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portraits
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holydays, portraits
Season’s Greetings
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A Happy Eid (and xmas, hannukah, kwanzaa, festivus) to all CM readers - may your bakras look better than Fidel. -
portraits, purple people
A-jad Asleep
12.17.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments___________________________________________________________
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imperial watch, portraits
The Fur of a Lion
A manly public image can take a lot of work. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s image is managed on many levels, including media depiction of his relationships with household pets. It has been widely reported that Putin is frequently photographed with an imposing black lab named Koni, whom he even invites to summits with […]
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imperial watch, portraits, purple people
O Mere Humsafar
The White House maintains a special website for Barney.
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portraits, purple people
To Us
When President of South Korea visited with Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, Kim Jong-Il of North Korea, they toasted their pact with blueberry wine and Kim played the eccentric and charismatic host, as is his wont. President Roh presented the Commander with many gifts, including the DVDs of “YMCA Baseball Team, Strokes […]
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portraits, purple people
Let it be dainty in its food so that it shall be known as an Imperial dog by its fastidiousness
Thoughts on the Pekingese by Empress Dowager Cixi:
Let the Lion Dog be small; let it wear the swelling cape of dignity around its neck; let it display the billowing standard of pomp above its back.
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imperial watch, portraits, purple people
I’ve made a huge little mistake
10.04.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe moral of this tale, my friends, is never use an acrylic-based varnish with watercolors. Is it any mistake it happened to the First Family? Could this be inadvertent acrylic voodoo?
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portraits, purple people
Cha cha cha
10.03.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments____________________________________________________________________
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persophilia, portraits, purple people
The Purr in Persian
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imperial watch, persophilia, portraits, purple people
A-Jad aglitter
09.28.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments____________________________________________________________
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portraits, stardust
I am a horse.
07.17.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsAs you can see, I am a magnificent horse. Proof of my magnificence lies in the fact that I was presented as a special gift to First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy by Field Marshal Ayub Khan in 1962. During the First Lady’s resplendent tour of South Asia, she was presented with […]
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portraits, univerCity
The Outsider
06.15.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsIt has been all-petition-all-the-time at CM lately. Which is a marked contrast to my usual unflappably complacent demeanor but, if the shit really start to stink, one most light the fire [my grandfather used to say that and it sounds way better in Punjabi. Also, it makes more sense since cow-dung is used as fuel, […]
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portraits, univerCity
Pakistan Education Project
In 1957, Francis S. Chase, the founding Dean of the Graduate School of Education, established at the University of Chicago the “Pakistan Education Project” with support from the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the project was to improve education through teacher-training programs at extension centers in what was then East and West Pakistan and to […]
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portraits, purple people
Welcome to the AARP, Mr. Ben Laden!
Dear Mr. Ben Laden:
Happy 50th birthday and welcome to the AARP! This is a very special birthday because it qualifies you for membership in one of the fastest growing organizations in the United States, the American Association of Retired Persons. AARP is all about beginnings, and depending on which type of membership you choose, […]
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