When guys refer to girls..

You’re walking with a bunch of friends, and you see a very good looking girl approach from far. As the girl gets closer and closer, her features become more defined, revealing that she’s not as pretty as you thought she was.

What’s a good phrase to use in this situation?

“Good from far, far from good”

Now, you keep walking through the busy streets of the city and you all notice a girl with a great body, but a not-so-great face. One guy turns to the others and says..

“Dude, that was a total butter face”

This phrase requires a bit of explanation.

The key word in the above phrase is “butter.” Butter here is a word combination of “But Her.” Now when butter is replaces with But Her everything starts to make sense. The phrase could also be ..

"That was a butter face, everything is good but her face"

I looked around the internet for a few pictures of butter faces, and found a few. But I was afraid that the owner of the butter face would sue. I therefore made my own masterpiece, seen above.

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Music Critique Numero Tre

What the hell happened to the Black Eyed Peas (BEP)?

They’re first song was gold! It had a great beat, and even better, sweet meaningful lyrics. When I first heard “Where’s The Love” I was impressed that a mainstream band actually has some thoughts regarding today’s world.

Here are some of the lyrics of “where’s The Love”..

I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorism here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have ANGE for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate…

…New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young…

I remember thinking “Wow! From a hip hop band, those are some impressive lyrics.”

Sadly, though the good lyrics stopped there. While BEP continued to re-invent hip hop, incorporating faster beats and more “dancy” type songs, the lyrics have gone downhill.

Other hits that made it big include “Shut up!” and “Don’t Phunk With My Heart.” As the title of these songs suggest, there was nothing spectacular in terms of lyrics. BEP’s latest hit, “My Humps,” features overly sexual lyrics, classifying women as a collection of “humps” and “lumps”!

An excerpt of the lyrics of “My Humps” goes like..

They say I’m really sexy,
The boys they wanna sex me.
They always standing next to me,
Always dancing next to me,
Tryin’ a feel my hump, hump.
Lookin’ at my lump, lump.
U can look but you can’t touch it,
If u touch it I’ma start some drama,
You don’t want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama…
…

Cos of my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps. (Check it out)

The words “hump” and “lump” are mentioned exactly 42 times in the song. The song has 613 words. So not only the lyrics pathetic, they’re also repetitive.

Am I wrong to expect quality lyrics from a mainstream band? Would that turn something fun (music), into something serious and boring? When I think of “Where’s The Love” I see a perfect a song. The song had a good beat and deep lyrics, so people could have enjoyed the song for the lyrics, the beat, or both!

I guess, sex sells, and that’s what the big production companies are after. Can’t blame them, can we?

Credits:

The idea of this post came from Nurhan, I hope she liked the post.

Technorati Tags: music, hip hop, BEP, lyrics, sex sells

Wise tip of the day..

Be nice to everyone, you never know who's gonna win the lottery

- Omar S

Lotto 6/49 Jackpot is $40 million, il sa7ib is tomorrow

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Have you ever?

Have you ever looked for something, while that something was in your hand?

oh yeah?

well, that never happened to me.. what are you, stupid?

One time, during lunch in high school my friend I started asking questions like the one above, to all kinds of people. Some would say "yeah, that happens to me all the time" expecting us to say "YEAH! me too." To their suprise we would say "well, that never happened to me.. what are you, stupid?"

The reaction on their faces was priceless!

I think the most embarrasing one we asked was..

US:"Have you ever laughed so hard, you peed a little?"

A:"Yeah, this one time.."

Us: "Dude that's nasty!"

This is not a joke! Straight from my textbook

I was looking through the thermodynamics text book when I discovered this masterpiece.

In case you can't read it in the picture, the sample question discusses
"Temperature Rise Due to Slapping" the question goes on to say..

if you ever slapped someone or got slapped yourself, you probably remember the burning sensation on your hand or on your face. Imagine you had the unfortunate occasion of being slapped by an angry person, which caused the temperature of the affected area to rise by 1.8 C (ouch!). Assuming the slaping hand has a mass of 1.2 kg and about ...

the best part is that the question has a schematic!! LOL

I found a reason to look at my textbooks more closely now, and especially the thermo text.

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More on "The Onion"

Yesterday I posted a story from “The Onion” on “intelligent falling theory”. I learnt about The Onion recently, and I thought I would tell you about it.

The Onion, is a “news” source specializing in spinning current stories. To understand the articles on The Onion, you need to be aware of what’s going on in the world. I think the best way to explain The Onion, is by comparing it to "The Daily Show," if you haven't seen the show then you don't know what you're missing. Back to The Onion, while going through some of the articles posted there, I couldn’t help but laugh my ass off at some of the titles of their news stories..

