Keeping your cool?

The past couple of weeks were tough for me, but Allah helped me out and I'm keeping the temperatures down.  It would be nice to be in autumn but I'm not, so there.  How are you doing?  Are those emotions in check?  I think you should hide for a bit, maybe redecorate your home or something.  Don't provoke the public unless you have an official statement to make.

Hey Natty, how's the spy network coming along?  Oh it's not so much a spy network, but a closed circuit camera system...  I rely on Allah for information, but sometimes info is withheld from me for the sake of others.  Like when Julia got married, and I kept on writing to her for almost a year.  Duh!  If I had money, I would have been married years ago!  But having such a system means that the world is smaller than you think, which is auspicious for our being married soon.  But Erin first, OK?

Pina!  How are you?  I hope you understand that it's not a matter of having it all, but doing the best you can with what you have...

 

 

 

 

 

I can't draw

If drawing came easily for me, I would have never left the bedroom when I was young.  But I can't draw, so instead I had to collect photos of beautiful models to look at.  I can't draw, otherwise "Woo Hoo" would have been released with cover art.  I don't have money, so I can't pay someone to do the cover art.  But it didn't matter: I felt the music was strong enough to be released without cover art.  It was supposed to come with acting and sound effects, but I felt the music was strong enough to be released without acting and sound effects.  If I had been able to include cover art, I have a vision of a mosaic of teeth of a Verdun type landscape done in puke green with a grinning crescent moon in the sky.  I suppose if I come across someone who would donate such cover art of quality, I could re-release the album with cover art.  But it doesn't matter: I feel the music is strong enough to be released without cover art.  But it would be a shame if "Woo Hoo" turned out to have greater historical impact than "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band",  and there was no cover art.  But as it is, it doesn't need cover art.

Hey Natty honey!  How are you feeling?  I want to be with you too.  I've been a loner all of my life but seriously, I want the company of my wife.

Hey Pina!  Remember what I told you: conquer Denmark!

 

 

 

Qur'an 20170904

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

46.  Say, "I do admonish you on one point: that you do stand up before Allah, in pairs or alone, and reflect.  Your companion is not possessed: he is no less than a warner to you, in face of a terrible penalty."

47.  Say, "No reward do I ask of you: it is in your interest.  My reward is only due from Allah, and God is Witness to all things."

48.  Say, "Verily my Lord does cast the Truth.  God that has full knowledge of what is hidden."

49.  Say, "The Truth has arrived, and falsehood neither creates anything new, nor restores anything."

50.  Say, "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul.  But if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me.  It is God Who hears all things, and is near."

Sheba  34:46-50
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Sunday

Sunday mornings I clean my parents' bedroom.  Plus the other usual chores I do.  Last night it rained, so I don't have to water half of the plants, which is a nice break.  Because Sunday mornings are always busy.  My Mom had me running around looking for breakfast, but everyone's closed this weekend.  It's the weekend of Independence Day and the Eid.  Only big business is open today, and they weren't open yet.  Housecleaning took me a 2 or 3 hours, then I had to go to the grocery store to buy noodles and eggs for my lunch.  I gave me Mom a back massage, not It's time for me to take a nap.  And I need a nap if I am to function properly for voice training.

I sure hope they release the Kennedy assassination documents without any problems.  Anybody who tries to stop or tamper with the release must surely be protecting the Mob.

Qur'an 20170903

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

34.  Never did We send a Warner to a population but the wealthy ones among them said, "We believe not in that with which you have been sent."

35.  They said,"We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished."

36.  Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom God pleases, but most men understand not."

37.  It is not your wealth nor your sons that will bring you nearer to Us in degree, but only those who believe and work righteousness.  These are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they are in dwellings on high.

38.  Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.

39.  Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of God's servants as God pleases, and nothing do you spend in the least but God replaces it, for God is the Best of those who grant Sustenance."

40.  One Day God will gather them all together, and say to the angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?"

Sheba 34:34-40
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Busy?

So am I at the moment.  After I write this letter, I will take a shower then head out to the mosque.  They usually slaughter livestock on the day after the Eid to give to the people, I'm sure you remember my posting some photos of that.  They had 4 steer last year which resulted in some waste, but this time I plan to stick around to the end  and pick up some bones for stew or something, if any.  Not that I'm hoping for anything at all, I don't like the waste.  They only have 2 steer this year anyway.  I helped them out last year but I was mostly in the way, and some guy almost cut my hand.  I'm just leaving the zealous to do their thing while I watch today.  I'm bringing my smartphone, maybe I'll take a nap while I wait. 

Natty, that's an old photo.  Yes you're very pretty, of course.

Pina, that's an old photo.  My guess is that you took that photo in NYC, judging from the bags under your eyes and the low quality of your hair.  Make sure you are treated right from now on.  Tell them I insist.

Qur'an 20170902

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

27.  Say, "Show me those who you have joined with God as partners... by no means!  No, God is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise."

28.  We have not sent you but as a messenger to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them, but most men understand not.

29.  They say,"When is this promise, if you are telling the truth?"

30.  Say, "The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour, nor put forward."

31.  The unbelievers say, "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in that before it."  Could you but see when the wrongdoers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word on one another!  Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones, "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"

Sheba 34:27-31
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