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Re: Search.om Proposal to the TRA

Suburban — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:09:00 -0000

Well done to have taken the initiative to write in. I coulodn't agree more with the points you raised. How did you find out they were accepting public feedback on the issue?
-S

P.S.-- Great blog, and I'm reading Omani Cuisine also. More restaurint Reviews!

Re: Ready for the Summer!

Suburban — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:57:00 -0000

All due respect to your mother... but there is nothing better than a man who can cook, and who appreciates good food when he sees it. I think it's mostly a generational thing.

Looking forward to the summer updates.

Re: Cereal Crave

Suburban — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:20:00 -0000

I Love hoarding foods that often sell out. My passion is refried beans and tortillas. We have like 250 tortillas in the freezer, and seventeen cans of refried beans in the pantry. It just makes me feel hapy to see them, like a warm glow all over.

good to know I"m not alone.

Re: CLDP Conference on Commercial Law and Corporate Governance

Suburban — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:23:00 -0000

Ha. that's a good image.

They must have felt conflicted.

Thank you for the gift, may I burn it now?

Re: Windows Vista? I’m loving it!

Suburban — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:15:00 -0000

Stone's laptop runs vista. It crashes a lot. Mostly it is driving us bonkers with it's constant interruptions to ask if we really really really want to do domething. It's like having a four year old inside my OS. How do you turn that off?

I spent five years updating my XP so it would stop crashing. Microsoft can have my XP when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

Re: Chemical Orange on Nawras!

Suburban — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:18:00 -0000

Blu,

fantastic logo. Fantastic brand name. Who designed it for you?

Re: Windows Vista? I’m loving it!

Suburban — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:17:00 -0000

Thanks! I had no idea it could be turned off.

Re: Chemical Orange on Nawras!

Suburban — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:31:00 -0000

It's fantastic. I can almost taste orange candy by looking at it.

I'll keep his email, and see if I can send him some business someday.... You know, from like the bored housewife mafia. ha.

Re: Intellectual Property Day

Suburban — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:55:00 -0000

Yes! Way to Lay the verbal smack down!

In paragraph 2 You have encapsulated my greatest worry for the future of this country. Why no innovation? Why no arts, opera, skilled trades? What a sad "tradition" to be upholding.

I almost peed on myself when I read "the West stole algebra from us, so we have the right to steal 3D Studio Max" Hilarious, and depressing.

Great post.

Re: Digital Nation Seminar on Second Life

Suburban — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:37:00 -0000

Fan-freaking-tastic post!

Second life as a portal to promote Oman tourisim? Joke. I am calling your bluff man, this is a test to see if we are paying attention.

Just in case you are not kidding, I am in total agreement that second life is not the forum to showcase Oman for potential tourists.

In addition to the good reasons that you listed, there are countless PR pitfalls that opening a second life business would leave Oman vulnerable to. Let's say Human Rights Watch stages a virtual Sit in? Or the Rainbow Coalition organises a Virtual Gay love fest to protest discrimination against Homosexuals in the Arab World?

The possible PR disasters are endless, and would likely break into Mainstream media. Bad, Bad, Idea.

Um, Who pays for these seminars? And can I get invited because I really like free food, and Chocolate Fudge.

:)

Re: Shaving Screw Up

Suburban — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:43:00 -0000

That is Hilarious.

We call that area the Top of the Lamb chop. Visualise the Beard that Metallica's lead singer used to have... Looks like a Lamb Chop.

Anyway, I screwed up Stone's beard a while back, and we let it grow for a couple of days, then I used some markers (lots of natural colors) to color in each hair where the lamb chop ends, I darkened both sides slightly, and made them even, and it looked great. It took more than an hour though, and he sitll hasn't forgiven me for screwing it up in the first place.

Re: The Most Ridiculous Omani Web Business Idea (That will probably be bought by hundreds of stupid Omani individuals and companies)

Suburban — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:46:00 -0000

I saw the (shockingly mis-spelled)advert for that and almost died laughing. I cut it out to post on my blog under the heading "words Fail Me" but never got around to it. Great post!

Re: They want ot tell us what to wear

Suburban — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:24:00 -0000

Every time I read something like this in the papers, I can only think that there are a lot of people in the government who are not working hard enough.

Seriously, we have massive unemployment, rampant inflation, troubles with our youth, and this is what some bright spark at MOCI comes up with?

Great post, as usual.

Re: Oil Painting WIP

Suburban — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:24:00 -0000

Nice. I see the silouette of a man in a Dish-dasha, arms wide, holding back a wall of blue flame. How about some Ramadhan themed paintings?

