John MacArthur
- Location
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Birthday
- January 16
- Company
- My own, usually.
- Bio
- Teacher, writer and sometime polymath...whatever rolls around the next bend.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Surviving Ramadan
August 28, 2009 09:10AM - Connection
July 22, 2009 06:05PM - Nothing Doing in the Sacred
Spaces
July 01, 2009 07:18AM - Iconic Relics
June 26, 2009 02:09PM - Phones and Shoes
June 25, 2009 11:35AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I almost lost my life to
booze, and I'm happily sober
for
over three years. It
ta…”
November 27, 2009 02:32PM - “Powerful stuff. I've
passed this on to someone who
might
benefit from it.
Thanks.…”
August 30, 2009 11:40AM - “In the same way that
when we hear a recording of
our own
voice, it never fails
to…”
August 28, 2009 09:16AM - “Quite excellent, and
thanks. I decided a long time
ago that
as far as possible
I…”
August 22, 2009 10:24AM - “Breathtaking. And
remarkably bright-eyed,
optimistic and
fierce. The
British have…”
August 15, 2009 06:35AM
John MacArthur's Links
Surviving Ramadan
Here we go
again. The Holy Month of Ramadan is upon us. This
year, falling as it does from mid August to mid-September, we have
longer days and shorter nights, where the malls stay open till 3am
and people drive suicidally bug-eyed and with blood sugar so low
their ankles swell/… Read full post »Connection
Collective consciousness - is it a 'truth' or a virtual, imaginary reality?
Wandering is a good way to get around in Israel, turnings and doors yield small sherbets of pleasure as fresh insights are so effortlessly garnered. One is so gently persuaded to simply leave cynicism behind, like a st… Read full post »
Nothing Doing in the Sacred Spaces
Iconic Relics
Phones and Shoes
I have my own reasons for focusing on the Middle East at the moment. The Chosen One (no, not the kid with the broomstick, the black guy in No 1600) has either allowed himself to be compromised by sniggering PR or else they simply dropped the ball, which seems most unlikely.… Read full post »
Strange Attractors
Perhaps I've been thinking too much; there isn't enough closet space. As I find myself flying effortlessly in the universes created by others, dazzled by their skill, the nerve endings ripple soundlessly, catching creative juice
An attractor is a set to which a dynamical system evolves… Read full post »
Humpty Dumpty
When the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a "divine assessment," he was using the ace up the sleeve of velayat-e faqih, divine sanction. Oh. So it must all be OK, then. Or not. An awful lot of Iranians didn't buy it for a… Read full post »
Shiva's shrinking lingam
The Shiva lingam at Amarnath has failed to form this year, because of glacial recession and insufficient snowfall. It's quite a sight when it does in a good season, but like most men, it has it's ups and downs, ironically forming longest and thickest in the colder weather. The gods… Read full post »
Tragic Humanism
Dawkins suggests that the worst
excesse… Read full post »
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