But first, a short post about a great man who I was reminded of today.
In Memoriam H.A.H
A short blog post about Hume Alexander Horan, who I remembered while reading one of Jeremy's old blog posts. The third one down entitled Arabic- The language of peace. I read about Hume Horan when I borrowed his copy of The Arabists (a great book; it reads smooth like a trashy novel, but it educates like NOVA). I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Hume Horan was an American diplomat and Ambassador and a legend in the State Department. He is regarded as the greatest Arabic speaker the state department has ever had. He was removed from Saudi Arabia for making the King nervous. He would literally scare Arab leaders who didn't quite know how to deal with a westerner that spoke so well. I read the referenced blog today while I was working on my dumb memo that is due on Monday and it made me wish I was studying Arabic again.Anyways, that's as far as my memorial service is going to go. I am pretty sure that you would all really like the book. Also, you should learn a new language. It's a good goal. It is nice to feel a little out of place all the time. I think it is healthy for the psyche and improves social skills.
Now on to our games.
First, the prizes:
1) A nice Israel/Palestine dual flag lapel pin
2) "Amazing Grace; A Real Highland Fling" CD of Scottish bagpipe music
3) One (1) bar of Irish Spring Original Scent Deodorant Soap
4) A drawing of you doing a favorite activity in MS Paint
5) A Limerick involving your name
6) A funny line referencing you in my next blog
7) Nothing
And now our winners
The winner of the Israel/Palestine very nice lapel pin is: LISA!!!! (The pin doesn't have that writing underneath, but it is still pretty cool)
The winner of the Amazing Grace A Real Highland Fling CD is: NATHAN!!!!
The winner of the Irish Spring Original Scent Deodorant Soap is: ALISON!!!!
The winner of the sweet MS Paint drawing of you and actively involved in a favorite activity of your choice is: ANNA!!!!
The winner of a witty limerick involving your name is: BRIDGET!!!!
The winner of a funny line referencing you in my next blog is: BRYAN!!!!
The winner of nothing is Katie. Sorry Katie. Anna drew the names out of my hat. Better luck next drawing though.
Thank you to all my followers. And also to Alison, Nathan, Bridget, Anna, and Lisa: your ice cream sandwiches are shortly on their way. Thanks for backing me up on the whole armpit thing.
I wonder if that is why I got a 55% female rating. Whatevs.
6 comments:
OH MAN!!! I seriously got super super excited about that whole thing! How awesome! I think I will wear the pin on my new red coat. That will make it extra magical!
Thanks Chris!
Yesssss, I WIN! Thanks Chris!
You also still owe me a trip to Chuck E. Cheeses and some tokens.
Woohoo! I can't wait to see that limerick. Good luck rhyming Bridget with anything besides Midget.
The Arabists is on my top 10 list of favorite books. Really. Thanks for this little memorial.
Maybe your blog is ranked so feminine because you've now ended two posts with "whatevs."
1) I am so excited I won something I do not already own.
2) I would like a picture depicting a scene from one of most frequent daydreams: I, along with a number of others, have been captured by terrorist. First, I am insolent, courageous, and self sacrificing in a way that even the terrorists are forced to respect. Then I cleverly find a way to save us all. Any scene you can imagine from that sort of scenario would be fine.
Also, I would like to be wearing Lisa's red coat.
63.
P.S. Anna- just yesterday I was thinking about how you practice saying "I'm not afraid of you." to terrorists in the mirror and I have concluded that I will never in my life be as brave as you. I just hope when they attack me you're there to save me.
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