Eid Mubarak!

I wasn't sure whether it was the Eid Today or not, reason being, 100% of my customers a Muslims and by pretending to care or know, it would give me some sort of an advantage. It really does not matter to me either way.

Today, I needed to go and see a customer, so I tried to know whether it was the Eid or not before going there. The best way, I thought, was to go to the Religion Side of Sky TV and check... And there it was, THE LIGHT, on Sky Channels 585 and 593, we have the man himself, the Prophet (not profit), the Reverend. Peter Popoff, selling his Snake Oil to the Gullible, oh  sorry, he was Giving away, Free Miracle Spring Water and Anointed Faith Tool to everybody. "Hallelujah"and demons out... I was going to be bad and order some of the Water, but I decided against it...

 كل عام و انتم بالف خير اعاده الله عليكم بالخير و البركة و تحقيق الاماني

Burn-a-Quran day on Sept 11 - لكم دينكم ولي ديني

 Defiant: Pastor Terry Jones vowed to continue his Burn-A-Quran Day even
(Probably, not sold many copies of his book)

All the idiots are out of the woodwork, some are threatening to kill, while others are threatening to burn.  What a way to go.

Me personally, I don't like killing people or burning books (it's so last Century, reminiscent of Nazism on both sides). I don't think it really matters what anybody thinks or does, as long as they don't harm others. And if the man wants to go and burn the Quran, well then, he can go and do it (لكم دينكم ولي ديني).  It would not achieve or change anything, and the world will keep on turning. If nobody cares, and just leave him to it, then the whole thing will just blow into obscurity. By calling for his death and whatever, you are giving this nobody, a global platform, a voice and a hell of a lot of free publicity.

The best thing about the whole affair is, both sides are supposedly peace loving, preaching and practicing. What a lot of baloney. I think I will just turn my other butt cheek now..

لكم دينكم ولي ديني

You have your religion and I have mine

a love to remember..

it was a love to remember
a love that kept me going through the darkest night and for this, there is no denying.

you know that i've been waiting, waiting for so long.
promises made, have long since come undone.
all the things you told me, you didn't mean at all.
the truth was never there, only lies from wall to wall.

the hurt i feel so deep inside, is all that's left behind.
nobody cares, about the pain i feel inside.

still keeping me waiting, waiting for so very long.
still anticipating, the thought of where i belong.
baby i'm still waiting, for the day when you return.
the fire within still burning, the wounds within remain.

baby i'm still waiting, after all this time.

my body is weak, my back is bent, but still, you're on my mind.

Happy Birthday...

My Daughter is 14 Today...

Happy Birthday

Spaghetti Western II

In the interest of fairness, might I suggest a tasty, vegetarian, Pasta recipe. For that you will need the following:

4 Tablespoons Olive Oil (Virgin or otherwise)
1 Pound of ripe(ish) Tomatoes
2 Garlic Cloves, chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
Few fresh Basil leaves, torn
Grated Cheese (I use Cheddar)
Optional (2 Fresh Chillies, Chopped), Some like it HOT...

Place everything in a heat proof dish (apart from the Cheese), mix with your hands so that everything gets coated with everything else.

Place in an Oven and roast for a good while. You can wait until the tomato skin begins to burn on top, that will give it an extra smokey flavor...And when that happens, then all is ready.

Cook and drain your favorite Pasta, put in a bowl and add some of the cooked tomatoes & sauce, some Cheese, and mix... And believe me, you don't need much for a full on flavor..

Enjoy,,,,

ps. You can remove the Chopped Garlic & Chillies before serving...

Spaghetti Western

After watching an Italian Chef cooking Spaghetti on This Morning, I decided to copy the Recipe, and make my own..  So I went out, bought all the ingredients, including the Red, Red Wine.

For starters, I pulverised the Carrots, Onions and Celery Sticks using, what else but Vince's magic, Slap Chop.

I fried the ingredients, added the mince and browned all to perfection with some Salt & Pepper. Added the Red, Red Wine and Tomatoes. Added herbs and spices and cooked on low heat for bloody ages...

This was the first time ever that I have used Red, Red Wine in cooking, and all I can say, it tasted and looked bloody awful, full bodied, very dark and with a hint of a bitter aftertaste. Just so very bad (that is the description of the resultant meal and not the wine)...

This is the last time ever, that I will be making one of these dishes....

Believe me, it tastes worst than it looks, and it looks like Shit.

 And the final resting place, just like many a fine meal before it.

RAMADAN II

A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta Friday, killing up to 43 people in the second major attack this week, piling pressure on a government struggling with a flood crisis.

This is the second Suicide attack in Pakistan, during Ramadan. So I ask you, what kind of a Muslim, kills other Muslims during Ramadan (supposedly, a holy month) .. There are no excuses for killing anybody, ever.