Last weekend, after a string of hired lawn care professionals, I decided to retake the reigns and start getting some honest exercise again. So on my way home from work last Friday, I stopped by the Home Depot and grabbed some 40:1 oil for the weed eater, came home, fetched the gas can and went to get some fresh fuel for the mower, and then got to work… Continue reading “All Strength and Power belong to God”
Unboxing ‘Let Me Hang You’
Unboxing William S. Burroughs’ posthumous album Let Me Hang You…
https://youtu.be/MRVNo1RPCx4
Unboxing “Cheetah”
Unboxing Aphex Twin’s new Cheetah EP… Check it out: Good stuff.
https://youtu.be/Mn1pUbp0PZU
stretch it out some
A reminder/exhortation to myself first:
Somehow I just can’t help but think that life is a lot more varied than what is typically the subject matter for so much of Fine Art [and my] photography. And I can’t help but think it’s a real shame if that is the case simply because we’re [I’m] such a shy lot.
Brooks Jensen, LensWork Podcast #962 (officially behind a paywall; available here)
trying to remember
Narrated by Umar bin Al-Khattab
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Actions are (judged) by intentions (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated.” [emphasis mine]
and
You better check yo self before you wreck yo self
Ice Cube (google it)
Pallet Cleansing
1 dumpster-dived pallet + 1 hammer + 1 hand saw + buckets of sweat + a few scrapes + a couple of bruises + a tiny bit of blood + a pinch of swearing + much praising of Allah azza wa jall, without Whom I would have neither the strength nor the ability =
Post Fast Reminders
Alhamdulillah, my lengthy fast has come to an end, and may Allah accept it from me and guide me closer to Him.
In 36 days of fasting, what did I learn? What did I notice? What do I want to remember and implement in my non-fasting life?
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