Fantastic photo.

I'll miss you SP, and I'll never forget you :( Say hi to oba for me, on the other side (HAG heaven)

SP ku aaway?

Packing for my trip

SP I CAN'T accept that from you, remember how we used to rule the cantarbaqash corner in these late hours before my falling out with you-know-who? Oba's malayaacni thread is a dying one, I hate to admit... even his best friend cambuulo no longer posts here. The only option is to take our conversations over there, which will undoubtedly drive cidhi to insanity.

I run this cantarbaqash ish

Why aren't we staging a coup of the cantarbaqash corner?

SomaliPhilosopher;957591 wrote: you missed out saffy. though its never too late. indulge now http://books.google.com/books?id=MDJZnUc2eZAC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=qori+ismaris&source=bl&ots=mwaSyRvlFL&sig=gcJ7ccuTAyZZtuIU82PFoD_8oTc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XpOpUYP0LcXC0gGCsoD4Ag&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=qori%20ismaris&f=false Thanks, SP. I remember a lot of Somali folk stories from my childhood, but Qori Ismaris wasn't one of them.

My parents never told me Qori Ismaris stories

Aaliyyah;957568 wrote: Mashallah but your right hand is not supposed to know what your left hand donates. The point being never share the amount you donate. There is more ajar in concealing it. Chimera's self-disclosure likely encouraged more people to donate, there is no need to criticize him for it.

Bless Starbucks for creating a mug large enough for my shah needs.

Yes, I'm still trying to make this thread happen.

*bump* QansaxMeygaag, what's your verdict on Kapteijns' book? Brushing up on research methods before my trip... And the books I'm taking with me to read during downtime or use for reference:

Chimera;957526 wrote: Set up a company - Work in progress. My bucket-list can't be achieved in a single year, and I don't consider changing habits actual goals, since my life isn't very Rock & Roll, instead its quite dull, but healthy.

Apophis;957495 wrote: I was expecting a thread about Turkey, it'll never happen Oh, but it did.

Alpha Blondy;957520 wrote: :D

Mayor Rob Ford suffers a sixth resignation from his staff Ford says three new hires have been made, including one he showed around the office Friday. By: David Rider Urban Affairs Bureau Chief, Published on Fri May 31 2013 Mayor Rob Ford suffered a sixth staff resignation in eight days, albeit one apparently in the works before the crack video scandal unleashed a high-profile firing and a wave of resignations in his office. Michael Prempeh, one of the two young “special assistants” who came to Ford’s office via the University of Toronto’s football program, resigned on Friday, a city spokeswoman confirmed. Sources say he told Ford and his colleagues weeks ago that he planned to leave to focus on marketing and promotions duties at CAVE magazine. Ford moved swiftly to counter talk that his office is in chaos by announcing Friday that he has hired three “movers and shakers” and expects to announce another three or four hires early next week. One of the new staffers is special assistant Katrina Xavier-Ponniah. The junior position pays in the $40,000 range. Xavier-Ponniah’s Linkedin profile says she studied at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B. Work experience includes summer stints of administrative work for a lawyer and data entry for the university. The exodus from Ford’s office started with Mark Towhey, Ford’s chief of staff, right-hand man and tireless defender who was fired and marched out of city hall by security. Sources say Towhey had urged the mayor to take steps to get healthy. Then on Monday both of Ford’s spokespeople, George Christopolous and Isaac Ransom, abruptly resigned. They were followed on Thursday by Brian Johnston, a policy adviser and council relations official, and Kia Nejatian, Ford’s executive assistant. Ford, who has said things are going “great” and it is business as usual for his office, told reporters Friday that he had just hired two new staff. “Yeah, good people,” he said, before giving two young women separate tours of the mayor’s administrative office, nicknamed “the fishbowl” for its glass walls, which has been the site of staff departure dramas. A relaxed-looking Ford paused to show one of the women a fish tank in the corner. Publicly, Ford has called reports that he appears on a video smoking crack cocaine as “ridiculous” and said “there’s no video.” However, Ford has refused to discuss the reports in detail, fuelling concerns from councillors that the scandal and sordid headlines are damaging the city and prompting two of them to say he should step aside temporarily.

You're welcome. Now contribute to the thread dee

Wadani;957507 wrote: Can u expain how number 7 would work? EndNote is by far the most popular in universities, but I've been trying to use Sente since I'm a Macbook and iPad user and I like how it syncs across both devices (and it looks nicer). Basically what all of these different programs do is allow you to generate bibliographies (and cite as you write), organize PDF libraries and research notes, annotate documents, etc. I'm probably the only grad student in the world who does all of this manually, and I've been meaning to start using one of these programs so I can have a more organized workflow.

Well, almost mid-year. How are those New Year's resolutions coming along, people? Or goals you've set for yourself for 2013? My resolutions: 1) distance myself from or cut off unhealthy/toxic people - yes 2) get my summer body back - LOLOLOL 3) get an oud and learn to play - working on it 4) overall commitment to self-care (ie. sleep 8 hours a night, drink more water, etc) - somewhat 5) cook more often - fail 6) host people for get togethers at my apartment more often - somewhat 7) use reference management software to keep track of my reading and citations - fail 8) win at least one research grant to travel this summer - BALLIN' 9) start training for a half-marathon in spring 2014 - to be resumed after epic research trip

Takes me back to high school...

Enough qabiil talk :mad:

To annoy you dee. I still want an apology from the alter ego who was mean to me

Happy Friday y'all