My friend Anthony from the States says he is sick of politics in his country. What can I say! C’mon Anthony, if you are saying this about a country that calls itself “The Leader of the Free World,” what should I say about most of the political systems here in the Middle East?

I can understand your frustration, but if politics in your country sickens you, I must be dead by now!

I can’t imagine Iranians singing rap, but it’s true. Anyway, don’t expect anything like 2Pac; it’s really different around here.

The most freaking stupid thing just happened today.

Yesterday, my dad went to the hospital to have more investigations on his epigastritis and when I went to visit him in the hospital few hours ago, the security guy refused to let me in. “You can’t go in because you are wearing this” he told me. I was so surprised because I wasn’t wearing anything special; just a pair of jeans and a t-shirt.

I could not do anything. I told my aunt who went with me to go to see my dad while I waited for her outside asking myself who is that retarded who decides that you can’t enter a hospital if you are not wearing a thobe* (a long white robe Saudis wear)?

The f**cking weird thing is that I spent half of my day in the hospital yesterday in the same clothes and no one told me that I’m not allowed to wear such a thing inside the hospital. The other f**cking stupid thing is that almost nobody in the hospital wears thobe! The doctors, the nurses, even the security guy can’t wear a thobe!

What’s wrong with these people? Do they really think that someone is more patriotic than others just because of the shit he’s wearing? Who told you that you can’t judge people from the way they look? People here actually do this and they do it shamelessly.

* if you had no idea what a thobe is, here’s a picture.

Do you think a 30 cm2 tanned skin of a girl’s leg can weaken the fundamentals of family and marriage?

(via The Land of Persia)

I don’t use a screensaver. However, some screensavers are just too good to be ignored. This Cable Clock screensaver looks great. Check it out. You can download it form the homepage.

Just watched Austria vs. England in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. I only want to say one thing: David James sucks! Get rid of him, Eriksson!

Fareed Zakaria thinks that nobody should blame Saudis for the high oil prices. What do you think?