociological commentary optional. Yeah, and whatever, define "old" however you want. I hate that shit, like "eh bleh this is *my* thread I'm so special!" After all, isn't it forbidden to forbid, in an egalitarian society? Yeah, so what I was...

Yeah, so like RPG because the rules are one RL anecdote or observation per post, limit is one paragraph. Or whatever. And totally obey the rules, because whatever, something bad or something and it's totally super serious. And also try to...

So yesterday my kid and I had breakfast at a downtown diner, the one we always go to when we're going to get our hair cut (the barbers are right around the corner). The waitress offers us the only window seat. Even though it's kind of a small...

This is an odd poll, I guess, but they all are, IME, so that's just jim dandy in my book. I was trying to correlate my personal relationship to the world, in general, to various states of mood (good mood, bad mood, basically just those to), and...

Hi, This is a little cheeky as I haven't posted over here for ages, but some people might like to know I have released some of my written work on Amazon. The author name is "Douglas Porter", and it turns out there is another author or two by that...

Yeah so whatever. Fucking A I have been several weeks just beating on this machine like Balthazar was it's name, just whatever. Learned a bunch of bullshit, but not as good as (a) a correct framework, as in all of the modal logic I could have...

Scientific research confirms the benefits of scents and their role in the activation of brain cells for the storage of information .... In the new German research conducted by scientists recently found that smells like the smell of fragrant...

It turns out that when the fever of the intense heat of up to 41 degrees Celsius, which he (PBUH) as an exhalation from hell may lead to severe agitation and then falling in a coma and be the cause of death ... And therefore had to reduce the heat...

Let me be the first to say that Facebook's "chat" window kind of.... depends on text size settings. OK fine. Whatever. I'm normally a very disciplined eater, when it comes to doing a "project," like eating 800 calories a day or whatever...

Person looking to fill white-collar support staff, they value diversity. They can't just say,"Whites need not apply". Would they just say,"diversity welcomed"?

Inspired by something some Ozzer said in a TNP, something about resolutions for new years or whatever bullshit. I was looking back at some stuff not too long ago about what I was thinking (substitute "whatever/whoever/whomever" for "I," it...

This great article about what commanded by the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, and what is newly revealed science. We all know that the Holy Prophet by the prayers of God and peace was slaughtered cattle such as cows, goats, camels and sheep, in...

It seems that over the last couple of decades that age of the icon is coming to an end. The people who used to appear larger than life and inspire those around have been replaced by an ever increasing idenitkit line of celebrity, where the only way...

I've decided to augment the correct use of an umbrella, in rainy weather, with some sort of hat. I'm not going to wear a fedora, nor anything that looks too-outdoorsy...when I go hiking, I use my own gear, which is not, IMO, appropriate gear for a...

WTF? Paypal, y'all. Fucking bitches. I have half-a-mind to crack open this 10.6% beer and open a can of big old whupass on you all. Fucking A.

Yeah, that's about it. I'll also poll my Facebook crew, but I know one person there who will give constructive advice, and the rest will just say, "looks great!" or "those some dogshit pics, homes." For starters (this is my first LinkedIn page),...

- Many scientific studies confirm that the best food for fasting people is “dates” with water because it contains all needed vitamins, sugars and minerals, hence the prophet says in the prophetic hadith ”when you break your fasting eat dates and...

Cry. Go ahead and cry. Nana ain't coming back. Neither is fluffy. Go to Arbys and eat some hillbilly boy's pet cow. The universe is cruel. https://twitter.com/nihilist_arbys And I mean that, spitzer -- none of that youtube spam shit! ...

Golden Eagle? Bald Eagle? Which is better? And is there a better raptor?

Yeah, so I was musing on another thread ETA bunch of fucking nerds. Question: who is the bigger nerd? Saxophonist, guitarist, keyboardist, FOH sound guy? At least guitarists actually play something made by people. I kind of regret selling my 1974...

Have you ever heard of a site where you can post the racial breakdown of a person, and you can see roughly what the person might look like?

If you moved a family of 4, who currently exist at the poverty level, to a 3rd world nation, how far up the economic ladder will they have moved?

Wow. Me and my bud and have been in Rockaway Beach for about five days, and he likes it so much he rented a bungalow for another week. $129 per night for two people! I think that's not just one hell of a deal, but it's amazing we found a vacancy....

Someone at work told me about a grapefruit, lemon, lime marmalade on Friday. So me being me (the guy who had to buy Vegemite chocolate) went and bought a jar of it. It's delicious! I can't stand the orange stuff, but this one's incredible. I could...

Do any colleges have someone whose job it is is to ensure diversity in the student body?

Yeah, whatever. So thread about personal hygiene and whatever. It's only me and a few crusty old buzzards here so I guess the "man" part is redundant. Let's talk: (a) sideburns. I got sheared about the scalp five or four days ago (she was...

Hypothetically: an equity firm hires a lawyer to help engineer a takeover, in the process they plan to fire people who may be in a protected class. The employees hire a lawyer who happens to be married to a partner at the equity firm, though not...

In the Botticelli thread, someone asked a question referencing one of my go-to questions.

Joke: A Unitarian Universalist is just a Quaker with A.D.D. This Catholic doesn't quite get it.

Yeah, so there's Trojan Man, but he doesn't really exist. Mainly, I was housesitting for a day or so far in the 'burbs, next to a middle school/junior high/whatever you call it. Fucking kids and their stupid outside shit. What is that, like...

Just saw this: http://dutchsinse.com/5222015-erupting-volcano-earthquakes-off-west-coast-of-oregon-whole-coast-moved-over-48-hours/ Didn't feel a thing, but have been having some unusual vertigo recently -- I figured I was either tired but maybe...

BEHOLD! http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/05/07/14/36/cadbury-announces-new-vegemite-chocolate-bar :lol:

Heard good things about this place. Please don't disappoint me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufofi9cIEMs Yeah, I know his tricks, but I refuse to be cynical: this kind of makes me happy. What makes you happy, with or without ironic distance?

So, yeah, like that's a weird thread title, but I guess it does the job. Anyway, so I was reminded again last...Thursday? or something, of the oddness of certain encounters IRL. So, I'll start, so here's the deal: so I was coming back from...

From the scientific and physiological point of view, the act of looking or gazing upon non-Mahram women sets off a complex process of hormonal stimulation and release, and prepares the body and the sex organs for the process of sexual intercourse. ...

Yeah, so in a moment of lassitude and weakness I was reading some idiot blurb about whatever. Made me consider that I'd like other opinions on things like being pickpocketed and whatever. Am I so cynical that I never, for one second, ever,...