Re: Review: Kobe Sizzlers - Qurum Commercial Area

Suburban — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:41:00 -0000

hey guys! I'm loving the restaurant reviews.

RE: Kobe Sizzlers- I Gotta disagreee on the food. I thought it was unimaginative rubbish overall. Bland vegitables, sauces heavy on cornstarch and light on flavour, meats overcooked before they even reach the table, and random processed cheese showing up where it doesn't belong. I won't be going back.

Re: Review: Hamburger Nation - Muscat City Centre

Suburban — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:51:00 -0000

Great review.

I found the staff well trained, capable and no-nonsense. They knew what they were doing and did it with confedence which is key in an efficient restaurant.

I loved my burger there (I had the one with Mozzerella, basil pesto, and arugula). THe chips were crisp and perfectly seasoned. They seem to work very hard to source product locally and / or organically whenever possible. It would be nice to see more of that around here.

thanks for the review guys.

Re: To Tip or Not To Tip:That is the Question

Suburban — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:50:00 -0000

We always tip as well, and always in cash for the same reasons Muscati stated.

Exceptional service gets 20% above average service 10-15% The exception is rude service or lazy service (we are pretty easy to look after so there is no excuse) where we tip nothing.

We usually tip if the service is bad but it's not the fault of the waitstaff. Ie- Bad management.

Re: Review: Mumtaz Mahal - Shatti Al Qurum

Suburban — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:35:00 -0000

Interesting review.

We like MM for the view, but prefer woodlands for flavour, and Curry house for convenience and price.

I'm in agreement with Muscati about the overbearing "service" which you find everywhere here, to my vast annoyance. It's petty of me, but I'm like "gaddman it! I have opposable thumbs and a reasonable IQ! I think I can figure how to get the food from the bowl to my plate, and from the plate to my mouth. Go away." not that I would ever actually say that. I just smile and thank them. Serves me right.

Re: More Tickets for Big Stupid Cars

Suburban — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:02:38 -0000

im perfectly happy driving my gas guzzling suburban around, actually, i have 3 of them, and usually its just me and maybe a couple of friends in it. while you tree huggers sit at the stop light in your prius with your engine turned off, all 8 of my cylinders are chugging away making that beautiful sound. if i find one of these stickers on my car, i will promptly hunt down the granola that put it there and squish the hideous bubble stying out of their little prius. by the way, i dont hug trees, i shoot them.

Re: Morning shorts

Suburban — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:13:14 -0000

I just read in the Daily Herald that Kotowski who was a transition Team Co-Chair for George Ryan has gotten cold feet about Blago. He claims he won't vote for his party's nominee. WOW.

Re: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, Part 1 – Smith-Dagit; Cavaletto TV ad; AFP; Capparelli; Money; Axley-Kotowski; Murphy-Gutzmer; NW Suburbs; Parke-Crespo; Link-Fitzgerald; Munson-Bault; Gordon-Briscoe; Targe...

Suburban — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:10:29 -0000

It appears that Rezko has been arrested by the Feds so they will force him to go to court.

Re: Late morning shorts

Suburban — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:22:30 -0000

Rich, When are you going to highlight the Daily Herald endorsements in heated legislative races?

Re: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY (Part 4) Personal PAC “teams” Republican legislator with Dem candidate on mailer

Suburban — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:14:12 -0000

Axley will win by 5 points. Kotowski put up a good fight but he will come up short.

Re: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY (Part 4) Personal PAC “teams” Republican legislator with Dem candidate on mailer

Suburban — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:56:48 -0000

Mulligan has such a tight relationship with Personal PAC, it should be a message to all that Personal PAC will even screw their friends. That is not OK to pair an incumbent with a challenger from the other party without permission and Mulligan is big time for Axley. Bad form by Personal PAC. Others should beware in the future and make them commit now to end such a practice.

Re: Question of the day

Suburban — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:35:49 -0000

Have we 'had enough' of him while we wonder 'what she's thinking'.

Re: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY – Results and News Feed (Use all CAPS in password)

Suburban — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:09:54 -0000

Axley has conceded.

Re: Question of the day

Suburban — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:35:10 -0000

The idea is OK, but it again brings up a lack of consistency arguement like the proposed greater involvement of parents with teen driving. Almost always when teenagers drink OR drive everyone lives. But when a teenager has an abortion, that baby is guaranteed to die. So here legislators are requiring parental involvement when most survive teen drinking OR teen driving but denying even notification for a serious medical procedure when death of the baby is assured. That is an amazing inconsistency. Please note I am not in any way OK with drinking and driving which is why I used the word 'OR' above.