Equal time

The husband must pay for the wife and kids.  He must be fair but liberal towards his wives.  I must give each wife her own house.  My plan is to have the 3 houses and my studio all next to each other, work at my studio and tend to the garden and crops during the day, alternate every night with one of my wives, and visit all my wives every day, and always be in physical reach 24/7.  I must liberal in terms of births, deaths, and illness just as I expect my wives to be liberal with each other.  The newlywed gets 3 nights in a row.  We vacation once a year, assuming we can afford it.  I don't care where we go, but we all go there together.  I will have to go do my Hajj when the time comes and leave you all by yourselves for 2 weeks, unless you get to follow me and join me in worship to Allah.

It is impossible to be precisely fair with all my wives.  Just as it is impossible for each house to have exactly the same amount of land.  The best that I can do is to struggle for equal time, and you have to be lenient with me in terms of property.  After all, right now I can't afford to have any wives.  But the husband must pay for the wives.  Do you think THAT is fair?  Yes, it is fair.

A photo of my fried noodles about to leave the wok.  I ate the whole wok by myself, half for lunch and the other half after voice training.

That sure looks like a tooth, Erin

Now remember what I told you, my Darling.  The next time you are on the Dan Patrick show, try to talk about sports only.  You're beautiful, Erin.  I love you.


Hi Natty honey!  Aw Natty, how are you feeling?  You're such a beautiful girl.  I hope you are having tons of fun, and please stay safe OK?

Ah Pina, suddenly you got famous.  Suddenly you're the homecoming Queen.  Suddenly you're the prettiest girl in Holland.  How did that happen?  Because I want to make you my wife.  MashaAllah.  Don't forget what I told you: fame is not a blessing, but it's great for a modeling career and for your bosses.  So make lots of money for yourself while you can, be safe and chaste, and try to have fun OK?  Eat a herring for me.

Hello Beautiful Erin

Muslims don't celebrate Christmas, but I can't help but feel all longing and gooey seeing your cozy and meticulous way of wrapping presents.  With the bow neatly stacked on the tape.  I want to marry you!  Ya Allah, please help me!  I want to be married to my Erin!  I was processing fish just now and locked Floofy up with her kittens in a room for some peace.  She didn't like that, so she emptied out the entire cat box onto the floor.

Hey Natty!  How are you feeling, my dear?  I was busy cooking when little Luca started nosing around under my skirt.  Sarong, rather.  So I reached down there and grabbed her, which surprised her and made her jump around under my skirt (sarong).  This would have been funny, but she stuck a claw into my pinky, which made it gush blood.  It could have been worse, I guess.  No Honey, I don't slut around.. I just stay at home and do my routine every day, sometimes I go out for groceries and bills, and I run errands for my elderly parents, then I go to the mosque to pray with the congregation.  I have NO privacy.  If I were to slut around, the world would instantly know about it.

HI Pina!  I had a craving for Dutch herring, but we don't have herring here, so the next best thing is mackerel.  So I went out for a quest for fresh fish, which was a chore in itself because the local merchants hadn't received their stock yet, but I found one that did eventually.  Mackerel is difficult to fillet unless the stomach is loose.

This fish is smaller than herring and the skin doesn't come off so easily, but it still tastes good.  I removed the heads and the bones, and used soy sauce and onions because I had no pickles.

This was a lot of effort for the 30 seconds that I ate all of them.  I just wanted a snack!

Cold and wet yet sunny and warm

It's been grey and raining every day lately, but today I had to get out of the house and run some errands and do some shopping.  It wasn't raining when I left the house, but it looked like rain so I thought to myself, "I'll go as far as the rain stops me."  So I made it downtown, and I had brunch at Omar's.  The rain began to really come down at this point, but as a fine mist.  Wet yet fine.  I left Omar's to go to the barber shop, but he wasn't open so I decided to get gasoline then go home.  I put my raincoat at the pump, but half way home the sun came out and everything turned dry.  So I turned back and made it to my barber.  He was open now, so I got my haircut.  I did my shopping, then went home.  After voice training, I made fried noodles for dinner then the rain came down.  And now it's cold and grey again.

Natty you beautiful little sweetheart, how are you feeling?  I'm guessing you're with your family or will be soon, so I wish you lots of fun and please be safe.  There's plenty of time for us, Natty.  Just be yourself, and make decisions as they come along OK?

Pina, you're so cute!  Congratulations on getting your driver's license.  Perhaps you would like an amphibious car, so you can drive right into the canal from Liedse street.  I'm just joking!  I know you don't have a boating license yet.

I should have taken a snapshot of my dinner, because it was really good alhamdulillah.  What I want right now is a big, fat herring.  I hope they serve it raw.

Busy?

So am I.  At least I don't have to make personal appearances.  Actually, I do.  My avatar does too.  She's become very famous.  At least she's pretty.

Hi Natty honey!  How are you, Sweetie?  Don't be afraid Natty, everything will be OK inshaAllah.  At least put your fear in the right place.  I have a feeling you have something to tell me, but you don't know how.  Just do it.

Hi Pina!  Are you hungry?  You're always hungry, huh?  I think I would really like that herring.  That just looks absolutely yummy.  I like raw fish.  It depends on the fish, but herring is definitely my kind of fish.

What's on TV?

If you're just kicking back with nothing else to do, you might find it interesting to watch the shows that my computer forced me to watch while I was voice training today.




Yeah, none of it is a blessing and I could have fast forwarded it to the next show, but I don't do that while I'm singing unless it's "The Apprentice."