Qur'an 20170121

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

56.  Say, "Call on those, besides God, whom you fancy.  They have neither the power to remove your troubles from you, nor to change them."

57.  Those whom they call upon do desire means of access to their Lord, even those who are nearest.  They hope for God's Mercy, and fear God's Wrath, for the Wrath of your Lord is something to take heed of.

The Night Journey  17:56-57
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The Italian restaurant

Muslims don't (are not supposed to) eat pork, but I had to work in an Italian restaurant for many years of my life.  We wore latex gloves, which was the local heath code, but that saved me from having to touch the stuff.  Then the boss decided to put prosciutto and pancetta (salt-cured ham and bacon) on the menu, and there was a pasta dish (I forget what it's called) that's made of pasta in a pancetta, cream, garlic and salt sauce.  As you would guess, the flavor is a balance of cream and salt.  I asked the boss, "So you fry up the pig, then add the cream and salt?"  But I couldn't taste the stuff.  So I usually asked a waiter to test it for salt whenever someone ordered the stuff.

Hey Natty, let's fly!  Pina, you're in Spain huh?  You know, I love techno for some reason.  It must be from going to raves when I was young.  But to find a street drummer playing techno is just awesome.  I think this drummer is from Spain. Or Portugal  Just a guess.