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I’ve been reading too much.

I was out bicycling around 1 AM to return a video before paying a late fee, and the only thing I could think was about how I could use the half crooked smile appearance of the moon as a literary allusion.  I blame the books I’ve been reading lately.  Ever since the “Classics” application on the iPhone was made free, I’ve read 4 books; this is in less than a week, and despite me being overwhelmed with work.

For record’s sake, the four were “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu, “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” by Edwin Abbott Abbott, “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling and “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll.  I gave up on Alice half way through, since it was too irritating to read it on the iPhone screen, but the other three were fantastic.  I think The Art of War worked quite well with the iphone, since the small parables seemed to flow well from page to page.

February 5, 2010

  • hi

    Usman Makhdoom

    February 8, 2010

  • Hellow Jawaad,

    I too am a Canadian Muslim, and have been enjoying reading your blog. My wife, 2 children and I are planning a trip to Tokyo and the surrounding countries. Would you be available to answer a few quick questions about getting around with children, etc.?

    Khaled Sultan

    February 10, 2010