This is not a man with a blog.

Thanksgiving reading

By Shabbir | December 2, 2002 | Comments Off on Thanksgiving reading

I spent Thanksgiving week in the San Francisco area with a stack of books. The Trials of Lenny Bruce I’ve already reviewed. The other three were Elisabeth Eaves’ memoir of her life as a stripper in




The Trials of Lenny Bruce

By Shabbir | December 1, 2002 |

Here at the beginning of the 21st century, the concept of a comedian being hauled into court for something he said on stage seems absurd. And yet, that is exactly what happened to America’s most martyred comedian, Lenny Bruce. While there have been countless books and films about his life (including the wildly inaccurate



Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

By Shabbir | November 3, 2002 | Comments Off on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

I can’t believe it’s here, and has been in stores now for 4 days and I didn’t notice:

It’s not as if I wasn’t paying attention, but then, work’s been really busy.
I’m running out now to buy it. I’ll post comments about it as I’m working my way through it. Update: I finished the game in 31 hours of playing. In the game, 135 days of game time has passed. My review is below.


Hey, I’m no longer flashing the neighborhood

By Shabbir | October 6, 2002 | Comments Off on Hey, I’m no longer flashing the neighborhood

I spent most of Sunday installing blinds on my upstairs, so that I’m no longer flashing the neighborhood every time I get dressed, take a shower, etc.

This entry is all about my blog experiment. I made blogs for as many people as I could push them onto, in order to see what sorts of people actually update them. I mean, there’s this whole idea that the whole world can now publish on the Internet if it wants to, what if the world doesn’t have anything to say?

So, on a regular basis, more or less every week or two, I’ll post the links to all the blogs I’ve made, and tell you about their progress. And, here we go…

Max Payne

By Shabbir | September 23, 2002 | Comments Off on Max Payne

One of the reasons I’ve not bought an Xbox (besides having the use of one at work) is because there’s nothing besides Halo that I want to play on it. I’m not into Sports Games, and so all the football, basketball, and baseball games are right out.

One of my colleagues, John Linden, told me about Max Payne. John has pretty refined tastes, (he’s also a huge Busta Rhymes fan) and so when I was in CompUSA on a plastic-induced buying spree recently, I picked up a copy of Max thinking I would get tired of it in a few days and sell it back in a while.

I was so wrong.


Kinkos

By Shabbir | September 22, 2002 | Comments Off on Kinkos

Ok, I just went into a Kinko’s and was blown away.


If you have even the scantest amount of memory, and you’re over 30, you remember that Kinko’s used to be copy machines. I just ended up going into Kinko’s to have them copy and bind a color presentation for me ($800 ugh!) and was stunned.

Haiku about dogs

By Shabbir | September 20, 2002 | Comments Off on Haiku about dogs

These haiku describe my dogs’ idyllic lives. If only we were all dogs.

Safdar Radio

By Shabbir | September 20, 2002 | Comments Off on Safdar Radio

Ok, this is a shameless plug.

Take a moment and check out Sarah’s and my radio station at http://mindsha2.iserver.net:8000/

Barren Lands by Kevin Krajick

By Shabbir | September 17, 2002 | Comments Off on Barren Lands by Kevin Krajick

If you’re an American, you probably don’t know squat about geography in the US, much less Canada. Ever look at a map of North America? Well it turns out that it’s not just trees in Canada that suddenly turn into icebergs as you get farther north. Up at the northern reaches are an incredibly deserted place called the Barren Lands. The place looks like the moon or Mars, with no vegetation, and flat rocks as far as the eye can see. There’s nothing up there.

Well, almost nothing. Turns out it’s got the largest source of diamonds in North America. And copper, and gold, etc…


My recent devourings

By Shabbir | September 17, 2002 | Comments Off on My recent devourings

Here are the last four of my book devourings with short comments.