The style of the writers’ of The Onion appeals to me very much… they are my heroes!

Here’s some story titles from the Onion

-Study Finds Jack Shit

-Study Reveals Pittsburgh Unprepared For Full-Scale Zombie Attack

- FDA Approves Sale Of Prescription Placebo

-Bush To Appoint Someone To Be In Charge Of Country

-Bill Introduced As Joke Signed Into Law

-Bush Subconsciously Sizes Up Spain For Invasion

-Oprah Stuns Audience With Free Man Giveaway

-Suicide Bomber Killed En Route By Car Bomb

If you liked the titles, then you would love the articles

Visit The Onion at www.theonion.com

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Saddam Trial

I must say seeing Saddam in a court is something I could never have imagined. Although, I still think that the way he was brought into court was totally careless. To start an unjust war, kill thousands of Iraqi's, creat unstability, and even terrorist training grounds is defenetly not worth it.

Putting that aside, I think we ought to concentrate more on what's happening now. While it's clear Saddam has killed many, it's important to keep in mind that he is a human being like the rest of us, and that he deserves a fair trial. Which brings me to an intruiging argument brought forth by Saddam's defense team.

Rephrased in my words..

"Since the American led invasion on Iraq was illeglal under international law, then all that follows the invasion is also illegal"

The statement is bullet proof. Laws are made for everyone to abide to, with no exceptions. I wonder to what extent the judge will evaluate the argument.

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What? Gravity doesn't exist now??

The problem with some religion men, is that they just don't get it. Evangelicals in the US are launching a large-scale war against science. It first started with “intelligent design theory” and now it has been extended to “intelligent falling theory.” Read on...

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory


KANSAS CITY, KS—As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed, and they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Falling.

"Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is pushing them down," said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University.

Burdett added: "Gravity—which is taught to our children as a law—is founded on great gaps in understanding. The laws predict the mutual force between all bodies of mass, but they cannot explain that force. Isaac Newton himself said, 'I suspect that my theories may all depend upon a force for which philosophers have searched all of nature in vain.' Of course, he is alluding to a higher power."

Founded in 1987, the ECFR is the world's leading institution of evangelical physics, a branch of physics based on literal interpretation of the Bible.

According to the ECFR paper published simultaneously this week in the International Journal Of Science and the adolescent magazine God's Word For Teens!, there are many phenomena that cannot be explained by secular gravity alone, including such mysteries as how angels fly, how Jesus ascended into Heaven, and how Satan fell when cast out of Paradise.

Source: The Onion

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We interrupt the silence to bring you some breaking news..

3 midterms down, and 2 to go... so far so good, well at least for 2 out of the 3.
That's not the news though..
After having 5 interviews, some of which lasted over 45 minutes, I finally got a job!

The offer came from an injection moulding plant/design office nearby. The plant produces all kinds of plastic parts for the automotive industry. My title there is "Program Engineer" and from the sounds of it, it seems like a promising job.

Unlike my last job which was 125 km away, this one is a mere 2.5 km from my house. Extra bonus :)

It's that time of the semester...

... when stress builds up, and free time is scarce.
I'm going through my interview phase at the university, and so far I have 6 of them. This is the most I ever had, and I'm not complaining :)

The problem is that interviews always coincide with the start of midterms. This upcoming Monday marks the beginning of the midterm week. I have midterms during the evening, and interviews in the morning. This gives me almost no time to prepare, but what are you gonna do?

I will try my hardest to use the computer for study purposes only! It will be a good test for my will power

Shaving the Epidermis

So let’s examine the trend with all these razors coming out these days… it seems as if companies like Gillette and Schick are just competing on who can pack the largest number of blades onto the razor.

Now let’s assume that man did descend from monkey. One obvious hair related trend, is that as time goes on, the amount of hair decreases. In other words, Monkey’s are really hairy, humans are not so hairy (Greeks and Italians are excluded) So then, why are we adding more blades? Isn’t that wasteful to our precious resources, as well as unnecessary?

One thing I noticed watching Gillette commercials over the years, is that the last blade always manages to get the last nanometre of hair left. When only two blades were in a razor, the first blade would get the first half of the hair, while the second blade would finish off the second half. With the introduction of Mach 3, each blade successfully removed exactly 1/3 of the hair, leaving nothing behind. The two commercials clearly contradict each other.

Schick also jumped on the Gillette bandwagon when they introduced the Schick Quattro. Each blade in the Quattro magically removed 1/4 of the hair… hmm, that’s some intense blade design!

While we’re on commercials, Gillette and Schick commercials either begin in a lab full of scientist (seemingly busy developing the newest razor) or with a guy shaving in the bathroom, meanwhile being touched by a gorgeous blond. The message that I get is:

Shaving with Gillette = Smooth skin and hot chick

Not a bad equation!

