the blinding absence of light

"Life is but a brief moment. The years go by quickly and old age arrives suddenly before we have an inkling. People desire so many things and waste their days in vain.... some yearn for gold, others for power, yet others for glory and a higher station. But when death's moment nears and they look back at the lives they've lived, they realise they've been happy only during those moments when they've loved."

Borje Vahamaki (thanks Shanny).




The west own the world not by the superiority of it's ideas or values or religion but rather by it's superiority in applying organised violence.
Westerners often forget this fact, non-westerners never do.

Samuel P. Huntington
(preface to Salaam Pax, a compiled published blog by an Iraqi living through these times!)




As his schoolfriend Ben Affleck once told Oprah Winfrey, "If I woke up in a hotel room with a dead hooker, Matt's the first guy I'd call."

so who would YOU call?




"The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the [so-called] strength of women is the facade of weakness."





"Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."

Erica Jong




"You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy."

Erica Jong





Love is a great comedy and so is life....when you are not playing one of the roles!