Qur'an 20160713

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

28.  When they do that which is shameful, they say,"We found our fathers doing so," and "Allah commanded us thus."  Say, "Allah never commands what is shameful.  Do you say of Allah what you know not?"

29.  Say, "My Lord has commanded justice, and that you set your whole selves at every time and place of prayer, and call upon God, making your devotion sincere as in God's sight.  Such as God created you in the beginning, so shall you return."

(The Heights 7:28-29)
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Nobody sells one kilo of rice anymore

My avatar never smiles.  But just now while I was at the dance club, for a few seconds she was grinning away!  No, I didn't command her to smile.  For that brief moment, she looked so happy.  I know why.  I can't say why in this public place, though.

Anyway, I can't buy just one kilo of rice for my sushi today.  Rice comes in 5 kilo portions around here, and I don't have the money to buy 5 kilos of rice.  What was on sale were boil-in-the-bag pressed rice called "ketupat", common food during the Eid.  So I bought a pack of that, and since it's supposed to be pressed rice it would be sure to be sticky, and perfect for sushi.  The fish of the day is mackerel.  Yeah I don't have anything better, because I'm broke.  Sushi originated in Japan as poor man's food, anyway.  The mackerel were gorging on silversides when they were caught, and they had them in their mouths when I bought them.  The little fish were eating littler fish.  So the sushi today is mackerel, egg, chives, and mackerel liver.  Delicious!  Want some?  Dutch treat!  No, my treat.

But seriously, folks

If you want to audition your music, you should give it to Erin.  She's the DJ of the family, she's nice, and she'll play it on her show or something.  I used to be nice.  When it comes to music, I'm the tyrant of the family.  I have my vision, and that's all I'm interested in.

I was at the night market just now, and bought some food for dinner.  But the portion was so small, it wasn't even worth photographing.  You may argue that if I want a bigger portion, then I should pay more.  But I need to buy fish for sushi tomorrow, so I had to cook up some bread nuggets with marinara sauce to fill me up.

Headphones today, but not usually

I took them off after 10 minutes.  Headphones hurt my eardrums, especially with bass because bass needs to be felt more than heard, plus my guitar is noisy which is fine with me but in headphones it becomes unbearable, plus I wasn't getting any feedback.  I was getting electrocuted as well, which has nothing to do with the headphones, and I don't know why because my setup is the same as usual, meager as it is.

Mucho mas mondo mango-o's

Wow, what beautiful flowers.  Anyway, the harvest from the mango tree in my yard is always good every year.  My brother took down 10x the amount of mangoes that I took in the photo, and that was my second helping.  Not Harumanis, but not bad.

Here's my mango colored outfit.  Note that the numbers on the donation meter in the back are wrong.  There were L$1100 in donations while I was there, and the number didn't budge.  Anyway, with jacket:

and without:

I always take off my jacket after a couple of tunes.  I guess SL is good for my listening to current music, otherwise I would be stuck in the past.

Free all-you-can-eat pizza for life when you stay married to me!

InshaAllah!  Stack them on high!  Make her a pizza pie!  Pile the toppings on to the sky!  Open your mouth up wide!  I have 15 years experience in the pizza business before becoming a full time rock star!  Check out the crust on this deep dish pizza!

Just don't get bloated!