The additions to razors didn’t stop at adding more blades. The new “Mach 3 Power Nitro” includes a battery and a little motor which “sends micro-impulses to the blades” to help get a closer shave.. WHAT? The Mach 3 also features a “lubricating strip” and “enhanced microfins.” I wonder if this blade needs oil changes too.
So all this technology is going into razors, offering a man a closer than ever shave; yet when you watch “Makeover” shows the story is different. The men involved in the makeovers usually end up going to a master barber who uses, get this, a single blade razor. I find that ironic.

At this point you’re probably wondering, which razor does Omar use? I use the Gillette Sensor Excel, as I have been for the past 7 years, although I’m thinking of upgrading to a Turbo :-|

Quick survey.. which razor do you use? (Girls too)

Technorati Tags: Gillette, Schick, Mach 3, Razor, Commercials, Shaving, Blades

Toyota and GM

I present to you the newest addition to the family. If you're embarking on buying a new car, I have only one suggestion... buy Japanese, preferably a Lexus or Toyota.


And, never buy American cars, they're cheap and they show it. Here's an excerpt from JD Power's 2005 Initial Quality Study

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.,: 18 May 2005 — Toyota Motor Corporation and General Motors Corporation, the two largest automobile manufacturers in the world, capture 15 of the 18 top model segment awards, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Initial Quality Study^SM (IQS) released today.

In the study, Toyota Motor Corporation earns 10 of the top model segment awards, with the Lexus SC 430 honored as the highest-ranking model for the second consecutive year, at 54 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100). Other Toyota models earning segment awards include the Toyota Prius (Compact Car), Scion tC (Sporty Car) and Toyota RAV4 (Entry SUV).

If you read carefully, you will notice that GM only won 5 of the the awards, only half of what Toyota won. Considering that GM is the largest auto company in the world, winning only half of the quality awards as Toyota is pretty poor. If you didn't know already, GM includes a wide range of brands under it's name including: Cadillac, Buick, Saab, Saturn, Hummer, GMC, Oldsmobile, Chevy, and Pontiac.

Do you think American cars are underrated?

Technorati Tags: Toyota, GM, Quality, Cars, Corolla

Every Religion Gets a Holiday!

I heard this story today, and it intrigued me enough to post about it. Read on, my thoughts are to follow…

“A York University professor is calling on Queen's Park to stop the school's tradition of cancelling three days of classes in October to honour Jewish holidays.

While York is believed to have more Jewish students than any university in Canada — at nearly 5,000, they represent almost 10 per cent of the student body — history professor David Noble says no public, secular university should cancel classes for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah or any other religious holiday, especially in a province that plans to outlaw religious arbitration.

Noble, who is Jewish, plans to hold classes in open defiance of the cancellations, which he says violate the York University Act of 1965 forbidding the university to impose religious observances on any of its members. "We have a secular government and a secular university that makes it illegal to impose religious observances on students and professors who otherwise would not honour them," he said. Noble doesn't plan to defy cancelling classes on religious holidays like Good Friday because they're statutory.

A provincial spokesperson said Queen's Park respects universities' right to set policies. A York spokesperson said the university adopted the practice in 1974 at the suggestion of a student, adding the rule against imposing religious observation was meant to protect religious freedom.”

Today I heard the professor on a talk radio station, saying that from now on he will give his students every major religious holiday off, with no plans for makeup classes. This infuriated some university officials, and even members of the Jewish community. The prof’s argument is that it’s simply not fair for students of certain religions to get days off while others don’t.

I think for a country like Canada these kinds of exceptions should be avoided. Canada is a mixture of many religions, which should all be respected equally. For instance, there are a large number of Muslim and Hindu students who attend York, getting no special recognition for their religious holidays. I’m sure students of other religions feel that their religion is just as important and that they should get days off. One argument to be made here is that since York University receives funding from a secular government, they should not be allowed to make special exceptions for any religion. The way I look at it, is that if you respect one religion, you have to respect them all. If it’s too hard to accommodate all religions, then just stick to what every other university does.

What the professor did is very smart if you ask me. He made his point by doing the exact opposite of what he was asking for. By giving his students religious holidays, students will now attend on 15 days of school during October. The buzz caused by his decision, got his point across.

Technorati Tags: Religious Holidays, Jewish, York University, David Noble

Oh! The Good Old Hockey Game..

Hello out there, we're on the air,
It's hockey night tonight;
Tension grows, the whistle blows,
And the puck goes down the ice.

The goalie jumps, and the players bump,
The fans all go insane;
Someone roars, "Bobby scores!"
At the good old hockey game.

Oh! The good old hockey game,
Is the best game you can name;
And the best game you can name,
Is the good old Hockey game!

