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Today Nooriya tackled me and with her arms around my neck as she smiled she told me, "this is the biggest hug ever and I'll never l...

Today I listened to a RadioLab podcast on how the dinosaurs went extinct.  It was very science-y and cool.  The podcast talked about lots a...

Happy birthday Nooriya!  We are having pancakes for breakfast, currently Nooriya's only reliable meal that she finishes with me. Our sp...

The other day Nooriya told me, "I drink duud and I get full...it's magical" It is kind of magical.  So many wondrous system...

A friend pointed me to one of those cheesy yet inspiring stories today.  I want to write it down and remember it. “Let me tell you some...

I constantly heard this or some variation of this for years when I was in little league. I learned today when the ball goes a little bit fas...

Today is the 22nd consecutive day that I've woken up early and started my day with a workout.  I'm past my physical prime, but I st...

NASA made it official, the Voyager crossed into interstellar space. I wrote about being fascinated by the things the golden record conta...

"I have seen the future and it's still in the future"...the future of George Jetson at least.  I'm not quite sure when tha...

I'm rereading a book I first read almost ten years ago. A small chapter I read fast the first time caught my attention and is packed w...

It's Ramadan and every year I turn inward and think about all that's been given to me and do my best to appreciate it. I think a lot...

I love math because it is full of very abstract concepts with implications about our world once you get passed the foundation stuff.  I...

I'm taking an interest in digital privacy or lack of.  I'm learning that nothing I write in an email (whether sent or not) or blog ...

"A prediction that the sun will rise is no more rational than a prediction the sun won't rise...don't blame nature because you ...

Yesterday Yusuf told me that we "should get a pool in the backyard because it is awesome". It is awesome.  The more I thought a...

I read about a solar powered plane that could fly through the night.  The plane is not practical.  It's slow, difficult to maneuver, an...

I saw this and first thought that it was just cool. I think back to every summer and seeing fireflies and watching them randomly flicker...

I love having cookies and milk with the kids. Nooriya is learning how to dip cookies in milk, it's a little messy:-)

I love my Saturday mornings, most Saturdays in the morning it its just me and Nooriya. Too soon she will go to madrasa too:'(

I'm pretty sure I didn't encourage either one of them to say this:-) "I want to be a builder when I grow up" "I wan...