One of the new words I learned when I started working in Amman is (Asfeen). My colleagues define it as (anyone who says something negative about another employee to their supervisor). Personally I would qualify that definition to (anyone who complains to the employee’s supervisor without first trying to work out the problem directly with [...]

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A. The eyes are no more.
My name is Bugs, king of Rabbits, Look upon my ears, oh ye mighty, and despair!

Why does a rabbit need gloves ?

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Fellow blogger Mkilany recently introduced me to a new term “Byzantine Argument“. He explained it is an argument just for argument’s sake. I don’t think that is necessarily a bad thing. To find the truth, both sides of an argument must be represented. This is a basic debate principal, and it is also applied in [...]

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I was scheduling a conference call with a customer, and if memory serves, the conversation went something like this:
Customer: I’m sorry, was your name Honey? (heavy southern accent)
Hani: Hani, it’s like Danny but with an H.
Customer: Alright Hahny, so what time-zone are you on ?
Hani: I’m on GMT+2. It’s 5:30PM.
Customer: Where are you located?
Hani: I’m [...]

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Have you ever needed to express yourself, but couldn’t find the right word ?
Did you then try to find it, but fail miserably?
What then ?
Did you give up ?
What if you could invent new words ?
Why am I whatifing ? (what + if + ing)
Aren’t we already creating words ? (Blog + Sphere [...]

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As a not so young man of 30, the subject of marriage is often brought up. Sometimes this is not so subtle. Have you ever been in a situation where you meet someone for the first time, then as soon as they find out you’re single, they introduce you to their daughter nearly 30 minutes [...]

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