Second period....
Where players dash with skates a-flash,
The home team trails behind;
But they grab the puck and go bursting up,
And they're down across the line.

They storm the crease like bumble bees,
They travel like a burning plane;
We see them slide the puck inside,
It's a one-one hockey game.

Oh! The good old hockey game,
Is the best game you can name;
And the best game you can name,
Is the good old Hockey game!

Third period....
Last game of the playoffs too!
Oh, take me where the hockey players,
Face-off down the rink;
And the Stanley Cup is all filled up,
For the champs who win the drink.

Now the final flick of a hockey stick,
And on one gigantic screen;
Well, the puck is in - the home team wins,
That good old hockey game.

Oh! The good old hockey game,
Is the best game you can name;
And the best game you can name,
Is the good old Hockey game!

~ Stompin' Tim Connors

I started watching hockey two years ago, and just after I got into it, the teams had a season long lockout. But now...

The NHL is back!

The song above is a classic, it was sung yesterday before the Maple Leafs' season opener. Sadly, the Leafs lost the game against their Ontario rival "Ottawa Senators." Even worse the Leafs captain got hit with a puck in the face, leaving him out of play for 4-6 weeks.

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Bill Gates is coming by..

I got this e-mail today..

Hey everyone,
As you may or may not have heard already, Bill Gates is visiting the University of Waterloo on October 13. His visit is part of a three-day North American university tour. Waterloo is the ONLY Canadian destination for the six university tour. Bill Gates wants to talk to students about cutting-edge technology, share his vision for the future and answer questions from students. Rumour has it that he might be demonstrating some of Microsoft's upcoming new technology, namely XBox 360.
______________________________________________________

I put my name in for one of the 100 tickets reserved for engineering students, although I doubt they would pick me..

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Yellow Card and Mr. X

It was about 15 minutes into the game when the referee blew his whistle to stop the game. As I was looking around trying to get an idea of why the sudden stoppage of the game, I saw a player (from the other team) on the grass gasping for air. I wasn’t sure if someone had hit him, or a ball got the best of him, but either way the dude was struggling. We formed a circle around him asking him if he was ok, and I suggested that we carry him off the field, that way he would get the rest needs and we can get playing again (especially when considering that there is no stoppage time).

No one listened to me and we ended up wasting 5 minutes waiting for the guy to catch his breath. I will call that guy Mr. X for the rest of the post.

The first half ended and the second half started. The other team seemed to have this great ability to fall really easily, giving them lots of fouls. Meanwhile, whenever one of us had the ball, they had no problems grabbing our jerseys, and slipping the odd push here and there. That got me a bit worked up and I thought “we have 20 minutes left, we’re tied, and we need to win this game” so I got this sudden surge of energy and I was chasing every ball and going in hard whenever possible.

On one occasion Mr. X got the ball passed to him, and as he was he about to clear the ball from his half, I rushed him and blocked his shot. When I put my foot there to block his shot, I managed to bump the ball away slightly, causing Mr. X to kick the bottom of my foot as hard as he could. The instant after the block I started to run towards the rolling ball, when the referee blew the whistle again. I stopped to hear Mr. X screaming and crying on the grass, rolling around while grabbing what seemed to be a broken ankle. Meanwhile the referee asked for my name, gave me a yellow a card, and told me to leave the field (in rec. soccer a yellow card forces you to take a 2 minute timeout).

Mr. X was rolling and screaming on the grass for a good 10 minutes before he was carried off the field. Meanwhile, I was feeling pretty bad for hurting the guy, especially since I had no intentions to do so. But after talking to my team mates, and recalling the tackle, I came to the conclusion that Mr. X is more like Mrs. X. In other words, the guy is a sissy (ya3ni bil 3arabi 6an6).

Thanks to the 15 or so minutes Mrs. X wasted due to injury time I wasn’t able to get back on the field. After the game I wanted to go and check up on him, but I was afraid he would start crying.

And in case you are wondering, Mr. X didn’t break anything. The guy was limping slightly after the game, which is quite normal after a soccer game.

About the image:
An accurate depiction of the moment right before the tackle. Please notice the lines trailing behind me, indicating my quick and graceful movements :| And in case you're wondering, yes I did take art in highschool. Sometimes I think I should have stuck with fine arts...

So long blogger template :(

As you have noticed, my old template design was tinkered with, to produce this new masterpiece. I have been talking about changing m template design for quite a while now, but without the help from Sinan and Amr, and the encouragement of Dina and Ghalia I would not have done it. God, I feel like I'm writing an Oscar speech..

Initially I just wanted to put a banner in, but after consulting my readers and taking in their opinions, I decided to put in more effort into the new design.

As usual, let me know what you honestly think :)