The call to prayer

Five times a day in Saudi Arabia, the muezzin turns on a speaker system and calls the people to pray. It’s not music – music is forbidden, officially. But it’s melodic, sort of like the…

Why I like challenges

My personality likes challenges. If you haven’t noticed it yet, I like to create these challenges for myself. I like to seek out these situations where there’s a clear goal in the end but something…

Restarting

I’m horrible about keeping my computer running for days on end. I work on it late into the night and early morning hours and then just crash when I can’t stay up anymore, leaving my…